Hamblet
To Steep Together – Jocelyn Ni
Apr. 18, 2025—To Steep Together Jocelyn Ni Jocelyn Ni is a Chinese-American interdisciplinary artist. She creates using a variety of media to capture the nuances and complexities of immigrant experiences. She is drawn to painting, installation, and digital media as a surreal visual syntax to explore the tension between comfort and discomfort, finding beauty in pain and...
The Meditation Chamber – Joshua Kim
Apr. 18, 2025—The Meditation Chamber: The Liminal Phase Joshua Kim Joshua Kim is a student at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) studying Art and Religious Studies (Honors). He has conducted ethnographic research on diverse religious traditions through the support of Vanderbilt University’s Sidney & Becca Fleischer Awards (2024). He also worked in academic positions, including Research Assistant...
The Mail Room – Kelsey Miu
Apr. 18, 2025—The Mail Room Kelsey Miu Kelsey Miu is a senior at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, with an expected graduation in May 2025. Originally from Queens, New York City, she grew up immersed in a rich tapestry of cultures, languages,...
Forever Changed – McKenzie King
Apr. 18, 2025—Forever Changed McKenzie King McKenzie King is a current student at Vanderbilt University pursuing a Bachelor of Arts Degree in both Studio Art and Psychology. She is currently exploring new ways of creating art, such as weaving and sculptural works, that connect ideas found in psychology and the world at large. She will be taking...
Peripheral – Samara McLain
Apr. 18, 2025—Peripheral Samara McLain Samara McLain, a sculptor and painter originally from Southeast Iowa, is currently pursuing degrees in Studio Art and Earth & Environmental Science at Vanderbilt University. She has had work featured in publications such as The Vanderbilt Review and on display at the Iowa Governor’s Mansion, Iowa State Fair, and Vanderbilt University...
Helping Hands – Shannon Felder
Apr. 18, 2025—Helping Hands Shannon Felder Shannon Felder is a senior at Vanderbilt University studying Elementary Education and Studio Art. Her art explores topics of early schooling, community engagement, and childhood. Her primary medium is textile art that relies on collaboration and audience participation. Shannon is inspired by the resilience of children and the potential of...
pẹlẹ o – Ifedolapo Ayewale
Apr. 18, 2025—pẹlẹ o Ifedolapo Ayewale 2025 Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Award Recipient Ifedolapo Ayewale (they/them) is a Nashville-based multimedia installation artist whose work focuses on deconstructing and rewriting communication as a medium. Explored through their video work, photography, fashion, and performance, Ifedolapo pulls from both sociocultural and art historical roots, examining the intersection between their first-generation...
Mothers and Daughters and Mothers Again – Paulette DeJarnette
Apr. 16, 2025—Mothers and Daughters and Mothers Again Paulette DeJarnette 2025 Merit Award Recipient Paulette DeJarnette, 2025 Hamblet Merit Award Recipient Paulette DeJarnette is an art undergraduate student working primarily as a graphic designer at Vanderbilt University. Throughout her time at Vanderbilt, she has created work chiefly pertaining to the intersection of blackness and femininity. Through...
2025 Senior Show
Apr. 16, 2025—Annually, the Spring semester brings the graudating senior art majors to Space 204 and expands the exhibitions spaces to several rooms. This year is no different as Vanderbilt University Department of Art showcases fifteen young artists and their Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Thesis Exhibitions and Competition. Where’d All The Time Go?! Featured artists include: Shannon...
Where’d All the Time Go? The Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Thesis exhibitions coming to Space 204 in April
Mar. 19, 2025—The Department of Art at Vanderbilt University is proud to announce the upcoming Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Thesis Exhibition coming to Space 204 in April 2025! On April 11, 2025 the EBI Studio Arts Center and Space 204 open their doors to public revealing the culminating installations of graduating senior art majors in Studio Arts....