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  • Going Down the Rabbit Hole // Katie Creech // BFA Exhibition
  • Alone At Last // Mia Rambo // bfa exhibition
  • Memory Immortal // Brianna Armstrong // BFA exhibition
  • uncharted waters // Capstone 2020 // bs group exhibition
    • Emily Chaney
    • Ben Darlington
    • Justin Davis
    • Hannah Eberts
    • Cassidy Flatt
    • Luca Guralnik
    • Annabel Hisle
    • Ashley Price
    • Jacob Reynolds
    • Kasey Wilmsmeyer
    • Selena Williams
  • Horses Always Win // Charlie Hall // BA exhibition
  • Naturae Sapiens // Beatriz Ramos Bouza // BA exhibition
  • an ode to touch // allison earnest // ba exhibition
  • Epitome // BA group exhibition
  • Post Post? // A Mail Art Exhibition
  • past shows
    • Home As Situation
    • Protagony: $100 for Truth // Esther Neff
    • Margaret Simic // bfa
    • Marisa Braccia // bfa
    • Meredith Coffey // bfa
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  • Carey Ellis 2020
    • Room 1
    • Room 2
    • Room 3
    • Room 4
    • Room 5
    • Room 6
    • Room 7
  • Going Down the Rabbit Hole // Katie Creech // BFA Exhibition
  • Alone At Last // Mia Rambo // bfa exhibition
  • Memory Immortal // Brianna Armstrong // BFA exhibition
  • uncharted waters // Capstone 2020 // bs group exhibition
    • Emily Chaney
    • Ben Darlington
    • Justin Davis
    • Hannah Eberts
    • Cassidy Flatt
    • Luca Guralnik
    • Annabel Hisle
    • Ashley Price
    • Jacob Reynolds
    • Kasey Wilmsmeyer
    • Selena Williams
  • Horses Always Win // Charlie Hall // BA exhibition
  • Naturae Sapiens // Beatriz Ramos Bouza // BA exhibition
  • an ode to touch // allison earnest // ba exhibition
  • Epitome // BA group exhibition
  • Post Post? // A Mail Art Exhibition
  • past shows
    • Home As Situation
    • Protagony: $100 for Truth // Esther Neff
    • Margaret Simic // bfa
    • Marisa Braccia // bfa
    • Meredith Coffey // bfa
Jessica Mehta
www.jessicamehta.com
America D'Colonizer, poetry, 2020
Everyone Manifests Destiny, poetry, 2020
So Hungry So Am I, poetry, 2020
Awakening Bedrooms of Monsters, poetry, 2020
Once Here Was Innocents, poetry, 2020

As a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, much of my work focuses on space, place, and identity in post-Colonial America and often addresses the vast disparities faced by indigenous people today. Many of my projects also directly address issues that have impacted me personally, such as mass incarceration, alcoholism and drug addiction, homelessness, eating disorders, and the
opioid epidemic. One example of this hyper-personal implementation is my curation of an anthology of poetry by incarcerated indigenous women. I am the only person in my family to never be incarcerated, and offering workshops in correctional facilities while providing these women with a platform for their voices was a project stemming from my own experiences of having family members trapped in the nation’s “justice” system.

Indigenous audiences are a natural fit for my work, but I know that those who might benefit the most are non-Native. I consider myself an artist and writer first, but hope to also serve as a source to help encourage knowledge-sharing, the opening of discourse, and information exchange beyond indigenous communities. I am constantly working towards making poetry and art as accessible and engaging as possible. Unfortunately, poetry is often seen as the literature genre which is the most elite, dry, and boring—even though this, of course, is not true. By introducing poetry to audiences in different formats, I aim to create a welcoming opportunity to experience the genre.
  • Home
  • Carey Ellis 2020
    • Room 1
    • Room 2
    • Room 3
    • Room 4
    • Room 5
    • Room 6
    • Room 7
  • Going Down the Rabbit Hole // Katie Creech // BFA Exhibition
  • Alone At Last // Mia Rambo // bfa exhibition
  • Memory Immortal // Brianna Armstrong // BFA exhibition
  • uncharted waters // Capstone 2020 // bs group exhibition
    • Emily Chaney
    • Ben Darlington
    • Justin Davis
    • Hannah Eberts
    • Cassidy Flatt
    • Luca Guralnik
    • Annabel Hisle
    • Ashley Price
    • Jacob Reynolds
    • Kasey Wilmsmeyer
    • Selena Williams
  • Horses Always Win // Charlie Hall // BA exhibition
  • Naturae Sapiens // Beatriz Ramos Bouza // BA exhibition
  • an ode to touch // allison earnest // ba exhibition
  • Epitome // BA group exhibition
  • Post Post? // A Mail Art Exhibition
  • past shows
    • Home As Situation
    • Protagony: $100 for Truth // Esther Neff
    • Margaret Simic // bfa
    • Marisa Braccia // bfa
    • Meredith Coffey // bfa