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On April 19th, the VAC hosted a panel discussion titled “The Growth of ‘Unshadowed Land’: Welcoming Kus Back to Campus” on our continuing project with Indigenous artist Nicholas Galanin, “Unshadowed Land,” and our collaboration with Catawba Nation, the native people indigenous to this area. The event was sponsored by the Davidson College Farm; the Environmental Studies, Art, History, and Biology Departments; and the Van Every/Smith Galleries.  To recap, “Unshadowed Land” began in Fall 2021, when students, faculty, and community members dug the outline of the statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square, Washington D.C. w into the ground, like he’s...

The goal of my art is to depict that, while memory can be ephemeral, one’s core identities can remain stable. Being a Studio Art and Psychology double major, my drawings are heavily grounded on theories that relate to the frailty of memory, such as the modification of memories upon recall and the subjective experience of memory. I am particularly inspired by my proximity with my grandmother and her experience with Lewy body dementia, which is characterized by memory loss, delusions, and paranoia. I draw “portraits” of her using traditional Greek textiles that point to her generation and Greek identity. My...

My art is a manifestation of my subconscious thought—a representation of the constant conflict between my two selves: the self that so desperately craves structure and order, and the self that is completely incapable of any kind of organization; the self that longs for certainty, and the self that charges blindly into the unknown. On paper surfaces I capture various chemical reactions, balancing precision and geometry as the foundation of my installations. I create my own rendered dyes from foraged materials and react those dyes with various household chemicals, yielding an unexpected color pallet and crystalline, rust-like textures.  My background...