/EXHIBITED WORKS
/THE TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL COLLEGE SHOW
A Juried Exhibition
ArtsWorcester at the Davis Art Gallery
Exhibition Run: February 13 - April 13, 2025
Public Reception: February 12, 2025, 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The Twenty-First Annual College Show is a juried exhibition open to all undergraduate college students studying or residing in Massachusetts, in any major. Cash prizes will be awarded and announced at the opening reception. This year’s juror is Deborah Santoro, Gallery Director of the University Gallery at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Learn more about the juror below.
/ABOUT THE JUROR

Deborah Santoro
Deborah Santoro engages visual and material strategies to unravel outdated methodologies that imply we are separate. The interstitial spaces between drawing, printmaking, and lens-based ways of looking forge pathways into neural networks, creating new narratives that allow for multispecies to flourish in a rapidly changing climate. Santoro delves through history to find new futures, and fervently hopes her grandchildren can walk amongst the trees. Santoro has served as the Gallery Director for the University of Massachusetts Lowell since 2014, and as such was recently awarded an Artist Resource Trust grant for the upcoming DRAW Lowell exhibition. For her personal work she was honored with ‘Best in Show’ by curators Lauren Szumita and Marie Picard Craig for Juniper Rag’s PULP exhibition in April 2024. Santoro holds a BA in Studio Art from Wellesley College and an MFA in Studio Art from the Maine College of Art & Design.

Lindsey Blais
Worcester State University, 2027, Art, Business
Ocean Unbound
aluminum wire, tape, plaster cloth, gesso, acrylic paint
15″ x 8.5″ x 3″
November 2024
This sculpture of the leopard shark captures the grace and mystery of one of the ocean’s most captivating creatures. Designed to evoke a sense of wonder, it serves as a reminder of the beauty and complexity that lies beneath the surface of the sea. Through this work, I aim to inspire curiosity and appreciation for the ocean’s diverse ecosystems.
@Lin.zart

Emma Brackett
Clark University, 2025, Studio Art
Freedom in My Skin
cyanotype on fabric, beeswax on fabric, and sewing
24″ x 36″
2024
This work uses imagery of swans, wolves, and seals to act as the mythological figures of animal shifters in Swedish, Croatian, and Celtic Myths. In these myths the woman never got a choice; she was a prize to be won; a possession. This work is a visual representation of what she lost in the forced marriage and motherhood.
@emzasart

Jennie Cao
Rhode Island School of Design, 2027, Painting
美人鱼
acrylic on canvas
18″ x 36″
2024
美人鱼 is a celebration of Asian cuisine and rejection of Western opinion. My previous works focus on the decline of Chinese cultural practices and cooking in ABCs and 美人鱼 is a peaceful and joyous reclamation of Chinese identity and cuisine. The background features classic tapestries, lanterns, traditional cooking ingredients, and the ingredients for a steamed sea bream with ginger and scallions. I want this piece to express the happiness of eating home cooked meals and remembering that there will always be spaces that welcome and accept you as you are.
@meisuicha

Amelia Clark
Clark University, 2026, Studio Art, U.S. History
Eaten
etching and spit bite aquatint ink on hot press paper
10″ x 12″
2024
The sweet meat of the fig is only made because a female fig wasp cannot escape the flower she has laid her eggs in. The intricacies of the flesh and seeds are the formed from the wasp’s enzymatically broken-down body, but there is a brief moment while fig and wasp exist together, engaging in ancient parasitic process.
@ameliaz_artz

Lauren Clark
College of the Holy Cross, 2025, Sociology
Locked in Symmetry
digital-inkjet print
13″ x 19″
2024
My photo, titled “Locked in Symmetry”, seeks to highlight the symmetry, yet, individuality that these lockers convey. The repetitive arrangement of the lockers displays its uniformity, yet the pops of color on the individual locks introduces uniqueness in the image. Through this image, I seek to highlight the beauty in the monotony of unassuming objects, and how, if viewed thoughtfully, uniqueness can be seen.

