"Nice Necklace", 06/20, 9''x11'', Acrylic on canvas. By Keely O’Connor. (Tufts University Student)

"Beauty", 03/19, 35cm diameter, Embroidery on Canvas. By Michelle Jerry. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: This piece targets the topic of racism. In Indian Society the connotation of beauty is almost always paired with fairness. Similarly, in the Zambian society being a dark skinned African is looked down upon. I used a variety of different colour threads to highlight their features allowing the observer to view my subject through an unbiased lens. This allows her beauty to be admired regardless of the colour of her skin.

"Untitled", 2020, Medium Format Photograph. By John McKean. (Tufts University Student)

"Kali", 8/18, 8'x2.5', Mixed Media. By Saira Mukherjee. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: "This life-size collage was made with poster board, paper cutouts, and paint. It's a portrait of Kali, a Hindu deity, made of advertisements from a skin-lightening cream called Fair and Lovely. Kali's story is a cautionary tale about what Durga (a light skinned goddess) incarnates into when she becomes too angry. Some say Kali and other deities are depicted with blue skin in Hinduism because it's considered a palatable alternate depiction of dark skin. This piece attempts to concretely depict the centuries old ingrained colorism in Hinduism and reframe these stories, as they were created inseparably from systems of oppression."

"Memento", 18"x24", May 2020. Oil on Canvas. By Nick Batzell. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: ""This was the first painting I had done in over a decade. As an artist, I think of myself as a sculptor now. But my first true love was Painting. -- A lot of us have had to really face ourselves in 2020, dealing with our inconsistencies, faults, and foibles. We've also had legitimate worry about losing our friends, families, and loved ones to Covid-19. This awareness to our fragile mortality has made the world see everyday, systemic, live-and-death problems it wasn't easy or convenient to face before. Artists can, and will, use their powers of creation to show the world a better, more beautiful, way forward. -- ""Vita Brevis, Ars Longa"""

"Big Sky", 01/19, 48”x26”, Oil on Canvas. By Wade Perry. (Tufts University Student)

"Looking Back", 24"W x 18"H, 2018. Woodblock Print. By Ralph Robinson. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: "This woodblock print, done in the style of Christiane Baumgartner, was inspired by a trip to Kamchatka in eastern Siberia. There I photographed Russian brown bears fishing for salmon in their annual attempt to fatten up for the long winter. Climate change has penetrated even this remote wilderness area, as the salmon run was threatened by warming ocean waters."

"Nothing Beside Remains". 12"x24", Summer-2020, Acrylic on Paper. By Nick Batzell. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: ""Most people remember Shelley's ""Ozymandias"" by the famous lines: -- "" 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!' "" -- The reward of hubris is revealed in the lines that follow."

"Sitting Bear", 24"H x 18"W, 2019. Woodblock Print. By Ralph Robinson. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: "This image was inspired by a visit to Kamchatka, in eastern Siberia, to photograph the Russian brown bears that thrive in that area. Climate change reaches everywhere, and the annual salmon run which they depend on is threatened by warming ocean waters."

"State of the Art" 4" x 5", April 2020. Pen on Paper. By Nick Batzell. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: "During the beginning of Lock-down one thing that helped me stay sane was my "Page-a-day" New Yorker Cartoon Calendar. It also helped to have some semblance of temporal reality. I started making cartoons on the back of them to deal with how strange the world had become. There is a lot of talk about "the intersection of art and technology". I know I'm not the only person frustrated with online-art classes, butt jokes help."

"Shanti", 03/19, 76.2cmX60.2cm, Oil on Canvas. By Michelle Jerry. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: "This woman represents a character on the final stage of resilience, her expression shows that she is free from the expectations thrust upon her as she finds her place in the world independently. Her appearance casts an impression of self- acceptance and thus freedom as she contemplates a deeper understanding of the world and her role in it without the interference of worldly expectations and constructs."

