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X-WR-CALNAME:Art in Fairbanks Hall presents: Jessie Rose Vala: Sympathetic 
 Spells Closing Reception
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DESCRIPTION:Running from Oct. 13 through Dec. 12 at the Fairbanks Gallery\n
 \nClosing reception on Dec. 12 from 5-7 p.m.\n\nSympathetic Spells:\n\nThi
 s exhibit is centered around a series of glass lachrymatories. The term co
 mes from the Latin lacrima (tear) and the suffi x -atory\, meaning “pert
 aining to.” They refer to small vessels often found in Roman and late Gr
 eek tombs\, thought to have been bottles into which mourners dropped their
  tears. Emotional tears carry the highest concentration of proteins of any
  kind\, making them heavier\, stickier\, and slower to fall.\n\nThe instal
 lation is envisioned as a chamber for grief and spells. It calls upon our 
 ability to cry\, framing tears as vessels that hold the weight of grief fo
 r vanishing species and fractured ecologies. These contemporary lachrymato
 ries serve as symbolic gestures—holders for tears that activate not only
  the calming functions of our parasympathetic nervous system but also its 
 wandering potential\, inviting spells of deep connection\, acts of care\, 
 and listening.\n\nBIO\n\nJessie Rose Vala is an artist working in sculptur
 al ceramics\, mixed media\, and installation. Her work engages object-maki
 ng and time-based projects with consideration and development of paradoxic
 al narratives exploring ecofeminism and myth making. Through the use of sc
 ulptural materials such as stoneware\, glass\, brass and neon Vala envisag
 es archaic translations and chimeric worlds inhabited by animal\, vegetal 
 and human figures.\n\nVala exhibits nationally\, has received numerous gra
 nts and works collaboratively with a multitude of artists. She is currentl
 y career faculty at University of Oregon and a member of Well Well Project
 s in Portland OR.
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LOCATION:Fairbanks Hall\, Fairbanks Gallery
SUMMARY:Art in Fairbanks Hall presents: Jessie Rose Vala: Sympathetic Spell
 s Closing Reception
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 esents-jessie-rose-vala-sympathetic-spells-closing-reception
CATEGORIES:Conference or Workshop
CATEGORIES:Gathering
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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