Carlos Crespo
Quinsigamond Community College, 2026, Engineering
Food Desert: Mirage
oil on canvas
8″ x 10″
2022
Corner bodegas camouflaged as places of nourishment. Generations raised on high fructose corn syrup. Our ADHD preserved and dyed. Junk food being used as a way to cope with our environment. What is food? Is this food?
@creslos1

John de Andrade
Clark University, 2026, Interactive Media
Self-Portrait as Machine
linoleum print, ink on cotton paper
10″ x 14″
2024

John de Andrade
Clark University, 2026, Interactive Media
Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing
copper plate, ink on cotton paper
9″ x 12″
2024

Sophia DeMeo
Clark University, 2028, Undecided
Peaceful Afternoon
charcoal on paper
17″ x 13″
2024
This drawing shows my dog, Kyle, sleeping in his dog bed. My pets are the inspiration for a lot of my work.

Anna DeMetrick
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2026, Printmaking
Family Portrait of Myself
school white clay, oxide, and underglaze
1) 8 x 3.5 x 3.5″ 2) 6.5 x 2.5 x 2.5″ 3) 5 x 2 x 2″ 4) 2 x 1 x 1″ 5) 1 x .5 x .5″
2024
These dolls each represent myself at different times in my life, from babyhood to who I am right now. Making them was my way to reflect on and show love for all the different people I have been, who I hold inside.

Anna DeMetrick
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2026, Printmaking
The Girl Who Could Fly
hardground and softground etching and aquatint
15″ x 19″
2024
This piece is a culmination of various techniques I learned during my first year studying printmaking.

Anna DeMetrick
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2026, Printmaking
The Inner Workings
hardground etching with chine collé
13″ x 14″
2024
This piece is heavily inspired by my happy memories of playing with dollhouses, from my childhood up till today. I had an excellent time seeing how many details I could fit into each room.

Bromly Domingo
Worcester State University, 2025, Communications
Storied Flesh
photography, digital-inkjet print
16″ x 20″
2024
Tattoos are both deeply personal and universally resonant, blurring the line between adornment and storytelling. For some they embody permanence in an ever-changing self, others a dialogue between pain and beauty, choice and vulnerability. By presenting these images, I invite viewers to reflect on their own narratives of self-expression and how the body can serve as a canvas for art we deem worthy of permanence.
@brom1y

Owen Dominguez
Clark University, 2027, Media, Culture, and the Arts
Pickup at the Park
digital-inkjet print
8″ x 11 1/2″
2024
In my time spent photographing University Park, I became very involved with the community of people who often played basketball at the park. Capturing a dynamic moment during either a game or shoot around became my goal, and I feel I achieved that with this photo.
@ogdphoto

Ethan Doyle
Clark University, 2025, Information Technology
Christmas Morning
digital-inkjet print of scanned and converted paper negative
8″ x 10″ (unframed), 15″ x 17″ (framed)
2023
Christmas Morning captures my brother building with Legos, reflecting the evolution of my own childhood Christmas mornings doing the same. By using paper negatives as an alternative to traditional film in an 8×10-inch large-format camera, I embraced a process that demands care and creativity. This deliberate method mirrors the tactile and thoughtful experience of building with Legos, creating a tangible connection between past and present.

Ethan Doyle
Clark University, 2025, Information Technology
Home
inkjet-print of a digital photograph
10″ x 15″ (unframed), 16″ x 20″ (framed)
2024
Home represents the beginning of my exploration of emulating film on a digital camera. Film offers distinctive color rendering and a nostalgic feel, but rising costs prompted me to explore alternatives. I adjusted my camera’s sensor settings to modify how it interprets light. The image you see is straight off the camera, with no post-processing. I aim to develop a digital method to not only capture the aesthetic of film but also replicate the tactile experience of shooting it.

Ethan Doyle
Clark University, 2025, Information Technology
Scenes from Main South
inkjet-print of 35mm film photographs
9″ x 17″ (unframed), 16″ x 22″ (framed)
2024
Scenes from Main South is part of a larger documentary project that delves into the unique neighborhood of Worcester, Massachusetts. I document Main South as I see it, from its unique architectural styles that tell tales of the past to the blend of urban grit and green spaces. Each photograph aims to encapsulate the essence of this dynamic area. The three photographs in this piece represent my experience living and studying in Main South.

