BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:EventsCalendar PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T053451Z TZURL:https://www.tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,Exhibits DESCRIPTION:MAE Art-based Research: Capturing Moments through Studio Inquir y Exhibiting Artists  Hanna August  Melissa Aviles   Bridget Bannon   Aleisea Guzman Julia Schwarz Tala Wunderler-Selby  Dates: May 22-30, 20 26Closing Reception: Saturday, May 30, 3-5 pm with the artist talks at 4 p m  Location: Art & Design Studios, Dartmouth Towne Center Plaza, 458 Stat e Rd. North Dartmouth, MA 02747  Gallery Hours: Daily 9 AM to 6 PM  The UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts presents MAE Art-Bas ed Research: Capturing Moments through Studio Inquiry from May 22 through May 30, 2026. Exhibiting artist-teachers contribute work from AED 630 - Ar t Practice as Visual Research, taught by Professor Cathy Smilan during the Spring 2026 semester. The exhibition is free and open to the public.  Th e graduate Art Education program offers both traditional and innovative op portunities for professional art teachers and community art educators. The Master of Art Education (MAE) program is dedicated to increasing graduate s’ capacity to question issues related to teaching, thinking, learning, and producing in and through the arts.  Art Education Website: www.umassd .edu/programs/art-education-mae-onlineContact: csmilan@umassd.edu, gallery @umassd.edu  Project Descriptions  An Exploration of Familial Heritage a nd Identity  Hanna August uses fiber arts to explore her Portuguese herit age, weaving visual responses to conversations with her grandmother to lea rn about her great-grandmother, who immigrated to Fall River and built her own family and community. Through discovering her familial history, Hanna also learned how strong, independent women filled the gaps in their stori es through service to those who would follow. The intentional spaces in he r own story (Tapestry 3) represent the narrative yet to be written. Weavin g Cross-Cultural Experiences   Melissa Aviles explores how lived experien ces, self-reflection, material exploration, and cross-cultural encounters become deeply connected through the process of weaving. Rooted in time spe nt living in a small village along the Indian Ocean on the eastern coast o f Kenya, the work evolved from moments of stillness, extraordinary natural beauty, incredible cultural connection, and the stark emotional contrast between life in Kenya and life in the United States. What began as a perso nal response to memories gradually evolved into a reflective studio inquir y centered on personal change through weaving. Visual Poems   Bridget Ban non’s short films, Good Grief, are a series of visual poems that explore grief through memory, absence, and lasting connection. Through voicemail- style narration and cinematic imagery, the works reflect on the loss of a friend, the death of a father, and the layered memories held within a chil dhood home. Together, the series considers how film can simultaneously evo ke both presence and loss, revealing grief not only as sorrow, but as tend erness, intimacy, and remembrance. Fiber-Based Slowness as Resistance   A leisea Guzman’s Slow down, now is a cohesive body of work developed thro ugh reflective studio processing. The series of weavings—Absence, Unlear ning, and Presence—embodies slowness, from the creation process to the v iewer's experience, tying process to meaning and subtly positioning it as a form of resistance. Each weaving visualizes the value of sustained labor and prolonged material engagement required to develop a new perspective o n patience and resistance with gentle intentionality. Challenging Dominant Medical Approaches Through Creative Processing Julia Schwarz presents a s eries of additive sculptures addressing vulnerability, fragility and endur ance when seeking medical care. The artist captures the embodiment of phys ical and emotional pain in her suspended figure and in unexpected fragment ations – the inside of a head, a clutched hand, and disembodied limbs. I n the work, she captures the emotional state of the patient who is often t reated from a clinical perspective as a set of symptoms and not as a senti ent being.  Artists as Eco-Activists   Tala Wunderler-Selby creates a se ries of woven tapestries that examine how fiber arts practice can humanize the environment. The series of weather-data-informed weavings represents the impact of climate change at three different local points over time, ra ising additional questions about coastal land ownership and eco-responsibi lity. Through symbolism, text, and woven data, each piece aims to evoke an emotional response to environmental issues.\nEvent page: https://www.umas sd.edu/events/cms/mae-art-based-research-capturing-moments-through-studio- inquiry-.php\nEvent link: https://www.instagram.com/umassdartmouthgallerie s/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

