The 2025 VCUarts MFA Candidacy Exhibition, “Everything Must Go!” features innovative and transformative work by the first-year graduate students within the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts departments of Craft/Material Studies, Graphic Design, Kinetic Imaging, Painting + Printmaking, Photography + Film, and Sculpture + Extended Media. Held for one day only in the abandoned JCPenney, this exhibition is a one-of-a-kind experience that you don’t want to miss!
The opening reception will take place on Friday, April 25, 5 – 8 PM at 1420 N Parham Road.
Artists by Department:
Craft/Material Studies: Amelia Baxter, Angeliky Castrellon, Cole Eller, Colin Goodpasture, Megan Koeppel, Nathaniel Newcomb
Graphic Design: Nneoma Njoku, Irene Piazza
Kinetic Imaging: Hwiy Chang, Miri Sluis
Painting + Printmaking: Eva Foldy, Madaline Gardner, Kevin Hopkins, Fatima Kaleem, Daša Kulikova, Tori Mitchell, Leroy Winter
Photography + Film: Clara DeWeese, Brice Goldberg, Catie Leonard, Jiayi Liang, Luz Salama Tobar
Sculpture + Extended Media: Erin Ehren, Frances Adair Mckenzie, Austin Reavis, Alexis Torres Marroquín, Lorna Williams
Design Concept by Nneoma Njoku and Irene Piazza
Design by Irene Piazza