Jane Doyle
College Of The Holy Cross, 2025, Studio Art, Pre-Med Track
my janie
cardboard, plywood, acrylic paint, acrylic sheet, 3D printed filament
4.5” x 4.5” x 4.5”
2024
Inspired by the “arte povera” movement, this work incorporates found material (discarded cardboard) into a piece primarily constructed from 3D rendered imaging of the artist and laser cut materials. The scene serves as a visual representation of a “fragmented” or incomplete perception of the self.

Jane Doyle
College Of The Holy Cross, 2025, Studio Art, Pre-Med Track
Untitled
plywood, spray paint, acrylic paint, 3D printed filament, canvas, Styrofoam, hot glue
14”x 8” x 10”
2024
This piece is a visual documentation of the artist’s current and ongoing experimentation with 3D printing organic forms (i.e. the figure’s legs scanned from a volunteer). The artist wanted to create a an object that appears to be taken out of a cityscape. She explored various methods of weathering techniques to further distress the piece making it appear more realistic to the kind of urban environment it drew its inspiration from.

Jane Doyle
College Of The Holy Cross, 2025, Studio Art, Pre-Med Track
Yellow?
acrylic sheets, cardboard, newsprint, clay, acrylic paint, suspension cable, wooden dowels
11” x 8” x 16”
2024
Titled “Yellow?” this is a sculpture of a payphone where the phone piece is a banana. The artist hoped to bridge the elements of handmade and machine rendered work by sculpting the phone out of cardboard and clay, but installing it in a laser cut acrylic booth. Ultimately, she wished to construct a piece which reconnects her to the psyche of herself as a child, striving to answer the question, “if I was ten again, what would I want to create?”

Annabelle Edwards-Stoll
Clark University, 2025, Studio Art
Kids Bathroom Toilet
wire, fiber, and brick
64″ x 45″ x 26″
2024
There is a duck learning to swim in the memory of my childhood toilet. The toilet is leaking from the bottom and flooding the space. I do not know how to swim well. Maybe I should jump in the toilet. Maybe my rubber duck will teach me to swim before I drown.
@annabelle.claire

Peyton Ellinghaus
College of the Holy Cross, 2025, Mathematics, Studio Art
Fame Non È Una Virtura
ceramic
10.5″ x 6″ x 5.5″
2024
Control is hard to come by and even harder to maintain. I have a difficult time with not being in control and often explore that in my work. Working with clay allows me to experiment with letting go in a small way by allowing the material to do as it pleases while maintaining the final say over the piece – controlled chaos, if you will. This piece reflects the way my eating disorder has had control over me at different times in my life, demonstrated by the slumping forms that invoke a sense of exhaustion and emptiness.
@peytoninthestu

Aine Frisch
College of the Holy Cross, 2025, Biology, Studio Art
E, M, & C
crocheted acrylic fibers
Each of the three parts range from 8.3″ x 11″ to 8.3″ x 13″
2024
All of my art is a form of self expression. Most of my decision making is intuition-based, and I select personal themes such as identity, lived experience, and gender. I use a variety of materials because each one speaks to me differently. By incorporating fiber arts such as crochet in works like E, M, & C, I embrace a medium that has been disregarded throughout art history. Fiber arts have often been regarded as “women’s work,” and not considered to be fine art. Through this choice, I aim to challenge the notion of what fine art truly is.
@a1n3f

Aine Frisch
College of the Holy Cross, 2025, Biology, Studio Art
Self
crocheted acrylic fibers
19” x 18”
2024
All of my art is a form of self expression. Most of my decision making is intuition-based, and I select personal themes such as identity, lived experience, and gender. I use a variety of materials because each one speaks to me differently. By incorporating fiber arts such as crochet in works like Self, I embrace a medium that has been disregarded throughout art history. Fiber arts have often been regarded as “women’s work,” and not considered to be fine art. Through this choice, I aim to challenge the notion of what fine art truly is.
@a1n3f

