Stopover!

Four artists from the U.P. Master of Fine Arts program in their FA 211 class critically explore and analyze their own art practice by producing ekphrastic artworks in their show entitled Stopover. Stopover is defined as a stop at an intermediate point in one’s journey and this exhibit emphasizes each artists’ unique perspective as they explore their own life journey as artists dealing with couple-hood, motherhood, childhood, and family-hood all at the same time. While Aisa Dela Cruz’s work questions society’s idea of marriage, motherhood, and starting a family, Weena Espardinez’s work on the other hand is an introspective look on her domestic experience when she was a young mother with toddlers. Jake Salvador’s work deals with the creation of a wooden scooter inspired by a childhood memory while Jenny Suarez would like to explore creating a play space for adults using toy building blocks—both artworks and installations hope to trigger happy and uncomplicated memories that they want to relive and experience as adults, now that they both have their own kids. Stopover highlights the different stages in their lives as they look back and reflect on their past that helped define their realities now.