"Nosebleed", 06/19, 8''x10'', Black and White Film. By Anya Raikhovski. (Tufts University Student)

By Maxine Bell. (Tufts University Student)

"The Valley at Alderley", 06/20, 18''x24'', Acrylic Paint on Paper. By Laura Harvey. (Tufts University Student)

"Tics I", 11"x7"x 7", 2020, Stoneware and Acrylic Paint. By Wilamina Heifner. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: "Tics I is a sculpture of a King Charles Spaniel Clutching at its face with hand like paws. Artist Comments: So many of us are struggling with anxiety in this moment. I’ve found the tics from my own social anxiety have been extra present recently. This piece was created to open the door for conversations that will begin breaking down the stigma surrounding some of the physical symptoms of anxiety. "

“Art in the Age of Environmental Uncertainty”. Variable edition of 12. 2020. Hand printed laser cut woodblock on Agawami Mulberry paper, mounted on Hahnemüle Copperplate. Image: 10 1/4” x 11” 3/4”, Overall: 10 3/4” x 12 1/4”. By Gabriel Richardson. (Tufts University Alumni)

"Trisha", 03/19, 100cmX77cm, Oil on Canvas. By Michelle Jerry. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: "The name Trisha in Hindi translates to the term Desire. This piece revolves around the idea of sexuality and its preconceived notions. The model is portrayed in a way that induces judgment and condescension in the audience. In such a society a woman seen in this way is ostracised for her lack of chastity even though the issue is not her clothes or her demeanor. This emphasizes on the prevalence of double standards and the widely misunderstood constructs that demand women to repress their sexuality while being constantly sexualized by males for their own benefit."

"Maine", Feb 2020, 32”x36”, Oil on Canvas. By Wade Perry. (Tufts University Student)

“Art in the Age of Environmental Uncertainty”, Variable edition of 12. 2020, Hand printed laser cut woodblock on Agawami Mulberry paper, mounted on Hahnemüle Copperplate. Image: 10 1/4” x 11” 3/4”, Overall: 10 3/4” x 12 1/4”. By Gabriel Richardson. (Tufts University Alumni)

"Peninsula", 2019, 36''x36”, Acrylic on Canvas. By MJ Benson. (Tufts University Alumni) -- Description: "Dramatic abstract landscape."

"Casco Bay, Afternoon", 2019, 16''x20”, Oil on Canvas. By MJ Benson. (Tufts University Alumni) -- Description: "Dramatic abstract landscape."

"Aerial View of Toaster", 04/20, 18''x24'', Charcoal on Paper. By Lily Volper. (Tufts University Student)

"New Year's Day," Spring 2020, 11''x14'', Gouache on Canvas. By Claire Valentine. (Tufts University Student)

"Peak", 2020, 36''x36”, Acrylic on Canvas. By MJ Benson. (Tufts University Alumni) -- Description: "Dramatic abstract landscape."

“Art in the Age of Environmental Uncertainty”, Variable edition of 12. 2020, Hand printed laser cut woodblock on Agawami Mulberry paper, mounted on Hahnemüle Copperplate. Image: 10 1/4” x 11” 3/4”, Overall: 10 3/4” x 12 1/4”. By Gabriel Richardson. (Tufts University Alumni)

"Adam," Spring 2019, 4' x 3', Oil on Canvas. By Claire Valentine. (Tufts University Student)

"Untitled", 02/19, 8''x10'', Black and White Film. By Anya Raikhovski. (Tufts University Student)

"Penobscot Bay", 03/19, 20”x46”, Oil on Canvas. By Wade Perry. (Tufts University Student)

"Forecast," Winter 2019, 8' x 4', Oil on Canvas. By Claire Valentine. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: "'Forecast' features three tarot cards - the Queen of Swords, the High Priestess, and the Hierophant reversed - a combination that becomes a declaration of women reclaiming their autonomy, sexual and otherwise, returning to magic and mysticism, and by doing so, overturning the powers that be and their expectations of purity and docility in favor of a recognition and celebration of their own strength, whatever form that may take."

"Black Lives Matter Protest Poster", 06/20, 22''x28'', Charcoal on Paper. By Laura Harvey. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: "Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove, the police officers who killed Breonna Taylor are still free. Visit www.standwithbre.com/ for action steps."

''Oven Environment'', 05/20, 18''x 24'', Charcoal on Paper. By Lily Volvper. (Tufts University Student)

"Complex REELationship", 11/18, 18"x24", Acrylic on Canvas Board. By April Gao. (Tufts University Student)

"Long Wharf Mirror", 11/19, 20"x13.3", Digital Photography. By George Eng. (Tufts University Student)

"Swirling Stars", 06/18, 11''x8.5'', Acrylic on Canvas. By George Moraites. (Tufts University Student)

"Inside a Piano", 04/20, 12''x9'', Charcoal on Paper. By Lily Volper. (Tufts University Student)

"Big Headed", 01/19, 18"x24", Acrylic on Canvas Board. By April Gao. (Tufts University Student)

"One-Way Street", 10/19, 20"x13.3", Digital Photography. By George Eng. (Tufts University Student)

"Charlotte approaching Mill Lane", 02/20, 18''x12'', Oil on Canvas. By Laura Harvey. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: "Contemplating rural life, imagery taken in Goostrey, Cheshire, UK."

