[Art-mfastudio] Upcoming MoFA Events

Fri Apr 17 10:54:24 EDT 2026

Good morning, All,

Please see the information below about a few upcoming MoFA events, including the MFA Workshop Series.

Like everything alive: A Curatorial Conversation
April 23 at 6:00 EST
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Are you interested in learning more about “Like everything alive that we try to hold forever?” If yes, we invite you to join the curators and MoFA for a robust virtual conversation!

On Thursday, April 23rd, from 6:00 – 7:00pm, join us to hear from curators Elizabeth Diggon, Naomi Potter, and Shauna Thompson as they discuss the making of “Like everything alive that we try to hold forever.” Through photography, sculpture, and video, the artworks in “Like everything alive that we try to hold forever” start to navigate the many issues that come with being human. Originally presented in 2023 at Esker Foundation in Calgary, Canada, and produced as a traveling exhibition by ICI, the exhibition’s first stop is FSU’s MoFA. “Like everything alive that we try to hold forever” will be on view until June 27th, 2026.

Pre-registration is required; sign up through the link in our bio or talk to a MoFA staff member for more information. This is a virtual event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation and reminder two weeks before the event and the Zoom link the week of the event. Email mofa at fsu.edu<mailto:mofa at fsu.edu> with any questions.

About the curators:

Elizabeth Diggon is a Curator at the Esker Foundation. She holds a PhD in Cultural Studies and an MA in Art History from Queen’s University, Kingston. Diggon’s writing has been published in the Journal of Curatorial Studies, the Journal of Canadian Studies, and in exhibition texts for galleries across Canada.

Naomi Potter is a Director/Curator at the Esker Foundation. Potter holds a BFA from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and an MFA in sculpture from Concordia University, Montreal. In 2003, Potter was awarded a year-long Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD) artist residency, and then went on to co-direct the international artist residency program at CESTA in the Czech Republic.

Shauna Thompson is a Curator at the Esker Foundation. Thompson holds a master’s degree in Curatorial Studies from the University of Toronto and a master’s degree in English from the University of Guelph. Thompson is a current and founding member of Calgary’s Public Art Alliance, a coalition that advocates for the value of public art in Calgary.

MFA Workshop Series

April 18 & 25 from 1:00-3:00 EST

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MoFA is the venue for the graduating MFA student exhibition, and this year, we are offering two days of MFA-led workshops. Join us on Saturday, April 18th, for our first round featuring Hannah Glaser, Ysabel Flores, and Kea Kamiya. Join us again on Saturday, April 25th, for our second round featuring Kelicia Parker, Moey Hewitt, and Amarachi Odimba.

Hannah Glaser incorporates menstrual and birth control products into her multimedia installations, which question why these topics are so discomforting to so many. Glaser’s work has a saccharine, campy exterior- full of sugary colors and glittering embellishments- which she amalgamates with medical horror. Glaser will be leading “Do it Yourself: Screen Printing.”

Ysabel Flores creates experimental paintings and hand-built ceramics that reflect on her “long-distance” relationship to the Philippines as a Filipino American. Cut, torn, and burned paintings of Florida’s subtropical climate, combined with sculptures of Filipino foods, illustrate the fluidity and puzzle-like nature of shaping identity. Flores will be leading “Reimagined Viewfinders.”

Kea Kamiya creates mixed media sculptures out of steel and comforting textiles, which reflect on the care labor of immigrant women. Kamiya depicts their ancestors as leaping koi fish, collaging their portraits into the scales of the fish. Through selective inclusion, Kamiya questions whose memory endures and why. Kamiya will be leading “Mini Wire Maquettes.”

Kelicia Parker’s work critiques anti-Blackness in the American South through satire, which depicts the absurd situations and expectations when navigating America as a Black person. Parker’s photography, video art, and performances appropriate tools and media that have historically perpetuated anti-Blackness and redirects them to challenge these narratives. Parker will be leading “Photography and Animal Masks.”

Moey Hewitt creates sculptures, installations, and expanded forms of drawing and painting that explore the intricate balance between human connection to landscapes and the ecological impact of human activity. Hewitt highlights specifically the Western tradition of anchoring our identities in aspects of landscapes while simultaneously exploiting and destroying them. Hewitt will be leading “Colors of the Landscape.”

Amarachi Odimba explores how “home” is carried, remembered, and rebuilt across movement. Odimba reconstructs the parlor of her home using the “Ghana Must Go” bag combined with figurative painting, sewing, and bedazzling to create a home that is suspended between departure, waiting, and the longing to remain. Odimba will be leading “The Social Life of Things.”

Annie Booth

Curatorial Assistant & Visitor Engagement Coordinator

Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts

530 West Call Street

Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1140

Office: (850) 644-7227

albooth at fsu.edu<mailto:albooth at fsu.edu>

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