Past Exhibitions | Art Gallery | Fort Lewis College

Fort Lewis College’s Art and Design Department presents The Fort Lewis College 62nd Annual Student Juried Exhibition. This show displays the work of forty students who bring their distinct styles, stories, and voices while flexing their artistic agency. In addition, their authentic interpretations come from their lived experiences in an array of communities that reflect diversity in various forms, from identities of cultural, gender, sexual, and today’s political and environmental climate. My selection process was one of inclusiveness, validating each participant’s artistic expression. I applaud the courage of the students sharing their vulnerable and intimate artistic process exposing their innermost selves.

The Art and Design Department’s support of their students is evident in providing an exhibition highlighting their work. The mediums encompass two-dimensional visual works of poetry, charcoal, printmaking, and photography, and the three-dimensional discipline, which daringly experiments with the materiality of plaster, cardboard, LED lighting, wire, clay, and the material cultures of fiber, stone, copper, and maize. Engaging with the Fort Lewis community is a cherished experience and work of the heART. I leave you all with the words of my favorite artist Rose B. Simpson, “art is prayer.”

Rachelle Pablo (Diné)
Curator and Artist at 516 ARTS (Albuquerque, NM)

About the Juror:

Rachelle B. Pablo (Diné, of Tachii’nii or the Red Running into the Water Clan and born for the To’aheedliinii or Water Flows Together Clan, of the Tsenjikini or the Honey Combed Rock People or Cliff Dwellers People Clan, of the Tl’aashchi’I or the Red Bottom People Clan) was born in Gallup, New Mexico, and is a veteran of the U.S. Armed Services. She holds an MA in Art History from the University of Delaware; a BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Studio Arts with a minor in Museum Studies and a Certificate in Business and Entrepreneurship; and an Associate of Arts in Anthropology and Liberal Arts from Central New Mexico Community College. She has completed a curatorial fellowship program at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, and has done a variety of internships and projects at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC, and the Museum of Contemporary Native Art in Santa Fe. She serves as a board member of IndigenousWays, a non-profit organization focusing on music, arts, outreach, and community events.