"Absolution", 09/18, 8''x10'', Black and White Film. By Anya Raikhovski. (Tufts University Student)

"Temptation", 04/18, 18''x24'', Acrylic on Canvas Board. By April Gao. (Tufts University Student)

"Untitled", 2020, Medium Format Photograph. By John McKean. (Tufts University Student)

"Yellow Mary: Failing the metrics of womanhood", 07/20, 18"x24", Oil Paint and Embroidery on Canvas. By Marisa McCarthy. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: "This self portrait deals with the mental and physical health struggles I've experienced throughout the pandemic and engages with the religious and cultural traditions of attaching women to numbers, and measuring women's health and value through often arbitrary and inaccurate systems."

"Allegiance", 2020. Performance for video. Digital. Color. Sound. Duration: 19 minutes. By Chelsea Coon. (Tufts University Alumni) -- Description: "I hit my body with blinding fluorescent light and repeatedly raised a red tinsel cheerleader pom-pom in the air as I stood in front of six posters with reflective safety tape quotes spoken by President Donald Trump during the coronavirus pandemic to explore the emotional and physical ramifications of these statements on the American population. -- I alternated between gestures of allegiance by extending my arm out horizontally, punching my fist into my chest and back out into the air, as well as folding as I forcefully punched my right hand with pom-pom into my open left hand. I repeated these actions for as long as I could endure under the conditions. --- Courtesy of the artist. --- Select documentation of this work were presented across social media platforms of Instagram, TikTok and Facebook from 25-31 May 2020, where I engaged in audience responses of support as well as backlash from the alt-right including harassment and repeated censorship reports. These reports suspended the videos while the platforms reviewed my content for obscenity. I submitted appeals and won all my censorship cases. -- *This performance was developed April-May 2020, filmed in full 22-May 2020, and presented online 25-31 May 2020 for Dual Existence, curated by Kate Stodart."

"Tea with Nana and Abu", Winter 2019, 2'x3', Oil Paint on Canvas. By Marisa McCarthy. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: "This painting is a portrait of my grandparents having their daily afternoon tea. While rooted in nostalgia and warm personal memories, this portrait also explores how the remnants of colonization are still visible in the routines of my multicultural family."

"Upstate Fantasy", 07/20, 5"x8", Micron Pen on Paper. By Marisa McCarthy. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: "This sketch illustrates the increasingly surreal and vivid nature of my dreams since the onset of COVID along with the yearning for escapism exacerbated by stay at home orders."

"Yøu Wøn't But Yøu Might", 2019, 11"x15", Watercolor on Paper. By Rei Xiao. (Tufts University Student)

"Uhu Uhu Uhu", 2020, 10"x10", Watercolor on Paper. By Rei Xiao. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: "Childhood self portrait."

"Jessie in Quarantine", 04/20, 2048 × 1365 pixels, Digital Photography. By Jason Rathman. (Tufts University Alumni) -- Description: "Self-portrait. Taken with Canon T3i, post-production in Photoshop. Cambridge, Massachusetts."

"Summer in Cambridge", 07/20, 2048 × 1365 pixels, Digital Photography. By Jason Rathman. (Tufts University Alumni) -- Description: "Self-portrait. Taken with Canon T3i, post-production in Photoshop. Cambridge, Massachusetts."

"Untitled", 03/20, 2048 × 1365 pixels, Digital Photography. By Jason Rathman. (Tufts University Alumni) -- Description: "Self-portrait. Taken with Canon T3i, post-production in Photoshop. Cambridge, Massachusetts."

"Hideout", 2018, 18''x24'', Charcoal and Watercolor Pencil on Paper. By Holden Dahlerbruch. (Tufts University Student)

"Dungeon", 2018, 18''x24'', Charcoal on Paper. By Holden Dahlerbruch. (Tufts University Student)

"Short Circuit", 02/20, Digital Artwork. By Derin Savasan. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: ""On paper, this was an exercise in simplifying figures and reducing brands to their essence. The brand here is that of Turkey’s controversial president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and his party, the Justice and Development Party, whose symbol is a lightbulb. -- Thomas Mann once said that ""everything is politics,"" and this piece really pushed this point home for me. Growing up during a time of botched elections, mass protests, terror attacks, and coup attempts, I could not remain immune to Erdogan’s controversial legacy, and caricatured him with easy-to-notice facial features. -- I tried to steer away from crass lampoons and did my best to create a ""neutral"" caricature. Even then, this became possibly one of the most risqué pieces in my portfolio." "

