Unmuted: The 22nd Thacher Art + Architecture Annual

DJ Hoffman, "GMom," 2020, digital portrait, 11.7" x 8.8"

May 7-July 30, 2021

Online exhibition and programs
Thacher Gallery, University of San Francisco

Following a year during which our collective interactions have primarily occurred virtually, the 22nd Thacher Annual playfully responds to the now ubiquitous phrase, “You’re on mute!” While the impacts of the pandemic have left many feeling disconnected and stifled, Unmuted provides a platform for University of San Francisco student artists to speak out, express themselves, and let their creative voices be heard.

The exhibition presents 64 works by junior and senior majors and minors from USF’s Department of Art + Architecture. With themes ranging from isolation to our dependence on the natural environment, the featured works represent an honest vocalization of emotions, experiences, and discoveries made during the silence of the pandemic. Through these artworks, viewers are invited to reflect on their own experiences during the past year.

Unmuted is presented by USF’s Thacher Gallery and Art History & Museum Studies Thacher Practicum class led by Nell Herbert. Student curators include Evan Carlson, Shannon Foley, Christina Gazi, Maria Ivanyuk, Julia Kea, Catherine Pluimer, Nora Robbins, Zoe Sun, and Quinna Xia. Exhibited artworks were selected by jurors Jenna Marie Blair, Eddie Herena, Cynthia Hooper, and Weston Teruya.

Featured Artists

  • Joshua Alas
  • Jazz Alcanices
  • Max Amido
  • Sonja Angst
  • Arantza Aramburu
  • Megan Babigian
  • Tessa Bartholio
  • Samanda Beeman
  • Nicole Belton
  • Valerie Bravo
  • Sam Cadenas-Arzate
  • Dana Capistrano
  • Angelica Carinugan
  • Brandi Chang
  • Joanne Chu
  • Courtney Crother
  • Louise de Oliveira
  • Natalie Ferrer
  • DJ Hoffman
  • Maria Ivanyuk
  • Gabrielle Kim
  • Nathan Lee
  • Danae Lenda
  • Margarita Lopez-Dale
  • Allyssa Mabute
  • Jenna Mansperger
  • Camilla Martinez
  • Natalie Morris
  • Tanvi Murugesh
  • My Nguyen
  • Lauren Nipper
  • Natalie Ortez-Arevalo
  • Milla Petrolino
  • Ariane Corrine Reyes
  • Eduardo Reyes
  • Paola Reyes Melendez
  • Lucas Ricci
  • Mary Lou Grace Robison
  • Tomas Rodriguez
  • Sebastian Rojas
  • Coco Romano Giordano
  • Emma Schwartz
  • Aneesha Solomon
  • Somer Taylor
  • Mai Ly Torres Baker
  • Josephine Tov
  • Brianna Vargas
  • Xingyi Wang
  • Halle Watson
  • Ryan Williams

Acknowledgments

The Thacher Practicum class would like to thank the following people for their contributions to the Unmuted exhibition project:

Jenna Marie Blair, Kevin B. Chen, Eddie Herena, Cynthia Hooper, Weston Teruya, Rio Yañez, USF’s Department of Web Services, and the Thacher Gallery team: Victoria Farlow, Andrea Gonzales (designer), Nell Herbert, Ariane Corinne Reyes, Glori Simmons, and Somer Taylor.

  • May 7-July 30, 2021
    Thacher Gallery     

    Joshua Alas
    Nothing out of the Ordinary
    2021
    Photoshop painting

    Jazz Alcanices
    Affirmations To Self
    2021
    Digital illustration

    Max Amido
    Los Angeles Low Income Homes
    2020
    Poster

    Sonja Angst
    Help Save The Ocean
    2019
    Web application, P5.play

    Arantza Aramburu
    Untitled
    2020
    Gouache painting

    Arantza Aramburu
    May
    2020
    Watercolor painting

    Megan Babigian
    2020 calendars
    2019
    Printed poster made with Illustrator

    Megan Babigian
    Flower Showbox
    2020
    Cardstock

    Tessa Bartholio
    Disconnect to Connect
    2019
    Printed poster

    Samanda Beeman
    Making more or less
    2021
    Mixed media, digital, 1:41 minutes

    Nicole Belton
    Soft kiss
    2021
    Acrylic paint and colored pencils on canvas

    Nicole Belton
    Monsters
    2021
    Acrylic paint, water color, and markers on canvas

    Valerie Bravo
    VOID
    2020
    Digital (Adobe Illustrator)

    Sam Cadenas-Arzate
    Pieces of Me
    2019
    Ceramic

    Sam Cadenas-Arzate
    A Break
    2021
    Photography

    Dana Capistrano
    Kare Care
    2019
    Interactive web narrative (HTML, CSS)

