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View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.
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Spotlight: Rachel Sussman
Posted: August 31, 2015
Category: Organic Matters
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

Spotlight: Jiha Moon
Posted: August 24, 2015
Category: Organic Matters
Jiha Moon is known for her blend of traditional materials and pop culture iconography. Like a “cartographer of cultures,” Moon is interested in creating images that can be read differently...
A round, ceramic vessel glazed unevenly in glossy celadon has a bulging body incised with abstract shapes. Matte turquoise glaze dribbling down from the rim obscures portions of the pale green and fully coats one of two peach-shaped orbs projecting from either side of the neck.

5 Questions with Mary Tsiongas
Posted: August 17, 2015
Category: Organic Matters
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

5 Questions with Lara Shipley
Posted: August 10, 2015
Category: Organic Matters
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

5 Questions with Françoise Pétrovitch
Posted: August 3, 2015
Category: Organic Matters
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

Victorian Decadence & Visual Decay
Posted: July 22, 2015
Category: Organic Matters
Petah Coyne and Polly Morgan are influenced by the art of Louise Bourgeois and Eva Hesse. Both artists bring forth otherworldly creations through extremely labor and time intensive processes. The...
Myriad layers of melted pink and white wax encrust and obscure the metal armature for this abstract sculpture, which hangs from satin-wrapped chains. Its color and shape, as well as the bumpy, lacy texture, evoke a frilly tutu, lavishly frosted wedding cake, or coral accretions.

5 Questions with Andrea Lira
Posted: July 20, 2015
Category: Organic Matters
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

5 Questions with Ysabel LeMay
Posted: July 13, 2015
Category: Organic Matters
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

5 Questions with Mimi Kato
Posted: July 6, 2015
Category: Organic Matters
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

5 Questions with Rebecca Hutchinson
Posted: June 29, 2015
Category: Organic Matters
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.