Richard F. Brush Art Gallery

Virtual exhibition featuring the work of a First Year Program class, Fall 2020

"In the Beginning," concept and design by Iakonikonriiosta, Akwesasne Mohawk Territory, machine quilted by Robynne Dorion, Cornwall, Ontario, 86x96 in., 2020

Seeding Hope: Environmentalism, Sustainability, and the Reclamation of the Sacred: A Virtual Exhibition Featuring the Work of a First Year Program Class Seeding Hope is an artistic rendering of the work we have done together in this class. Each student has completed a final project of their own choosing, which drew from some aspect of the course material. Some found inspiration in the freedoms of nature during the pandemic. Others worked out feelings of love, grief, gratitude..., rage, and hope with their pieces. Some wanted to use a particular art medium to express some aspect of their environmentalism. You will also find solo and group projects here. One, a recorded version of the Woody Guthrie song Hoping Machine, performed by Bee Children, has new verses written by the students. We have also included some solo work from the students’ experience of their sacred spot, a place on campus with which they were asked to form a relationship over time. What you see here is students working out some of what it means to be a young adult during this tumultuous time. One student, in an early version of her artist’s statement, said that she really hoped that older generations would listen to the art for the essence of what is really like for her generation, the concerns about the planet they live with every day. It is my hope that all of us will listen well to what we find here and allow it to move us to act towards the creation of the kinder, more just, more sustainable future these students long for. -Rebecca Rivers

Tsi Kiontahsawen / In the Beginning, a Virtual Exhibition The Richard F. Brush Art Gallery at St. Lawrence University is pleased to announce the purchase of an extraordinary quilt by Akwesasne Mohawk artist Iakonikonriiosta. Produced in conjunction with the fall 2020 North Country Art, Land, and Environment Summit, sponsored by SLU’s Arts Collaborative, the quilt illustrates part of the Haudenosaunee Creation Story. More info. on the Brush Gallery site -- https://www.stlawu.edu/.../tsi-kiontahsawen-beginning...

The deadline to submit artwork for the BLM + SLU: Moving Forward exhibition has been extended to December 31, 2020. Details here - https://www.stlawu.edu/content/blm-slu-moving-forward.

Black cats courtesy of SLU’s Street Art Digital Archive, hosted by JSTOR. Happy Halloween from the Richard F Brush Art Gallery. https://daily.jstor.org/black-cat-stickers-street-art-grap/