Seniors studying studio art have spent all year working on capstone projects in disciplines that include printmaking, photography, painting, and sculpture. This show serves as the culmination of their studies. An exhibition catalogue containing images, artist’s statements, and analyses of works in the show written by students in AR356 will also be available. 

Oracle, Arizona, was the focus of national attention in July 2014 when anti-immigration protests—and counter-protests—broke out. The Arizona Border Defenders, a paramilitary border patrol, objected to the local resettlement of unaccompanied minors. The following year, the Mexican artist Yoshua Okón invited the volunteer organization to restage these demonstrations.

Boy adventurers, waifish fashion models, and a kite in the form of a pirate ship populate the moody and seductive artworks that Hernan Bas made in the early 2000s. With loans from the de la Cruz Collection, this exhibition considers the first five years of Bas’s career, when coming-of-age narratives provided an entry point to the wide-ranging literary and cultural associations that have informed his practice.