Eudaimonia: The 19th Thacher Art + Architecture Annual

June Dao, Blue Poppy, photograph, 8.5”x11”, 2017

May 4 – June 29, 2018

In its 19th year, the Thacher Annual celebrates artwork by 40 junior and senior majors and minors from the University of San Francisco’s Department of Art + Architecture. The exhibition’s student organizers have chosen the title Eudaimonia (eu·dae·mo·nia), a Greek word that roughly translates to “human flourishing.” The exhibition highlights the artists’ personal and creative evolutions during their time at USF.

Just as organic life blooms and flourishes, so do we, ever molding into greater human beings. The artwork in Eudaimonia reflects varying human experiences, allowing viewers an opportunity for self-reflection.

Eudaimonia was organized by the Thacher Gallery Practicum class, providing an opportunity for undergraduate students to learn and apply the process of curating and implementing a professional, juried exhibition. The show’s jury included artists Paz de la Calzada and Marshall Elliott, designer, author, and Design Action Collective co-founder Innosanto Nagara, and Haight Street Art Center executive director Peter McQuaid. The exhibition features 69 artworks of various media, including paintings, audio, digital, print, graphic design, and ceramics.

Opening events will be May 4, with an awards ceremony at 4pm in the Xavier Auditorium in Fromm Hall, followed by a reception in the Thacher Gallery.

Exhibiting Artists:

  • Yasmeen Abedifard
  • Fredo Alvarez
  • Allison Arriola
  • Megan Badilla
  • Justin Barreras
  • Esperanza Carmona
  • Marisa Centrella
  • Bailey Dare Chaconas
  • Maya Chin
  • Noa Chupkov
  • Elora Cuenco
  • June Dao
  • Genesis DeJesus
  • Tin Dinh
  • Joanna Douglas
  • John Finkenberg
  • Valentina Flores
  • Alex Foster
  • Christine Gonzalez
  • Monica Greene
  • Terence Ho
  • Lauren Imada
  • Jackie Isbell
  • Gina Kuhlmann
  • Danlu Liang
  • Ema Matsumura
  • Shana Mofarrah
  • Casey Moylan
  • Tiffany Nassirian
  • Joshua Oakley
  • McKenna Pahl
  • Ginelle Dela Peña
  • Giovanni Presutti
  • Amber Ramirez
  • Laura Schmaeler
  • Jackie Todani
  • San Trieu
  • Saorise-Naomie Weaver
  • Rose Yao
  • Shijia Zhang

Student Organizers:

Subject Matter

  • Heather Butler
  • Chloe Damiba
  • Delaney Gibbons
  • Christine Guo
  • Giovanni Presutti

Design

  • Lily Basting
  • Carrie Deng
  • Grace Hale
  • Zoila Marquez
  • Nina Vukic

Visitor Experience

  • Victoria Fraire
  • Pengxin Guo
  • Chaniece Jefferson
  • Jordan Sandoval
  • Luis Sepulveda

Nell Herbert and Glori Simmons, instructors

  • Yasmeen Abedifard
    A Life Long Battle
    Acrylic on wood
    2017

    Yasmeen Abedifard 
    Bearer
    Oil on canvas
    2017

    Fredo Alvarez
    Alice at the Wall
    Linocut print with oil based ink on paper
    2017

    Allison Arriola
    End Artist Manifesto Book
    Print
    2017

    Allison Arriola
    Middle Artist Manifesto Book
    Print
    2017

    Megan Badilla
    Gals and Friends
    Digital prints
    2015-2018

    Megan Badilla
    Men and Women Trained
    Digitally collaged publication
    2017

    Justin Barreras
    Hella Hyphy
    Pen and ink on paper
    2014

    Justin Barreras
    Sk8s on H8
    Acrylic and spray paint on skateboards
    2016

    Esperanza Carmona
    Coddiwomple
    Photography with watercolor
    2015

    Esperanza Carmona
    Pelle Fiorentina
    Leather
    2017

    Marisa Centrella 
    Rika
    Acrylic on canvas
    2018

    Bailey Dare Chaconas 
    Aquifer House Cooling
    Digital print and mixed media
    2017

    Maya Chin
    Pencil Drawing of Robert Mapplethorpe’s Photograph
    Graphite pencil on bristol board
    2017

    Maya Chin
    Words in Motion (Based on “Rain” by Shel Silverstein)
    Website
    2017

    Noa Chupkov
    From Sketch to Sculpture
    Wire sculpture
    2014

    Elora Lam Cuenco
    Eyes Off, Paws Off
    Acrylic on bristol board
    2017

    Elora Lam Cuenco
    Why Am I Afraid of the Dark?
    Ink on bristol board
    2017

