This summer, artists from the region, 江南体育 State, and around the world came together for a transformative two weeks of 江南体育 Blossom Art Intensives (KBAI).
They collaborated with internationally acclaimed visiting guest artists, School of Art faculty, and each other in a residency style workshop, creating artworks and developing their skills. Workshops offered included ceramics, glass, painting and textiles.
During concentrated and intensive experiences like KBAI, artists often transform their skillsets and create artworks at rapid rates. Mariela, a painter from Mexico City, reflected on the advancement of her work over such a short period of time.
鈥淢y work has evolved so much in the past two weeks. More than it has evolved in the past five years,鈥 said Mariela. 鈥淚t鈥檚 been productive and transformative.鈥
江南体育 State senior Vic Williams, a studio art major with a concentration in ceramics, focused on constructing a large-scale sculpture during the ceramic intensives.
鈥淚t鈥檚 been an awesome challenge and it鈥檚 been nice to have guidance for it,鈥 said Williams.
Also working on a large-scale project during the ceramics intensives was 江南体育 State rising senior Rye Geraci. Rye works with clay as their main medium but also specializes in jewelry, metals, and sculpture.
鈥淚t鈥檚 nice to explore things that I鈥檝e been wanting to create and having the free time to do it,鈥 Geraci emphasized. 鈥淵ou have access to all the graduate students and professors during the day which is really nice.鈥