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2015 Irwin ScholarsDescription
Irwin Scholars Exhibition in 2015. "Our exhibition is an invitation for dialogue.
We recall our origins.
We invite the audience to ritual spaces.
We question the notions of luxury and wealth.
We reveal what authorities hide and what powers instill fear.
We confront the binaries limiting our experiences.
We interrogate the logistics of urbanization.
We create awareness and dialogue alongside ecology.
We notice the improprieties of societal labor.
Sesnon Gallery’s annual Irwin Scholarship Award exhibition showcases some of UCSC’s most promising young artists working in painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, installation. social practice and digital media. The William Hyde and Susan Benteen Irwin Scholarship Fund was established in 1986, generating annual merit scholarships to further the education of selected UC Santa Cruz art students."
2015 Recipients:
Seth Andrews
Austin Carlson
Nesho Dimov
Rachel Finn
Melanya Hamasyan
Haley Jensen
Alex Khah
Cedar Kirwin
Edward Ramirez
Maria Montes Tapia
Anthony Torrano
Grant Wells
