Karson B. Schenk
BFA Art & Design
Minors in Sustainability & American Culture
Minors in Sustainability & American Culture
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paper collage - as a way of working and thinking - is what interests me - the idea of turning trash into something beautiful, and the process of ripping, tearing, gluing, layering and creating new meaning out of things that already carry their own meaning - smashing together photos, ideas, and ways of thinking. I am a "creative researcher" interested the arts as a form of activism and as a way of learning.
I'm interested in the dualism between surplus (of goods, ways of thinking, waste) and extinction, and its implications beyond an environmental viewpoint. Currently very interested in Human geography - reading Lure of the Local by Lucy Lippard and Sense of Place Sense of Time by JB Jackson - questioning how a deeper, place based relationship to the environment is necessary to develop as the foundation for environmental behavior change. Thanks for visiting my site. Feel free to reach out! |
Going to see Poas volcano!!! Costa Rica 2020
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The largest banana I have ever seen. San Jose Costa Rica, 2020
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- Awards & Projects
University of Michigan Helicon Student Art Show 2019 - 2021 Stamps 2020 Undergraduate Art Exhibition Online - "Silence is Golden" Art4 Apes 2020 Online exhibition Art4Apes, Miami FL 2019 "Conquering the Congress" Stamps Undergraduate Exhibition 2019 - "Tiger Balm" Mural Painting Collaboration with Olivia Prado @ Bella Bola, Port Huron MI Stamps 2018 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition - "Bounding Hope" Port Huron Fall Art Hop 2018 - In collaboration with MIgardener of Port Huron Represented at Gina's Gallery | Port Huron, MI 2018 - 2019 Spring/Summer of 2017: Collaborated with St. Clair Community College, Blue Water Young Professionals and the Community Foundation of St. Clair County to design the initial plans of a 54' mural that will be installed in the City of Port Huron in 2019. Late Winter 2017: Partnered with Lauren Senkmajor to design and paint two large backdrops for PHN Drama Club's production of "Little Abner." 2017 Claremont Review Visual Art Winner 2017 Port Huron Northern Highschool People's Choice Award 2016 Art4Apes "Samburu Baby Rhinos" 2013-2017 Scholastics Art & Writing Winner 2 Gold-Key Senior Portfolios in 2017 |