UC Santa Barbara’s Art, Design & Architecture Museum presents the MFA Thesis Exhibition titled "it’s about time," featuring works by four graduating artists: Lucy Bell, Austin McCormick, Autumn Nicole, and Rose Schlossberg. The show runs from May 17 to June 1 and includes video, sculpture, painting, and immersive installation that examine the relationships between time, memory, and materiality. Curatorial text by doctoral student Kristin Yinger frames the exhibition as a parenthetical pause that contains the artists' experiences during the MFA program.
This exhibition matters because it highlights the work of emerging artists at a critical moment in their careers, offering a platform for new voices in contemporary art. By exploring time as both intimate and collective, the show engages with universal themes that resonate beyond the university setting, reinforcing the role of academic art museums in fostering experimental and reflective practices.