Westmont College Graduate Exhibition 2024 In Between Moments

April 4 - May 4, 2024

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 4 from 4-6pm

The yearly Graduate Exhibition celebrates Westmont College's graduating art majors. In Between Moments features the work of six artists: Danielle Anderson, Clare Carey, Jordan Cuskey, Blair Hopper, Logan Miller, and Hailey Otto. 

Danielle Anderson - Everyday Cathedrals
In my series of drawings, I suggest how God is present in every space that we inhabit, blurring the line between expected spaces of spiritual encounters and places in our everyday lives. By conflating two different spaces, my drawings imagine how God’s spirit is not restricted by location. I use the softly-scuffed, tactile nature of charcoal to render familiar spaces and the precise quality of pen and ink to depict places where holy encounters are expected.

Clare Carey - Pinpointing Presence
My oil paintings freeze fleeting encounters, allowing the viewer an opportunity for meditation. The ever-shifting presence of nature echoes the constant change that makes up our lives. My works express the feeling of hurtling forward through time with no way to pause, yet longing to sit and take in every detail.

Jordan Cuskey - An Homage to Them
My installation is a time capsule of the past four years where I’ve learned what it means to live on my own. I’ve created 200 photo-sized 'memory paintings' of people who have come and gone from my life. Through translating these images into brushstrokes and paint, I brought my memories from the conceptual world to the material one.

Blair Hopper - 1,525 Miles 
My works focus on five meaningful emotional states, which have been prevalent in my long-distance relationship: love, vulnerability, trust, separation anxiety, and happiness. In my paintings, these feelings are expressed through the accumulation of thousands of dots. The color, rhythm, and composition of my work encourages viewers to understand their own relationships in a more profound way.

Logan Miller - Facing Experiences
I grew up in a Christian home, inspired from an early age by the mystic imagery in the Bible. This series interprets a physical and spiritual battle. I rework these sculptures over time, letting the drying of the inks create cracks, transparencies, and an iridescent glow, revealing the history of how they are developed. My process is analogous to spiritual formation.

Hailey Otto - Sonder
In The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, John Koenig defines sonder as 'the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.' My body of work explores the narratives of our shared humanity; we all have stories, yet we rarely connect with the strangers around us. Sonder is an invitation for people to foster a more empathetic understanding of those around them.

Thanks to Ken and Francie Jewesson for generously sponsoring this exhibition.