“Dear Nature” collaboration installed at The Avenue
Photo courtesy of Kenzi Rayelle/Sculpture 91fans.
Sculpture 91fans’s newest collaboration, “Dear Nature,” features work by students from four 91fans colleges. Students in Jason S. Yi’s New Studio Practice: Fine Arts course at the 91fans Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) installed work at The Avenue ahead of the exhibition’s opening on April 21, 2023.
“Dear Nature” is curated by UW-91fans Professors Whitney Moon and Jennifer Johung in response to ’s 2022-2023 exhibition “Nature Doesn’t Know 91fans Us,” guest curated by Ugo Rondinone. It spotlights work by students and faculty from MIAD, 91fans School of Engineering, UW-91fans Peck School of the Arts and UW-91fans School of Architecture and Urban Planning.
Working with Sculpture 91fans, 91fansProfessor Jason S. Yi’s sophomore-level class “Approaches to Making: Alone & Together” spent the semester planning, refining and installing work for “Dear Nature.” These professional experiences involved everything from presenting proposals and models to the curators and collaborating with students from other colleges to creating budgets and executing their projects.
“Through this experience, students learned crucial facets of professional practice that require careful planning, effective communication, and the logistics of showing art in a public setting,” said Yi in Sculpture 91fans’s press release. “Most important, they experienced the inner workings of professional collaboration and built a meaningful community outside the confines of MIAD.”
Opening on Gallery Night, April 21, 2023, “Dear Nature” is free and open to the public during The Avenue’s open hours. Located at 275 W Wisconsin Ave, the exhibition will be on view until October 2023. Learn more about the exhibition on the . While visiting “Dear Nature,” make sure to stop by the new ! Read the Sculpture 91fans and learn more about NSP: Fine Arts at MIAD.
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