Open Ended Narratives: Mixed Media Assemblages on Wood by Schroeder Cherry from February 18 to April 5, 2025 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Olivia DiJulio To start, could you tell me a bit about yourself and your background? I grew up in Washington, D.C, and I’ve always been … Continue reading Interview With ‘Open Ended Narratives:’ Artist Schroeder Cherry
Open Ended Narratives: Mixed Media Assemblages on Wood by Schroeder Cherry from February 18 to April 5, 2025 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Oliver Foley There is an inherent spirituality to the found object assemblage, whether intentional or not. The diverse lived experiences of found materials form … Continue reading Spiritual Beings of Found Material
We Live in the Sky: Home, Displacement, Identity from October 16th to December 7th, 2024, at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by James Cho What is a home? Is it a shelter? A place where we are safe? Our families and friends? What happens when one becomes adrift, and … Continue reading Shelter and Language in Tori Ellison’s Sky Writing
The dress is a staple of clothing history. Its form is associated with femininity, adornment, beauty, and formality. Tori Ellison has historically worked with the dress motif since the 1990s, using them thematically for self-perception and bodily identities. As seen with her other featured dress piece, Burnt Dress (1993) embodies the ideas of restoration and … Continue reading Wearing Interiors and Exteriors: Tori Ellison’s Shell
We Live in the Sky: Home, Displacement, Identity from October 16 to December 7, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Oliver Foley We Live in the Sky is an exhibition dominated by the tones of paper and black ink, with the vast majority of the works on … Continue reading Window to Earth
We Live in the Sky from October 16th to December 7th, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Rachel Schmid-James Although the towering and intricate silk screens hanging from the ceiling may be what first catches the eye of students and visitors passing by the Stamp Gallery’s windows, … Continue reading The Call of Home: Community and Heritage On Campus in Tori Ellison’s We Live in the Sky Screenprints
We Live in the Sky: Home, Displacement, Identity from October 16 to December 7, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Ellen Zhang We Live in The Sky is an exhibition that combines diverse voices on what home means to individuals. From Tori Ellison’s use of UMD writing … Continue reading Finding Home: Mami Takahashi’s Cage Mentality
We Live in the Sky: Home, Displacement, Identity from October 16 to December 7, 2024, at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Trinitee Tatum Some cannot see the forest for the trees—drawn too close to the core, captivated by its light and promises, unable to look back. Others, existing … Continue reading Standing and Showering in Sound: What Center and Periphery Mean in Mami Takahashi’s Audio Journal
We Live in the Sky: Home, Displacement, Identity from October 16 to December 7, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Noa Nelson Mami Takahashi’s video performance Writing Myself is a fascinating exploration of identity, language, and the paradoxes of self-expression. In this work, Takahashi uses writing as … Continue reading Hidden in Plain Sight: The Paradoxes of Self-Expression in Mami Takahashi’s Writing Myself
The Digital Landscape from August 26 to October 5, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Oliver Foley Art can be divided into two elementary actions: observation and synthesis. In the creation of a piece of art, the human takes in their surroundings, their own thoughts, their friends; … Continue reading Anacostia Intelligence