Libia Goncalves-Quintero
Worcester State University, 2024, Art
Tribute to Grandma
watercolor on paper
24″ x 29″
2024
These delicate light pink roses evoke a sense of softness and nostalgia, their petals gently unfolding in shades of pale pink, blending into soft ivory highlights, and subtle hints of lavender or peach, adding depth and warmth to the composition. The edges of the petals would be softly blurred, capturing the ethereal quality of a memory and a moment in time, as it suggests the presence of something beautiful and enduring like grandmother’s love. The overall feeling would be one of reverence, peace, and heartfelt remembrance.

Sofia Guzman Farias
Clark University, 2025, Psychology, Studio Art
Lotería
gouache on mixed media paper
11” x 15”
2024
In response to Josefina Jacquin’s piece, “The California Lottery”, my gouache painting “Lotería” portrays a series of images in the colorful and cartoon-like style of a Mexican lotería. The accompanying text presents both words in Spanglish and colloquial terms that may not be in the dictionary but are commonly used among Mexicans. My piece speaks about my identity as a Mexican woman and bilingual Spanish and English speaker, but also comments on the fluidity and ever-changing nature of language.

Alec Hakman
College of the Holy Cross, 2025, Economics, Art Minor
A+
screen print
15″ x 30″
2024
It’s a commentary on Adderall.

Oliver Hamlett
Clark University, 2026, Interactive Media
Collaged Space
pen on drawing paper
14″ x 17″
2023
The task of this assignment was to collage four of five different spaces that we found online or in person and make it into one, distinguishable piece. The goal was to make the piece feel like a “real” place that could exist. Throughout the majority of the semester I used graphite and charcoal, however for this piece I wanted to use pen. I felt it captured the fun and essence of the piece more than my traditional mediums.
@oliverhamlettart

Oliver Hamlett
Clark University, 2026, Interactive Media
Colorful Mushroom Zentangle
pen and Ohuhu markers on mixed media paper
10″ x 48″
2023
I wanted to create a fun, colorful piece using markers and pens-the challenge being to not have the same colors next to each other. I wanted to invoke a bright and lighthearted feeling. I also wanted to make as many small details as I could so every time you see the piece you would notice something different.
@oliverhamlettart

Oliver Hamlett
Clark University, 2026, Interactive Media
Hands
graphite on drawing paper
11.4″ x 16.5″
2024
I wanted to challenge myself with one of the more difficult parts of human anatomy: hands. This was also the piece that helped me breakthrough some of my struggles with graphite, shading, and lighting. Making something seem realistic was very much a challenge, and one I want to endeavor again. Originally, I was going to include something in the middle that the hands were “manipulating” in some way, but I felt leaving it open would create a wider variety of thoughts or ideas for people to create themselves.
@oliverhamlettart

Devin Hanington
Quinsigamond Community College, 2026, Interactive Media- Game Design
Drops in a Galactic Pond
digital-inkjet print
17″ x 11″
2026

William Harding
College of the Holy Cross, 2026, Accounting
A Musician’s Growth
found and recorded footage
0:02:50 (click to watch)
2024
This video was made specifically to show my dad, who has done everything for me and helped spark this hobby. This video showcases not just my physical growth, but my growth as a musician from when I was 5 years old to now. Playing the guitar is a big part of my identity and not many people know that I have been doing it for so long. This video is also meant to show a part of me that is not usually seen.