MAE Art-based Research: Capturi ng Moments through Studio Inquiry

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Exhibiting Artists 

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Dates: May 22-30\, 2026
Closing Reception: S aturday\, May 30\, 3-5 pm with the artist talks at 4 pm 

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Location : Art & Design Studios\, Dartmouth Towne Center Plaza\, 458 State Rd. Nort h Dartmouth\, MA 02747 

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Gallery Hours: Daily 9 AM to 6 PM 

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The UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts presents MAE Art-Based Research: Capturing Moments through Studio Inquiry from May 22 t hrough May 30\, 2026. Exhibiting artist-teachers contribute work from AED 630 - Art Practice as Visual Research\, taught by Professor Cathy Smilan d uring the Spring 2026 semester. The exhibition is free and open to the pub lic. 

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The graduate Art Education program offers both traditional and innovative opportunities for professional art teachers and community a rt educators. The Master of Art Education (MAE) program is dedicated to in creasing graduates’ capacity to question issues related to teaching\, th inking\, learning\, and producing in and through the arts. 

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Art E ducation Website: www.umassd.edu/programs/art-education-mae-online
Contac t: csmilan@umassd.edu\, gallery@umassd.edu 

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Project Descriptions  

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An Exploration of Familial Heritage and Identity 

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Hann a August uses fiber arts to explore her Portuguese heritage\, weaving visu al responses to conversations with her grandmother to learn about her grea t-grandmother\, who immigrated to Fall River and built her own family and community. Through discovering her familial history\, Hanna also learned h ow strong\, independent women filled the gaps in their stories through ser vice to those who would follow. The intentional spaces in her own story (T apestry 3) represent the narrative yet to be written.

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Weaving Cros s-Cultural Experiences  

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Melissa Aviles explores how lived experi ences\, self-reflection\, material exploration\, and cross-cultural encoun ters become deeply connected through the process of weaving. Rooted in tim e spent living in a small village along the Indian Ocean on the eastern co ast of Kenya\, the work evolved from moments of stillness\, extraordinary natural beauty\, incredible cultural connection\, and the stark emotional contrast between life in Kenya and life in the United States. What began a s a personal response to memories gradually evolved into a reflective stud io inquiry centered on personal change through weaving.

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Visual Poe ms  

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Bridget Bannon’s short films\, Good Grief\, are a series o f visual poems that explore grief through memory\, absence\, and lasting c onnection. Through voicemail-style narration and cinematic imagery\, the w orks reflect on the loss of a friend\, the death of a father\, and the lay ered memories held within a childhood home. Together\, the series consider s how film can simultaneously evoke both presence and loss\, revealing gri ef not only as sorrow\, but as tenderness\, intimacy\, and remembrance.

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Fiber-Based Slowness as Resistance  

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Aleisea Guzman’s Slo w down\, now is a cohesive body of work developed through reflective studi o processing. The series of weavings—Absence\, Unlearning\, and Presence —embodies slowness\, from the creation process to the viewer's experienc e\, tying process to meaning and subtly positioning it as a form of resist ance. Each weaving visualizes the value of sustained labor and prolonged m aterial engagement required to develop a new perspective on patience and r esistance with gentle intentionality.

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Challenging Dominant Medical Approaches Through Creative Processing

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Julia Schwarz presents a s eries of additive sculptures addressing vulnerability\, fragility and endu rance when seeking medical care. The artist captures the embodiment of phy sical and emotional pain in her suspended figure and in unexpected fragmen tations – the inside of a head\, a clutched hand\, and disembodied limbs . In the work\, she captures the emotional state of the patient who is oft en treated from a clinical perspective as a set of symptoms and not as a s entient being. 

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Artists as Eco-Activists  

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Tala Wunderle r-Selby creates a series of woven tapestries that examine how fiber arts p ractice can humanize the environment. The series of weather-data-informed weavings represents the impact of climate change at three different local points over time\, raising additional questions about coastal land ownersh ip and eco-responsibility. Through symbolism\, text\, and woven data\, eac h piece aims to evoke an emotional response to environmental issues.

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu /events/cms/mae-art-based-research-capturing-moments-through-studio-inquir y-.php
Event link: https://www.instagram.com/umassdartmouthgalleries/

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