Parallax 2023 GLEAN Exhibition Art Walk Re-cap

March 13, 2023

Golden retriever in a gallery with a twisted turquoise sculpture in the foreground, and people conversing in the background.

Far left: Garrick Imatani chair of Visual Studies, Manager of GLEAN residency Leslie Vigeant, artist ahuva s. zaslavsky, and Chandra Glaeseman Executive Director of Parallax

Students arrived at Parallax and met with Low-Residency Visual Studies alum Ahuva Zaslavsky who was in the 2023 exhibition and artist/designer Josh Sin who talked about their experiences as GLEAN artists-in-residence.

Josh Sin discussing his work Descendants created during his Glean residency — Josh Sin discussing his work "Descendants" created during his Glean residency

Students got to ask the artists about their process and got valuable feedback on the application process and what makes a competitive portfolio. Leslie shared details on what makes a stand-out application and the do's and dont's of crafting a compelling artist statement and portfolio.

MFA students gathered around LRVS alum Ahuva about GLEAN artist-in-residence — MFA students gathered around LRVS alum Ahuva while she talked about her experience as a GLEAN artist-in-residence

Artist Josh Sin discussing his work Descendants in the GLEAN exhibition — ahuva's floor sculpture

Dogs are welcome at PNCA Galleries — Gallery doggo's always welcome <3

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