Abbie Hart
Clark University, 2025, English, Art History
take the early train home (cold)
Airbrush aquatint etched copper plate print
9″ x 12″
2024
“take the early train (cold)” is a recollection of a moment in Malmö, based off of a photo I took from behind the Sankt Petri kyrka, in the Gamla staden neighborhood. I had decided to go into Malmö alone for the day, as my grandparents had lived there for a time, and my grandfather had recently passed. Creating this piece was creating a piece of remembrance for him, and immortalizing this place we had shared, even though we were never in Sweden together. He may have walked the same street, but he will never know that I did, too.
@abbiemhart

Rachel Harvie
Clark University, 2027, Studio Art, Interactive Media- 2D Art Track
Entrance of Goddard Library
Charcoal
14″ x 17″
2024
Charcoal drawing of the Entrance of Goddard Library at Clark University.
@1ns4n1ty1npr0gr3ss

Rachel Harvie
Clark University, 2027, Studio Art, Interactive Media- 2D Art Track
Surrealist Landscape
Charcoal
14×17″
2024
Charcoal drawing of a surrealist landscape. Drawn based on a collage made during an art class at Clark University.
@1ns4n1ty1npr0gr3ss

Amatista Keller-Angelo
Clark University, 2027, Geography, Studio Art Minor
Roots/Routes
acrylic collage on paper
22″ x 24″
2024
The two figures in this piece are based on photographs of me as a child and placed in imagined scenes that represent my journey of understanding and connecting with my Latine/Chilean roots growing up in Vermont. This piece is both a representation of my progress and a form of processing as my life continues and part of a series of pieces that follow the same theme.
@amatistakellerangelo

Una Kenneally
Clark University, 2027, Psychology
Glass Bottle Still Life
acrylic on paper
22.5″ x 17.5″
2024
This piece is a glass bottle still life. On a cold winter day, the sun still shined through onto the windowsill.
@unarttts

Dena Laudon
Quinsigamond Community College, 2026, Interactive Digital Media
Bubbly
photography, digital inkjet print
18″ x 24″
2024

Luke LeMond
College of the Holy Cross, 2025, Computer Science
Feelin’ Burnt
photo paper luster
17″ x 60″
2024
Feelin’ Burnt is an experimental project where I capture the emotions of finishing up being a college athlete. As my time of being a Holy Cross baseball player comes to an end, I wanted to encapsulate the feelings I was having. The burning of the film represents both that an important time period in my life is coming to an end and that after so much time spent at the field I am starting to feel ‘burnt out’.
@lukelemond

Jordyn Lunt
Worcester State University, 2027, Communcation Sciences and Disorders
The Ever Changing Woman, 1940’s
Photographs printed on Canon Photo Paper Pro Luster
8.5″ x 11″
2024
These pieces will explore the complexity of women and the changing fashion along with how their roles have shifted in society.

Jordyn Lunt
Worcester State University, 2027, Communcation Sciences and Disorders
The Ever Changing Woman, Future of Fashion
Photographs printed onto Canon Photo Paper Pro Luster
8.5″ x 11″
2024
This photograph paired with the others represents how women’s fashion has changed over the decades and how their roles in society have shifted.

Dhiogo Machado
Worcester State University, 2025, Art
Foreigner in Taito
pen and Sharpie
12″ x 18″
2024
“Foreigner in Taito” is a play on words, based on a picture of a panda I took while in a zoo in Japan. The panda and I have an immigrant status of permanent resident in common, both in that moment, and after I returned to America. It resonated with me while doing the artwork that neither of us would be home, no matter how much we behaved like it, or how accustomed to the environment we were. I let the panda be the “star,” while all the foreground and background insists on the notion of being an alien.
@dhiogum_arts

Serena McCarthy
College of the Holy Cross, 2025, Biology, Studio Art
Self-Portrait
stamps and ink on paper
40″ x 60″
2022
This piece, rendered from layers and layers of “s” stamps references the complexity of the individual and all the experiences that come together to make up a person. Though made from only a stamp and primary colored ink, it comes together to form something entirely unrecognizable from the starting materials.

Serena McCarthy
College of the Holy Cross, 2025, Biology, Studio Art
Takeout
collage and oil paint on canvas
11″ x 18″
2024
Takeaway, explores toxic masculinity in society. Phrases like “we’ll treat you with respect” and “so the harder a wife works, the cuter she looks!” can be clearly read in the background. In this piece I played off of the idea of a man-eater, in line with the concept of female rage. Pictured are tiny men playing in the slimy noodles, completely oblivious to their fate. One is even bathing in it.

