{"id":1236,"date":"2016-02-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svad-blog.cah.ucf.edu\/2016\/02\/03\/mfa-thesis-exhibition-em-black-box-honey-em\/"},"modified":"2016-02-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T00:00:00","slug":"mfa-thesis-exhibition-em-black-box-honey-em","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/news\/mfa-thesis-exhibition-em-black-box-honey-em\/","title":{"rendered":"MFA Thesis Exhibition: black box honey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Opening Reception: March 16th 5 p.m. \u2013 8 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Evocative shapes and symbolic colors seek the past. Multiple layers of meaning can be derived from a seemingly arbitrary assortment of words. Metaphorical materials form morbid puns and domestic<br \/>\ncommentary.<\/p>\n<p>The Master of Fine Arts candidates Taylor Battle, Reina Castellanos, and Alesha Hassard will be showing<br \/>\ntheir thesis bodies of work in a group exhibition titled <em>b\u200black box honey<\/em>. \u200bTheir works embrace complex issues of identity, communication, language, and empathy. The varied work on display will include painting, drawing, installation, mixed media, printmaking, and video art.<\/p>\n<h3>Alesha Hassard<\/h3>\n<p>\u200bI\u200b make soft sculptures, groupings of wax replicas of my personal possessions, and handmade books. I work with the push and pull between girlhood and womanhood, object and subject to generate psychological ambiguity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biography:\u200b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alesha Hassard is a native Floridian. She has always equally devoted herself to the fields of art and writing, receiving a degree in both.<\/p>\n<p>\ufffc<\/p>\n<h3>Taylor Battle<\/h3>\n<p>My work explores the lives of past generations of women in my<br \/>\n\ufffcfamily. The abstract nature of my drawings and paintings show the discordance of wanting to memorialize them and avoid their erasure without having the knowledge or tools to do so.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biography:\u200b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taylor Battle was born in Landstuhl, Germany and raised in Florida. The combination of being a black artist in America and growing up in a military town of interesting, transitory people was the inception of her interest in familial roots and portraiture.<\/p>\n<h3>Reina Castellano<\/h3>\n<p>I explore identity, communication, and alienation through video art, readymades, and works on paper. By deconstructing images and manipulating language, I seek comfort in uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biography:\u200b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reina Castellanos is a Venezuelan artist. She holds an AS degree in Graphic Design from Valencia College and a BFA in Illustration from the Savannah College of Art and Design.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery hours:<\/strong> Monday \u00ad Friday 10am \u00ad 5pm. Admission is Free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Opening Reception: March 16th 5 p.m. \u2013 8 p.m. Evocative shapes and symbolic colors seek the past. Multiple layers of meaning can be derived from a seemingly arbitrary assortment of words. Metaphorical materials form morbid puns and domestic commentary. 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