2023 Core Exhibition March 9–April 21, 2023
Yifan Jiang, Neighbors, 2023, two-channel animation, courtesy of the artist and Meliksetian | Briggs. © Yifan Jiang
Jagdeep Raina, Tired Fields, 2023, mixed media on paper, courtesy of the artist. © Jagdeep Raina
Bryan Castro, How Soon Is Now? The Smiths / Love Spit Love / Bo Diddley’s Who Do You Love?, 2023, acrylic and graphite on canvas, courtesy of the artist. © Bryan Castro
Fred Schmidt-Arenales, IT IS A GOOD PROJECT AND SHOULD BE BUILT (detail), 2022, four wall murals, latex paint, courtesy of the artist. © Fred Schmidt-Arenales
Saúl Hernández-Vargas, De noche vienen / They Come at Night, 2022–23, repurposed bike frames, steel, concrete, and other found materials (twigs, leather leftovers, jewelry pieces) from Mexican and American border cities, courtesy of the artist. © Saúl Hernández-Vargas
Erin Elise Holland, The Collection, 2023, 283 letters, courtesy of the artist. © Erin Elise Holland
2022–2023 Core Residents, left to right: (front row) Valentin Diaconov, Bryan Castro, Yifan Jiang, Saúl Hernández-Vargas; (back row) Fred Schmidt-Arenales, Karen Schiff, Jagdeep Raina, Erin Holland
Admission is free.
Every year, the Core Residency Program at the Glassell School of Art awards residencies to artists and critical writers, culminating in the spring with an exhibition and yearbook.
The 2023 Core Exhibition features work by the 2022–2023 artists-in-residence: Bryan Castro, Saúl Hernández-Vargas, Erin Holland, Yifan Jiang, Jagdeep Raina, and Fred Schmidt-Arenales. This year’s Core critics-in-residence, Valentin Diaconov and Karen Schiff, have contributed essays to the 2023 Core Yearbook.
The exhibition is installed on all three floors of the Glassell School of Art. On the third floor, Valentin Diaconov has curated Contact Personalities, featuring the work of Karen Schiff and the Core artists.
About the Core Residency Program
Established in 1982, the Glassell School of Art’s prestigious Core Program offers postgraduate residencies for art critics and visual artists. Learn More
2023 Core Exhibition / March 9–April 14 / Extended to April 21
The Core Program at the Glassell School of Art receives generous funding from The Joseph & Sylvia Slifka Foundation; The Powell Foundation; and The Glassell Family Foundation.
Core fellowships have been underwritten by Anchorage Foundation of Texas; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Inc.; Mr. Brad Blume; Ms. Bettie Cartwright; Mr. and Mrs. Jamal H. Daniel; Mr. Ronald A. Logan; McClain Gallery; and The Arch and Stella Rowan Foundation, Inc.