    June Dao
    Blue Poppy
    Photography
    2017

    June Dao
    Lily
    Photography
    2017

    Ginelle Dela Pena 
    Ready, Set, Lift Off
    3D Mixed Media
    2017

    Ginelle Dela Pena 
    A Dash of Realism
    Cardstock and Construction Paper
    2018

    Gensis De Jesus 
    Spotted Hyena Skull
    Graphite on bristol
    2018

    Tin Dinh
    Gay Masculinities
    Book
    2016

    Tin Dinh
    Vietnamese Playing Cards
    Playing cards
    2018

    Joanna Douglas
    Vibrant in a Dull Setting
    Digital photography
    2017

    John Finkenberg
    Edit Me
    Mixed media
    2015

    John Finkenberg
    Crossing Gender in America: Davies Forum Poster Series
    Mixed media
    2017

    John Finkenberg
    Interactive “Focus” Patterns
    Interactive website
    2017

    Valentina Flores
    48 Hour Tea Set
    Ceramic
    2018

    Valentina Flores
    Un Breve Momento
    Linocut reduction print
    2017

    Alex Foster 
    Color + Sound
    Video
    2017

    Alex Foster
    World Cover
    Print
    2017

    Christine Gonzalez 
    Back to Basics
    Digital inkjet print booklet and letters
    booklet
    2017

    Christine Gonzalez 
    Avant Garde
    Digital inkjet print
    2017

    Monica Greene
    The Privacy Conundrum
    Interactive website
    2017

    Terrence Ho
    Phase
    Interactive web game
    2016

    Terrence Ho
    Report a Problem/Last Breath
    Digital print, audio
    2016

    Lauren Imada 
    Dispatches Against Displacement: Field Notes on San Francisco’s Housing Wars
    Chapter 3: They Plan for Profits, We Plan for People
    Bound matte paper, cardboard
    2016

    Jackie Isbell
    Nude Model #3
    Acrylic paint on bristol board
    2017

    Gina Kuhlman 
    (Re)Moving East
    Digital inkjet print
    2017

    Gina Kuhlman
    Interwoven
    Interactive website
    2017

    Danlu Liang
    Grow Up
    Interactive web page
    2017

    Danlu Liang 
    The Chinese Restaurants That Hana Has Been to in San Francisco
    Poster
    2017

    Ema Matsumura
    Innocence Gone Wrong
    Print, video
    2017

    Ema Matsumura
    You are What You Choose to Wear
    Print
    2017

    Shana Mofarrah
    The Indigenous People’s History of the United States
    Hardcover book
    2017

    Shana Mofarrah
    Type as Composition
    Digital inkjet print
    2016

    Casey Moylan
    Let’s (M)eat
    Interactive web game
    2016

    Casey Moylan
    Succulents
    Acrylic on paper
    2016

    Tiffany Nassirian
    Nude
    Acrylic
    2016

    Joshua Oakley
    From the Bottom Up: Part of Something Larger
    Acrylic on gesso board
    2017

    Joshua Oakley
    I Came Back
    Oil and collage on canvas
    2017

    McKenna Pahl
    Melting Point
    Interactive web game
    2017

    McKenna Pahl
    Moon Balloon
    Vector illustration
    2016

    Giovanni Presutti
    Loving the Parallax
    Oil, charcoal, pastel on canvas
    2018

    Giovanni Presutti
    Apples and Oranges
    Acrylic, charcoal on canvas
    2017

    Amber Ramirez
    Lost
    Acrylic
    2018

    Amber Ramirez
    Lost #2
    Acrylic
    2018

    Laura Schmaeler
    Citizen
    Digital inkjet printed book
    2017

    Laura Schmaeler
    Date Night
    Handmade/hand-crafted book cover with digital inkjet printed interior
    2017

    Trieu San
    Life and Death
    Reduction print on paper
    2017

    Trieu San
    Walk at the Palace
    Gouache and ink on paper
    2017

    Jackie Todani
    Aquifer Cooling Building
    Digital print and mixed media
    2017

    Saoirse Weaver
    Black Power
    Publishing paper, book board
    2015

    Saoirse Weaver
    My Neighborhood Is
    Copy paper, packing tape
    2016

    Rose Yao
    Raw
    Acrylic on canvas
    2017

    Shija Zhang
    The Back
    Photography
    2018

    Shija Zhang
    Peppers in black
    Photography
    2018

View images of the installed exhibition and opening reception.