Spring semester is when thesis shows bloom momentarily for BFAs and MFAs. We dash about trying to keep up and invariably fail, but our goal is to see who’s new, who’s ready, who’s interesting. With just three pieces in his BFA thesis show, Seriously Making Fun, Tyler senior Will Haughery is pretty convincing as someone to watch.
As in every year, we have seen most of the graduating student shows at the major institutions. We’re going to distill this down to some broad impressions in this post and run a stream of photos with a comment or two in the next post. There was low energy everywhere, almost.