Artist in Residence: Clare Rojas

Our two Visiting Artist Residencies are unique and vital parts of the Oxbow semester. OS34 is fortunate to have Clare Rojas as their first Artist in Residence, and her time here has been marked by spirited discussion on forging a career for yourself in the arts, gender inequality, taking care of oneself and harnessing one's agency, as well as opened up thought on how one may evolve as an artist over time. Read on for Trinity's reflections on Clare's time here:

This week at Oxbow, students were given the outstanding opportunity to create within the spirit of collaboration and community. This collaborative process was strengthened by Ms. Rojas's lecture, where we became familiar with her art and artistic process. During studio time, Ms. Rojas used poetry and the exquisite corpse activity to stimulate a growth of intellectual and inventive ideas. Using this momentum, we are creating two painting projects in the studios. 

As a group, students wrote poetry using the exquisite corpse model. Afterward, each student selected a poem from which to create abstract imagery that spoke to that poem's character. Siddhi has documented that process across the studios:

 check out our Instagram for more images of Clare's residency.