Kate Millard
College of the Holy Cross, 2025, Psychology
Tethered
video, 0:03:11 (click to watch)
3:11
2024
I wanted to make a video about identity, specifically when your identity is tied to school/grades. This has always been a struggle for me. It can feel like this weight that follows you around, and I wanted to highlight the panic and anxiety that can arise when who you are is so intertwined with school. I wanted the ending to feel hopeful, as a reminder that there are so many other important things in life, and that it is possible to free yourself from the constraints of your beliefs that your worth depends on how well you do in school.

Charlotte Moriarty
Clark University, 2025, Psychology
Inner Child
acrylic paint on canvas
15.5″ x 19.5″
February 2024
This piece is about using inner pain as fuel for self growth, as represented by feeding the inner child.
@the.charchive

Andrew Myers
Anna Maria College, 2026, Graphic Design
Got a short little span of attention
print of collaged pencil sketchbook drawings
18″ x 24″
2024
This particular artwork revolves around lyrics of a well-known song from the mid-1980s called “You Can Call Me Al” by Paul Simon. Displayed are nine various blind contours within an 18×24 frame that playfully walk through an overall narrative of how one can let many distractions get in the way of our daily lives, reflecting one of the song lyrics that states, “Got a short little span of attention.” This piece can be a reminder not only for others to be mindful of how they take care of themselves but also to drink water once in a while.

AJ Orringer
Clark University, 2025, Studio Art, Women’s and Gender Studies
busted knees
acrylic on canvas
11″ x 26.5″
2024
I don’t recommend walking up stairs while texting. During my study abroad semester in Ireland, I tripped on stone steps and bruised my knees pretty badly. I found myself wanting to practice painting fleshy textures and realized I had a new reference, thus “busted knees” came to be. The moral of the story is: pay attention to where you’re going.
@echoingmybrain

AJ Orringer
Clark University, 2025, Studio Art, Women’s and Gender Studies
untitled (self-portrait)
graphite on paper
14″ x 17″
2024
I have a complicated relationship with my body; I have had to work incredibly hard over the past sixteen years in order to give my body the love and support she deserves. “untitled (self-portrait)” is a representation of how far I’ve come in my journey of self-love. Bodies are the physical forms that carry us through life, and I continue to celebrate mine every day.
@echoingmybrain

Vivian Paiz
Clark University, 2027, Psychology
Chords In Chaos
digital inkjet print
16” x 20”
2024
Chords In Chaos captures a musician immersed in his craft against the layered backdrop of urban decay- peeling posters, graffiti, and scattered art. The vibrant red guitar stands out, symbolizing the power of music to bring life to chaotic spaces. This piece explores the resilience of creativity in public spaces, where performance and environment merge. It celebrates the raw energy of street culture and highlights the transient beauty of artistic expression in its most unfiltered form.
@Vivs.frames

Vivian Paiz
Clark University, 2027, Psychology
Void of Power
digital inkjet print
16” x 20”
2024
Void of Power explores the tension between presence and obscurity, highlighting themes of power dynamics and control. The figure, defined only by its shadow, exists within a structured, luminous frame that both isolates and confines. The vivid violet backdrop contrasts with the subdued silhouette, symbolizing how external forces—social structures, expectations, or hierarchies—can shape individual identity. This piece invites viewers to reflect on the balance of dominance and submission, visibility and invisibility, within interpersonal and societal dynamics.
@Vivs.frames

Ciara Pape
Quinsigamond Community College, 2025, Graphic Design
Mothers Day
collage, mixed media
18″ x 24″
2024
This piece depicts my near-death experience which occurred on Mothers day a few years ago. I was beaten and strangled on the sidewalk by a man, after my friend called me to come give her a ride. My soul floating and looking down at my body below. People watched as I was fighting to stay alive. The artwork captures the haunting sense of being both present and removed. It serves as a reflection on trauma, and the transformation that arises from confronting death.
@ciaraviibes

