Los Angeles-based artist Amanda Ross-Ho presents a new exhibition for the Dodd Galleries comprised of video, sculpture and textiles. Continuing her ongoing interest in the recursive ecologies of observed phenomena, sites of production, and individual versus collective experience, THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY combines amplified forms into a theatrical tableau.

Tripwire explores anxieties between Local and Global through the works of immigrant artists and artists from the American South that investigate through a variety of media, themes of dislocation, home, surveillance, exploration, and technology. This grouping of artists is not only an attempt at diversification within the institutional space, but also conceptually mirrors the themes of the exhibition. The gallery space becomes a performative site for the works from these various artists to push and pull on, to tense and relax the tripwire between them.

Opening Reception Friday November 10, 7-9pm
Gallery Hours Saturday November 11, 2-4pm

Elizabeth Rogers, Dodd MFA candidate in Art X presents four distinct works addressing the body: resonance, reverberation, image, surface, slip, language, mark, trace, make, extract, link, write, speak, sound, again, an other … one. 

Amber Coleman curated this exhibition in conjunction with her applied project for her Masters of Art Education at the Dodd, entitled "Understanding Black Feminist Theory and the Representation of African American Women’s Art in Museums: Engaging Black Women in Critical Dialogue." The purpose of this project is to critically examine and artistically reflect on how Black feminist theory can be utilized to educate art museum visitors and curate African American women’s art in museums.

Undermined is a collaborative conversation between three MFA candidates in Textile Design and two MFA candidates in ceramics all of whom are working at the Dodd. The exhibition seeks to bring utilitarian crafts to the forefront as artistic endeavors, by creating a tangible dialogue between five artists.