The Very Ground That Shaped Us

“The Very Ground That Shaped Us” is a juried exhibition featuring the works produced by Flagler College’s Department of Visual Arts alumni.

The artwork in this exhibition reflects the diverse artistic practices embodied by the school’s alumni over the past 25 years. The artists include Ruth Coffman, Rachel de Cuba, Bradley Edmonds, Amelia Eldridge, Kobe Elixson, Taylor Fausset, Annie Gardner, Grace Garlesky, Jessica Lubbers, Noah MacKenzie, Laura Mackie, Jenna McDonald, Morgan Mudryk, Sara Pedigo, and Beiyi Wang. Their work spans a broad array of methods and materials, including ceramic sculpture, textiles and fiber arts, printmaking, painting, collage, photography, video, and mixed-media installation.

This year’s juror, Miami-based independent curator Laura Novoa, found connective threads within these works that examine how “domestic spaces, language, inheritance, and landscape operate as psychological structures where repetition, concealment, and the desire for escape coexist.” As the exhibition moves between interior and exterior terrains, these works reveal an uncanny within the familiar and challenge our notions of the home as a stable place. Novoa is a Miami-based independent curator and arts administrator. She served as Assistant Director at the Bakehouse Art Complex, holds an advisory position with the City of Miami’s Art in Public Places and has previous experience at Pérez Art Museum Miami, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.

ABOUT CRISP-ELLERT ART MUSEUM: CEAM programming is supported by Flagler College and through grants from the Dr. JoAnn Crisp-Ellert Fund at The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, the St. Johns County Tourist Development Council, the St. Johns Cultural Council, Volkswagen of St. Augustine, and VyStar Credit Union. Additional support is provided by the AC Hotel St. Augustine.