    Angelica Carinugan
    Floating in Space
    2021
    Acrylic paint on skateboard

    Brandi Chang
    Painted Memories
    2021
    Acrylic paint on seashells

    Joanne Chu
    How to Manufacture Gender
    2019
    Zine

    Courtney Crother
    Collage of Tongues
    2019
    Paper collage

    Natalie Ferrer
    Fingers Crossed
    2019
    Playing cards, 52 card deck

    Natalie Ferrer
    Motel Quarantine
    2020
    Digital illustration

    DJ Hoffman
    GMom
    2020
    Digital portrait

    Maria Ivanyuk
    Stay Outdoors
    2020
    Digital photography

    Gabrielle Kim
    SF Children & Nature Community Report
    2020
    Print

    Nathan Lee
    Hope
    2019
    Kinetic typography animation, 1:57 minutes

    Nathan Lee
    Pachinko
    2020
    Redesigned book cover

    Danae Lenda
    Quarantine in San Francisco
    2020
    Acrylic on canvas

    Danae Lenda
    Untitled Triptych
    2020
    Acrylic on canvas

    Margarita Lopez-Dale
    Idle
    2020
    Illustration 

    Allyssa Mabute
    video_art: GLITCH
    2021
    Video, 1:31 minutes

    Jenna Mansperger
    Growing
    2021
    Acrylic on canvas

    Camilla Martinez
    Untitled
    2021
    Oil, acrylic, and gouache paint

    Natalie Morris
    Postcards
    2020
    Print

    Tanvi Murugesh
    In Another World
    2019
    Website (HTML, CSS)

    My Nguyen
    McVitamins
    2020
    Package design

    Lauren Nipper
    Parks. IPA
    2020
    Digital package and brand

    Louise De Oliveira
    No Exit
    2019
    Mixed media sculpture

    Natalie Ortez-Arevalo
    My Thoughts, Her View
    2020
    Watercolor and ink on paper

    Milla Petrolino
    The Interactive Recipe
    2020
    Interactive website

    Ariane Corrine Reyes
    San Francisco Museum of Film and Digital Entertainment
    2019
    SketchUp and Adobe Photoshop Programs

    Ariane Corrine Reyes
    Saipan's Bird Island
    2017
    Digital photograph

    Eduardo Reyes
    Tunnel Vision
    2021
    Oil on canvas

    Paola Reyes Melendez
    Crisis
    2021
    Linocut print

    Paola Reyes Melendez
    Happy New Year
    2020
    Acrylic on canvas, stitched yarn

    Lucas Ricci
    The World on Fire
    2020
    Information visualization magazine spread

    Lucas Ricci
    United States Energy Generation
    2020
    Data visualization mapping

    Mary Lou Grace Robison
    Hard to Smile
    2019
    Colored pencils

    Mary Lou Grace Robison
    Wounds
    2019
    Oil painting

    Mary Lou Grace Robison
    Muted
    2019
    Oil painting

    Coco Romano Giordano
    New Friends
    2020
    Photograph

    Tomas Rodriguez
    Psychapetals
    2020
    Package design

    Sebastian Rojas
    Rojas Whiskey
    2020
    Stained oak wood, hold spray paint, magnetic hinges 

    Emma Schwartz
    The Book Thief Redesign
    2019
    Digital rendering

    Aneesha Solomon
    Book Cover Recreation
    2019
    Scratch paper, gold paint, photography, and Photoshop

    Aneesha Solomon
    SOMCAN Transit Justice Posters
    2020
    Digital design

    Somer Taylor
    the distance between the sun and the moon
    2021
    Gold wire and faux blue stones

    Mai Ly Torres Baker
    Williams Trail in Taos, NM Mountains
    2021
    Acrylic on canvas

    Mai Ly Torres Baker
    Grandpa and Thanksgiving Turkey
    2020
    Acrylic on paper

    Josephine Tov
    For the women in my life
    2018
    Pen and paper, tattoo ink

    Brianna Vargas
    Numbers, Neighbors, & Narcotics: West Virginia, Maryland, and the Opioid Epidemic
    2020
    Poster

    Xingyi Wang
    The Battle of Buir Lake
    2021
    Painting

    Halle Watson
    Unity
    2021
    Digital painting

    Ryan Williams
    Holy Shit I Just Burnt Down Madame Tussauds™ Wax Museum
    2020
    Blender 3D

Views of the Unmuted Virtual Gallery

Virtual set up of the exhibit
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Virtual image of four different images in an exhibit
Virtual set up of the exhibit with seven different exhibit objects
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Virtual set up of the exhibit