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The student-run Instagram account for the Mason Gross Art and Design MFA Program. 🇵🇸🇵🇸
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Pop out for the opening reception at @westbethgallery in NY this Saturday. Get to share walls with my cohort one last time. Curated by @__lekha.j
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𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒏-𝒐𝒖𝒕 opening reception is Saturday May 30 @westbethgallery in NY, NY. Excited to show alongside my whole cohort @rutgersmfa / @rutgersartdesign Curated by the wonderful @__lekha.j
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Right now blind faith feels like a dying ember. Truthfully, if I were to receive an anonymous email that only read “You’re Invited!” in the subject line and a blank body, I would be thrilled. The past feels like it’s been filled with a whole lotta rejection(s) ❤️‍🩹 So gleeful that: - a January email was an invitation from Rutgers MFA program to so much! - 10 artists open to what they knew about my work 😮 (& Very grateful for their warmth, curiosity, comedy, rigor, and willingness to build a show together 🫂) - to be a part of this Spin-Out/crash-out/mutual hallucination with these artists ^^, Jeanine, Rich, the Westbeth team, and Rutgers. Come celebrate with us! Next Saturday, May 30th 6-8pm at @westbethgallery in the West Village, New York City (not New Jersey!) 🍥 Lekha (This is a very unofficial post on a very unofficial account) exhibition-making process images galore ^^ 🚀
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Excited to share these recent highlights of BFA and MFA alumni from across the years:                               ⭐ Layqa Nuna Yawar BFA ’07— Developed the expanded course, “Drawing Circle,” featuring live models and music, integrated into Express Newark’s new exhibit ‘Drawing Room’, fostering a collaborative artistic experience within the community. ⭐ Jamian Juliano-Villani BFA ’11 — Her work ‘Tim and Mushu’s Excellent Adventure: Butter Beer Edition’ Acrylic and flashe on canvas (2025), was featured in The New Yorker and is currently on view at the Metropolitan Opera House. ⭐ Alex Kwartler MFA ’15 — Currently presenting ‘Off-Peak’, a suite of 30 recent paintings on view through February 28 at Magenta Plains. Highlighted in The New York Times, the exhibition demonstrates his inventive approach to painting and exploration of everyday imagery. ⭐ Ryan Lillienthal MFA Design ’23— Awarded a Fulbright Commission fellowship and presenting ‘Tonwerk: Responses to National Socialism through Memory’ at the Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt, advancing his research and artistic engagement abroad.   ⭐ Sophia-Yemisi Adeyemo MFA ’25 — Named to Forbes 2026 “30 Under 30” list as one of 30 visionaries in the Art & Style category, recognizing her innovative contributions to the arts.                                       We celebrate our exceptional alumni and look forward to seeing their continued impact in the arts. 🎉                                                                                            Slide 2 — Photo: Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera
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In Black spaces community and loving comes in many forms. One of my favorite moments growing up was the ritualistic practice of getting my hair tended to. Hair functions as a vital part of Black expression. It holds cultural, historical, and spiritual meaning across the black atlantic and the diaspora. My inquiry into the role that hair plays deepened after I shaved my head out of necessity. This experience disrupted my sense of self. What I once thought was essential to my self-image became separate and began to take on a new form. In response to this new form, I contemplate transformation, loss, and continuity by using sculpture to see the body as an evolving archive. My recent body of work, Blue Magic, focuses on hair as both material and metaphor. The sculptural forms in this series draw from the aesthetics of West African masquerade traditions, using the form as a way to embody, conceal, and transform identity. These works act as devotional figures that explore the importance of hair within Black culture and the systems that shape its perception. I blinked and it went! Feeling so many emotions looking through these photos (by the talented @bamblerdander). Pouring so much into my work has unlocked something that I fear can never be contained again. Grateful to be where I am and I can’t wait to see the future, because we’re just at the beginning!! MFA THESIS DONE! First photo: Ed Murray #mfa #thesis #blackhair
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Cicatrix- MFA Visual Arts Thesis II 𓍼 Join us this Thursday, February 12 from 6-9pm for the opening reception of “Cicatrix,” the second MFA Visual Arts Thesis show of the Mason Gross Galleries season. Featured Artists: Emma Berry Jules Garder Nilo Goldfarb Terrell Halsey Graham Krenz On View: February 12 - 28 33 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 📢Free and open to the public! #MasonGross #RutgersArts #SupportTheArts
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MFA Design Thesis II: on view February 12-28 Join us this Thursday, February 12 from 6-9pm for the opening reception of “A Simultaneity Mark,” celebrating the vision and research of second year MFA designers: Mahsa Masoumi Yuxuan Hu Chiyu Zheng 📍Where: Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue New Brunswick, NJ 📢Free and open to the public! #MasonGross #RutgersArts #SupportTheArts
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Join me this thursday 2/12 for the opening of my MFA thesis work @rutgersartdesign / @rutgersmfa Showing alongside my talented classmates @emmamarieberry @grahamokay @terrellhalseyart @nilogoldfarb If you’re coming from ny it’s a lovely little nj transit ride and quick walk to the gallery
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On Thursday MFA Andrew Jarman presented his thesis to his and Tanyth’s photo class! Andrew offered us insight into his practice and shared his influences! Andrew’s thesis is currently up in the gallery space at the Mason Gross Galleries at Rutgers, along side the other MFAs. The work is up until February 5th 2026 so don’t miss out!
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CHÉBÉ - snippet of what you can see until February 5th. Didn’t @hrlum eat down on the music??? Also go to my website to see the video for my folks back home :)
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MFA Thesis shows happening now from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Civic Square Building. Come and support our 2nd year students, there is an auction tonight for the MFA Design and the MFA Visual Arts are selling T-Shirts at the front. Free & open to the public, wheelchair accesible Mason Gross Galleries 33 livingston ave New Brunswick, NJ On the first floor of the building. @shadowcomms @andr_ew_jar @natemillstein @georgedechirico @psychedelicsonnet @a.nukriti @peychiang @assemkin
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What if grassroots civic care received the same attention online as tragedy and misinformation? This installation makes Global Grace Health Unit’s impact visible by transforming windows at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center into luminous panels reminiscent of stained glass. Rooted in my research on how contemporary technologies shape perception, I use light, pattern, imagery, and public space to invite viewers to lift their gaze from the digital glow and notice the radiance always present within communities. #publicart #design #light #stainedglass #art
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