Featuring work by J. Leigh Garcia and Kwok-Pong “Bobby” Tso
This exhibition explores cultural identity, history, and the tension between displacement and belonging. Through printmaking, ceramics, and mixed media, these two bodies of work engage in dialogue through pattern and representation, reflecting personal and ancestral narratives.
J. Leigh Garcia will be teaching “Dye, Print, and Bind,” a one-week workshop in the 2D Studio. Garcia received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and BFA from the University of North Texas. She has received numerous awards for her work including the Emerging Printmaker Award from Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI), New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award from Kent State University, Gamblin Emerging Artist Award, and Arts Institute Sinaiko Frank Graduate Fellowship for a Woman in the Arts. Her work is included in over 15 permanent collections including the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI; National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL; Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX; Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA; and Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University.
Kwok-Pong “Bobby” Tso will be teaching “Ceramics Mold-Making for Utilitarian and Storytelling,” a one-week workshop in the ceramics studio. Kwok-Pong was born and raised in Hong Kong and decided to come to the USA to continue his education while beginning to explore the cultures differences. He holds his BFA from Northwest Missouri State University and M.A and MFA from the University of Iowa. His work has been exhibited and published both internationally and nationally, he was named as Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist in 2014, and NCECA Emerging Artist in 2016 and spent the summer of 2014-2015 as resident at the Archie Bray Foundation. In addition to his studio practice, he is currently an Assistant Chair and Associate Professor of Art at Washburn University Topeka, KS. and Board of Director for Artaxis.org.
