Students in Jewelry/Metals Have Works Selected into SNAG’s National Juried Student Exhibition
Graduate students S. Sanchez, in the Jewelry Design & Metalsmithing MFA program, and Rebecca Kim, in the Master of Fine Arts in Art Education program, along with Brianna Strange, a Studio Art senior in the Jewelry Design & Metalsmithing BFA program have each had one art piece selected into this summer's Society of North American Goldsmiths' 2023 Annual Juried Student Exhibition.
SNAG showcases the diversity of students who are the future of the metalsmithing and jewelry field. Jurors for the exhibition were artist SULO BEE and Rachel Saul Rearick, Executive Director of Contemporary Craft. The entire exhibition is available for online viewing through August 15th.
S. Sanchez won Honorable Mention for her set of two works titled “Maricón and Joto ornaments” made of copper, brass, and silver. In her statement for the exhibition Sanchez said, My artwork is communication, shedding light on the existence of queer trans Latiné/Chicano individuals who face undesired attention and repercussions due to their sexual, gender, and ethnic identities. I am reshaping power dynamics surrounding non-white queer and trans individuals through adornment.”
Rebecca Kim's piece selected into the exhibition is a dyptich of two enamel on copper works titled “-ology.” In her artist's statement, Kim said, “I utilize several different metalsmithing and jewelry techniques to create fabricated forms as jewelry or wearable sculpture. These forms are created with the objective of encouraging physical engagement and interaction between the wearer and object, furthering the exploration between the physical.”
Brianna Strange's piece, titled “Rags to Riches,” a large free-form necklace made of plastic. In her statement she addressed the “recycled” nature of her work, “I incorporate recycled materials, such as plastics, to highlight the ways in which unjust forces take advantage of nature and harm the Earth for personal gain.” Brianna is having a 2-person exhibition at the School of Art's Satellite Gallery at CASP during the July's Lubbock First Friday Art Trail. The exhibition, with Nathan Swain, is titled, “for when it rains.”