Ciara Pape
Quinsigamond Community College, 2025, Graphic Design
REFLECT
mixed media, collage
16″ x 20″
2024
This piece shows the relationship between reflection, both literal and metaphorical, and the serenity that can be found in water. The bathtub serves as a space of introspection, where the individual can step away from the chaos of the world and engage in a moment of deep self-awareness. It is important that in times of uncertainty we give ourselves self-care.
@ciaraviibes

Quinlan Perry
College of the Holy Cross, 2026, Economics
Worcester Vernacular
digital-inkjet print on SC-P800 Ultra Premium Photo Paper
8.5″ x 11″
2024
Walker Evans’ ability to see the present as if it were already the past led me to choose him for my artist mentor project. His powerful storytelling through straightforward photography, capturing the American vernacular and the raw reality of the Great Depression, inspired me deeply. Evans’ work, blending documentary realism with artistic lyricism, reveals the beauty in overlooked aspects of American culture. Following his style, I photographed Worcester, focusing on its working-class charm and historical essence in monochrome. I aimed to capture Worcester’s unique character through railroads, diners, and old factories, much like Evans did with American cities.

Madison Piehler
Assumption University, 2025, Graphic Design, Music
Eldritch Flower: My Drawing II Final
pencil and colored pencils on Strathmore drawing paper
12″ x 18″
2024
This was based on another project I did for my Drawing II class. It was a collage project and I ended up liking the flower monster I made.

Myles Popple
Quinsigamond Community College, 2025, Business Administration
Morph
acrylic on canvas
8″ x 8″
2024
I started this painting in July and completed it in September. This was my first painting, I typically work in colored pencil. I used black and white Apple Barrel acrylic.
@sebsleftnip

Katelyn Prive
Assumption University, 2027, Management
Grid Extraction
charcoal on mixed media paper
18″ x 24″
2024
Here is a bottle, headphones, a pumpkin, and a leaf. All things that have never ending curves and rounded edges. The paper is split into a grid and I connected all of these shapes using shading.

Katelyn Prive
Assumption University, 2027, Management
Still Life Grid Extraction
charcoal on drawing paper
18″ x 24″
2024
A telephone, a vase, a wheel, a bottle, a pedal, and a stack of wooden blocks. Can you pick them out?

Alex Raper
College of the Holy Cross, 2025, Psychology, Studio Art
The Fool
oil paint on canvas mounted to masonite board
35.5″ x 25.5″
2024
This piece is part of a series of three works that come together to create my own take on a simple tarot reading that represents the intricacies of relationships with others, passive self-reflection, and active self-reflection.

Autumn Ray
Framingham State University, 2026, Studio Art
Slow Afternoon
acrylic
48″ x 24″
2024
In the still waters, the boat becomes a vessel for contemplation, a stage for the silent dialogue between the human form and the natural world. The figure, suspended in a state of rest, invites us to reflect on the significance of stillness and the power of introspection. The lush landscape, a tapestry woven with light and shadow, mirrors the inner depths of the mind. As the figure relaxes, so does the mind, adrift in a sea of thoughts and emotions. The painting serves as an invitation to pause, observe, and find solace in quiet moments.

Marley Rehm
College of the Holy Cross, 2025, Biology, Studio Art
Glass Frame
glass and wire
69″ x 12″
2024
Integral to my identity as an artist is the combination of my studio art and biology majors. Within my work, I incorporate biological concepts that have been abstractly stretched using various materials. This sense of ‘abstract biological thinking’ allows my work to focus on the message of integration and materiality. I want to push the boundaries of traditional materials and bring out the unknown in simple materials. The contrast between the rigidity of biology and the fluidity of my work questions the lengths materials can be pushed and draws viewers to want to touch my work.

Matthew Rigione
College of the Holy Cross, 2025, Political Science
Emerson – The Violinist
video, 0:01:06 (click to watch)
2024
@mbrimaging

Angela Risotti
Fitchburg State University, 2026, Communications Media
Joiners
archival inkjet print
13″ x 19″
2024
A deconstructed observation of the fleeting liminality between consciousness and dream.
@moaingela

Silvia Rodrigues
Quinsigamond Community College, 2026, Interactive Media- Digital Design
My Art Supplies: A Still Life
digital painting (Photoshop)
2024
@ERATCOM

Ciara Scamby
College of the Holy Cross, 2025, Biology
Self Portrait
charcoal on paper
22.5” x 29.5”
2024
This piece was created using solely charcoal and an eraser. It was completed for a project in Introduction to Visual Art at the College of the Holy Cross. The work was based off a photograph taken in class with dramatic lighting, edited to be in black and white.

