Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

D Y S O N Y E A R I N R E V I E W 2 0 2 3 – 2 0 2 4 16 News & Notes EYE ON ARTS About the A ists We are delighted to feature two Dyson College students' a work on the cover and inside cover of this issue. Theirs, along with many other students' works, were showcased at two student exhibitions at the Pace University A Gallery this spring. We asked our students to describe their piece and the inspiration for it. Here's what they said. The Pace University A Gallery hosted a vibrant landscape of exhibitions this academic year, from immigration mixed media to a work exploring human connections. Inscaping Legacies September 30–October 28, 2023 Inscaping Legacies, a major solo exhibition by the interdisciplinary a ist Firoz Mahmud, inte wines immigrants' contemporary experiences in the South Asian Bengal region with those of the Bangladeshi in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Mother Octopus November 14, 2023–January 27, 2024 Mother Octopus, a solo exhibition by painter Mie Yim, presented anthropomorphic abstraction characters in her new paintings. Journey Illustrated February 13–March 16, 2024 The Journey Illustrated exhibition highlighted seven ca oonists, graphic novelists, and illustrators who create deeply personal stories of identity that recast the quotidian as heroic and celebrate the essence of the city. Affairs of the A s Free Churro (cover) by Gavriella Gonzalez '24, A "I've been drawing since the moment I picked up a pencil and have rarely wanted to be anything except an a ist. I don't mean that in a career or academic sense, but I always wanted to create, so I always wanted to be an a ist in any way possible. My inspiration for this piece was my friend who lost her ba le with mental health in December 2023 and it is meant as a final goodbye gi to her and a celebration of her life. I consider every po rait created to be an immo alization of its subject. My subject, Jill, has been my friend since middle school, and I wanted to capture the appreciation I have for such a long-term friendship and wonde ul person in a place where I hope she now resides. The title is a reference to her favorite episode of one of our mutually favorite shows, BoJack Horseman." dizzy dancing (inside cover) by Abby Leff '26, Psychology "I never expected to find a groove in creating a , as I al- ways became frustrated when I tried to draw with pencil or charcoal, but a Painting and Poetry learning community at Pace sparked my joy for painting. As a medium, paint enables me to embrace the mess and establish a flow. In my Painting II class, students were asked to paint an object that represents who we are. My time at Pace has been nothing sho of self- expression and discovery, full of challenges that force me to think outside of the box. I was inspired to take a risk and paint something I had never a empted before–a disco ball. In this piece, I imagine a scene: It's 2 a.m. and my clothes are stained with acrylic. The music is loud in the studio and my energy is abundant because I am painting the way I see the world."

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