2007 MFA Fine Art Thesis Exhibition

Natalie Aguilar
Bridget Barnhart
Lina Bokhary
Benjamin Carder
Iris Charabi-Berggren
Amanda Curreri
Anne Devine
Jennifer Durban
Frank Anthony Ebert
Patricia Esquivias
Heather Feeney
Renee Gertler
Kathryn Gritt
David Gurman
Jessalyn Haggenjos Barr
Amanda Herman
Marnia Johnston
Robin Johnston
Bessma Khalaf
Melanie C. Lacy Kusters
Sarah Marie Lewallen
Christopher Loomis
Samuel Lopes
Celia Manley
Jack Miller
Carrie Anne Minikel
Elizabeth Mooney
Nyeema Morgan
Harry Muniz
Alison Naschke-Messing
Jennifer O'Keeffe
Karen Olsen-Dunn
Katina Papson
Lee Pembleton
Ryan Pierce
Lacey Jane Roberts
Amy Rose Sampson
Erik Scollon
Marsha Shaw
Shawn Sloan
Reggie Stump
Gabrielle Teschner
Julie Ann Travis
Carly Troncale
Lindsey White
Tom Wiehl
Christine Wong Yap
Jenny Zito

Celia Manley  
Library Intervention, Gathering The Complete History
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photographic documentation of book reshelving
2007
 
Artist Statement
Write a list of your favorite sad books. Pick one out that has a very tragic or sad character, it should be one you remember really well, and have probably read more than once.  Write down the things that you remember that character saying, or the things that you think they would say, or what you would say if you were them, and read it out loud. Imagine that the things that they said are things that you actually said, or would say if you had thought of it first.  Imagine that the things that happen to them in the book are really happening to you, and what they say is what you would say, and the way they feel is the way that you feel, and if someone were to ask you to describe how you felt, you would just hand them this book.

You might also make a drawing as that character, not of them, but as them.  You could either draw what you see, as them, or what they (or you) say.  When you draw it, try to think and make decisions as them, which shouldn’t be too hard because you already feel like them anyway.

Contact
celiamanley@yahoo.com


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