thresholds

Featuring work by Aja Bond, Anissa Cavazos, Isabela Escalona, Kayla J. Fryer, Maeve Jackson, Maria Oostra, nouf saleh, Isabella Sanchez, Mai Tran, and J Youngwood.

The three year MFA Program in Studio Art at the University of Minnesota is interdisciplinary and rigorous, balancing studio practice with critical theory and inquiry. Every year 1st and 2nd year MFA graduate students transform the Quarter Gallery into a dynamic exhibition that showcases their studio practices across a variety of media. thresholds offers a view into the wide ranging research interests of our MFA candidates and their interdisciplinary approaches to making. Learn more about the MFA program here.

Exhibition Statement:

thresholds can be doorways. thresholds can be limits to sound, space, and time. thresholds can be barriers, borders, and boundaries. a threshold is meant to contain, but can be refused, bypassed, and transcended.

as first and second year mfa students, we explore the usefulness and uselessness of thresholds as they relate to our practice and the process of experimentation. in each of these works, a threshold is explored, accepted, rejected, or surpassed.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm