Having been working on this project since before starting in the Intermedia MFA program in Fall of 2021, Merrilee Schoen has accomplished so much with her Joy Tuck. Check out more information on third-year, MFA thesis candidate Merrilee Schoen’s work in the news.
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Katarina Hoeger “I know so many people who feel disconnected and exploring connections between us often motivates me. I lost many friends, including one of my closest, to loneliness and mental health issues, and this has definitely inspired me to use my artistic practice to reach individuals, to instigate thought, discussion, wonder, or consider what […]
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Armando Garma Fernandez “I would be lying if I said that I have been able to adapt and continue making work” Armando Garma Fernandez is originally from Mexico City, Mexico. When he was eight years old his family moved to the United States so his father could pursue a career teaching at a University level. […]
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“I was determined to learn to paint, but I would always feel the pull of making performative and site specific work. I would also always feel the pull to be a teacher.” -Adele Drake Adele Drake Adele Drake was born and raised in the city of Philadelphia she is of Irish, Swiss-German, and Italian descent. […]
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“My aim is to restore our connection with nature, using cross disciplinary methods to achieve a minimum footprint and widen the audience acceptance.” – Adriana Cavalcanti Adriana Cavalcanti Adriana Cavalcanti was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her childhood was a constant back and forth from the city to the farm. The […]
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“I hope the audience will be able to walk away with questions about the piece, because if they walk away with questions, I have stimulated some part of their brain that has got them thinking about the bigger picture.” -Rebecca Morgan Rebecca Morgan Rebecca Morgan is a Maine native, born and raised in a […]
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“Particularly interesting to me and I’ve been very interested recently in discovery, exploring space and how we define space.” – Thomas Griffith Thomas Griffith Thomas Griffith is a native-born New Yorker, raised in a small rural town. He was interested in art at a very early age, as it was what he leaned on the […]
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Jeonguk Choi “There is so much diversity to celebrate, that it is not getting celebrated enough and respected enough. So I’m hoping to advocate for marginalized identities.” -Jeonguk Choi Jeonguk Choi is a Korean Artist studying in the Intermedia Fine Arts program, at the University of Maine. Choi was born and raised in an […]
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Rachel Church “I just love to create, and to think about what will best serve for what I want to communicate.” – […]
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