OCT 3 | VIRTUAL EVENT - MFA Grads Celebration + Exhibit

Join the Department of Art at the University of Minnesota for a virtual celebration in honor of the 2020 Master of Fine Arts graduates and their thesis exhibition, 4, 5, 6. This event includes a screening of exhibition video tours and a Q & A with the MFA cohort; graduates include: Lauren Flynn, Kevin O’Meara, Roger Ourthiague Jr., Simcha Smith, Erika Terwilliger, and Kuab Maiv Yaj - Koua Mai Yang.

Access the event here: https://z.umn.edu/MFA_Virtual_Celebration

About the Exhibition: (Minneapolis) - The Katherine E. Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota presents 4, 5, 6 a group exhibition of recently graduated Master of Fine Arts students in the Department of Art at the University of Minnesota. The exhibition includes works by Lauren Flynn, Kevin O’Meara, Roger Ourthiague Jr., Simcha Smith, Erika Terwilliger, and Kuab Maiv Yaj - Koua Mai Yang. Lauren Flynn’s work comes about through the creation of structures which make room for and are transformed by play and coincidence. Working with photography and books, Kevin O’Meara’s meditative approach to image-making explores the relationship between spirituality, addiction, and grief. Driven by a desire for novelty and learning new techniques, Roger Ourthiague Jr.’s interdisciplinary practice is constantly changing yet centers on our shared experience regarding mass media. Simcha Smith’s sculptures and performances use food, sacred objects, and language to create fragile and temporal installations. Using a variety of materials, Erika Terwilliger creates systems that interrogate the collecting of objects and ephemerality. Kuab Maiv Yaj - Koua Mai Yang engages with multiple mediums and disciplines within Western and Hmong notions of art to investigate recurring themes surrounding her bi-cultural identity, history, home, female experiences and Hmong patriarchy.