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2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition - MFA Collaborative Design / MA Design Systems
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2020 MFA Thesis Exhibition - MFA Collaborative Design / MA Design Systems
2021 MFA 1st Year Exhibition
PNCA Low-Residency in Visual Studies MFA Thesis Exhibitions
(See also:) variable performances of a well-designed site index

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2023 LRVS Thesis Exhibitions
2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition - After/time
2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition - Stelo
2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition - Expensify
2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition
2023 BFA Thesis Exhibition
2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition
2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition - Applied Craft & Design
2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition - Print Media
2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition - Visual Studies
2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition - MFA Collaborative Design / MA Design Systems
2022 BFA Thesis Exhibition
2021 LRVS Thesis Exhibitions
2021 BFA Thesis Exhibition
2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition
2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition - Applied Craft & Design
2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition - Print Media
2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition - Visual Studies
2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition - MFA Collaborative Design / MA Design Systems
2021 Post-Baccalaureate
2020 BFA Thesis Portfolios
2020 MFA Thesis Exhibition
2020 MFA Thesis Exhibition - Applied Craft & Design
2020 MFA Thesis Exhibition - Print Media
2020 MFA Thesis Exhibition - MFA Visual Studies
2020 MFA Thesis Exhibition - MFA Collaborative Design / MA Design Systems
2021 MFA 1st Year Exhibition
PNCA Low-Residency in Visual Studies MFA Thesis Exhibitions
(See also:) variable performances of a well-designed site index

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Interwoven: Act I

Noah Beckham, MFA Visual Studies Candidate '23

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Interwoven: Act I

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Interwoven is a textile exhibition
Interwoven are the remnants of connecting the dots
Interwoven is where art meets all
Interwoven can be a love poem
Interwoven is a love poem in thread
Interwoven is what happens to a spider web in a basement room
Interwoven looks like the old and new dancing together
Interwoven is a place to tie and knot and think
Interwoven is an exhibition of recent creations made in the pandemic
Interwoven mingles where time is bountiful
Interwoven is my gender
Interwoven is queer
Interwoven is my desire
Interwoven appears among the among
Interwoven is creating problems and solutions
Interwoven the exhibition was made by a Black Nonbinary lesbian
Interwoven is a threat to order and rules
Interwoven is my lullaby
Interwoven is made with love

Bio:

A non-binary black midwestern knotting and drawing as a way to find peace in the black diaspora. Resides currently in Portland, Oregon as an MFA candidate in Visual Studies from Willamette University. Loves peach cobbler and is an Aquarius.

Instagram: @smartphonecandy

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