April 8 – May 8, 2022

PROGRADE & RETROGRADE:

The 2022 Studio Art Senior Exhibition

Prograde & Retrograde is the last show for these eight graduating art majors – Vilja Aaltonen, Gabrielle Clark, Sophia DiMarzio, Anastasia Dresden, Shelbi Higgins, Karina Hornberger, Tracy Lam, and Claudia Prado – and it represents the culmination of their artistic efforts and research over these past years as students of painting, drawing, installation, sculpture, graphic design, and book arts. The seniors have drawn upon themes such as memory, time, nostalgia, misconception, and identity to create their bodies of work this semester.  

Prograde and retrograde motion, in astronomy, is the direction an object spins in relation to its orbit around the Sun; objects either move in the same or in the opposite direction, respectively. The seniors have repurposed this astronomical term to contextualize their individual artworks as being “in prograde,” meaning they deal with themes of forward thinking, or “in retrograde,” meaning they deal with themes of looking backward.  

The exhibition was juried by Rollins College Professors Dana Hargrove, Audrey Hope, Rachel Simmons, and by Gisela Carbonell, Curator for the Rollins Museum of Art. The jurors’ selections exemplify the students’ talents, technical ability, and ingenuity. 

Sophia DiMarzio, MOSS Radio, 2021, Radio, clay, synthetic moss, 11” x 6” x 8”,
Karina Hornberger, Maddie & Natasha, watercolor on paper, 17.5 x 13 in,

Gallery Talks

Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 12:30pm 

Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 12:30pm 

Normal Hours of Operation:
Monday closed
Tuesday 10am–7pm
Wednesday-Friday 10am–4pm
Saturday-Sunday Noon–5pm


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