Paige St.Laurent
Worcester State University, 2025, Communications
On Track
digital photography
6″ x 9″
2024
Being away from home to pursue my education, I often feel I’ve missed the chance to witness my younger sister’s journey into the remarkable woman she has become. Her growth and transformation inspired me to capture her beauty through this portrait series. Authentically Her explores the layered nature of my sister’s identity and self-expression. As a lesbian woman with a distinctive blend of style influences, she seamlessly intertwines her tomboy roots, feminine elegance, and a free-spirited, bohemian aesthetic. This series seeks to honor the beauty of individuality and the power of style as a form of personal storytelling.

Sophie Sundaram
College of the Holy Cross, 2026, Studio Art
Map of the Heart
graphite on paper
44″ x 31″
2023
“Map of the Heart” explores themes of complex personal identity, immigration, and the concept of home. The piece depicts an image of myself within an anatomical heart, through which run not veins, but the streets of all the places with which I hold deep emotional ties. My image becomes one with my homes, as it blends into the increasingly dense network of maps. Warsaw, Poland, my mother’s hometown, is at the heart of the piece, reflecting a maternal embrace of streets that form a cage for my body, while the placement of other regions suggest strong, though less visceral bonds.

Sophie Sundaram
College of the Holy Cross, 2026, Studio Art
Thirteen Ways
charcoal and eraser on paper
57″ x 57″
2024
“Thirteen Ways” is an installation inspired by American modernist poet Wallace Stevens’ “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”. The piece is composed of thirteen individual charcoal drawings. Each is a highly cropped image of a taxidermied blackbird or one of my own body parts. The central panel brings my body together with the bird’s, exploring the illusionism of visual experiences, as it depicts my hand forming a bird-shaped puppet shadow. “Thirteen Ways” explores the defamiliarizing effects of close observation, suggests a shared humanity of animals and humans, and pays homage to Stevens’ meditation on the subjectivity of visual experience.

Amrita Thokar Karki
Anna Maria College, 2025, Graphic Design
Flicker of Self
Photograph
24″ x 13.8″
2024

Amrita Thokar Karki
Anna Maria College, 2025, Graphic Design
Untitled
soft pastels on paper
18″ x 24″
2024

Arthur Tusoni
Quinsigamond Community College, 2026, Interactive Media and Design
Together as One
digital inkjet print
33″ x 25.5″
2024
“Together As One” explores the intimate connection between two souls through the symbolism of the eyes. Inspired by the quote, “The eyes are the windows to the soul,” this photograph merges my eye with my girlfriend’s eye, to express how love transcends individuality. While the distinct features remain, their blending signifies the deep unity we share, illustrating that while we are separate beings, our souls are intertwined. This piece celebrates our love and the profound connection we feel, captured in a moment where we are both apart and inseparable.
@at_photography_06

August Waggener
Clark University, 2026, Biology
Portrait of Carter
digital inkjet print
8.7″ x 12.5″
2024

Sophie Ward
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2025, Fibers and Textiles
baby blanket for you, me, and the fairies
naturally dyed Targhee wool, silk, embroidery floss
16″ x 24″
2024
I often reminisce on my childhood self. She loved the comfort of a soft blanket, the way tree branches shot into the sky like veins, and the glimmer of fairy wings. I made this patchwork baby blanket from wet felted wool that has been naturally dyed with cochineal, marigold, chlorophyllin, chestnut, and wattle as an ode to the time I spent in nature. The hand embroidered words are also an ode and an apology for forgetting the wonders of my younger years. The weight of the textile embodies the weight of adulthood.
@thefiber_fairy
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