"My Future", 2020, 18"x24", Vine Charcoal on Paper. By Derin Savasan. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: "I started working on this large-scale self-portrait right after March 15th, when the World Health Organization declared coronavirus as a ""pandemic"" for the very first time. Little did I know at the time that 2020 would turn out to be the year of missile threats, political movements, protests, a global outbreak, and wildfires(!) -- I had created self-portraits before, but only on digital media since they gave me total control over what I was doing. With this work, however, I wanted to pick a medium in which I had limited control over. Because, for the first time in my life, my future looked this uncertain. For this reason, charcoal felt like a suitable choice of medium with its imperfect and messy nature. -- It took me nearly four months to finish this piece and accept the uncertainty of the reality that I am still living in. In many ways, this work is a crystallization 2020, with all its challenges, new environments, risks, blood, sweat, and tears, and therefore, is my last submission."

"Untitled", 06/20, Pen on Paper. By Saira Mukherjee. (Tufts University Student)

"Untitled", 2019, Micron Pen and Ink on Paper. By Saira Mukherjee. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: "This piece repurposes traditional South Asian mehndi patterns as shading in portraiture."

"Travel Poster", 2020, Adobe Illustrator. By Alix Kaplan. (Tufts University Student)

"Weeks Bridge", 8”x 8”, Mosaic. By Laurie Beth, Mangili-Gaines. (Tufts University Alumni)

"Untitled". By Laurie Beth, Mangili-Gaines. (Tufts University Alumni)

"Slurpy Girl", 2020, 10"x13"x13", Clay, Glaze, Wire, Beads, and Yarn. By Maxine Bell. (Tufts University Student)

"After You", 05/20, 11" x 14", Acrylic on Wood Panel. By Valerie Cervantes. (Tufts University Student)

"Tatarabuela Jesusa", 07/20, 11" x 14", Acrylic on Wood Panel. By Valerie Cervantes. (Tufts University Student)

"8 Objects: Red, Plastic, Fold, Heat, Time, Nature [melted HDPE/PET]", 02/20, 6" each. By Isaac Gewith. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: "I was interested in what a naturalistic form of plastic look like- devoid of human intentions, i.e. what is the medium specificity of plastic? To make these forms I collected plastic from friends and neighbors (Milk jugs, berry containers, etc.) By inviting people into an art project an environmental/ recycling means- I was further examining the way that that participation invited the participator and the artist to live with a sense of environmental self-righteousness. I then melted the plastic allowing gravity to shape its new form. Finally I painted it allowing one to appreciate the material's form devoid of any other attributes."

"Paper Block", 11/19, 1'x2'x2'. By Isaac Gewith. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: ""I wanted to control my own environmental impact and inadequacies of the recycling system made me take paper reuse into my own hands. All of the waste paper contains a lot of data and in compressing that I am simplifying the data. The form is quite useless and so I am trying to expose the uselessness of the urge to control one's own impact and instead I’m trying to prompt people to take radical action. The form of the block is meant to be a simple controlled form and its size is meant to intimidate the viewer and confront them with the scale of waste. I created a mold from wood with a threaded rod compression system. All of the paper came from my own collection of waste paper and was pulverized in a trashcan blending machine I made. I compressed the mass for 72 hours and then let it dry for four weeks."

"Postal Cactus", 04/20, 7'x3', Handmade Paper Sculpture. By Beca Piascik. (Tufts University Alumni)

"Monstera Leaf", June 2020, 18"x40", Handmade Paper, Paper Pulp Prints. By Beca Piascik. (Tufts University Alumni) -- Description: "This large representation of a Monstera Leaf is embellished with paper pulp prints of a piece of tree bark. This piece of tree bark was gifted to me through the mail during the beginning of the Covid-19 stay at home period. The bark, collected by the dearest friend of mine, had a beautiful collection of mosses and lichen growing on it. I created prints out of only paper and mailed some back to her as tribute to the heartfelt gesture. I utilized these prints in cardinal directions on the natural form to create the start of a cyclical motion that references that natural systems of the Earth."

"Pru 52", 02/20, 63” x 9”, 12”, 12”, Handmade Paper Sculpture. By Beca Piascik. (Tufts University Alumni) -- Description: "The Pru 52 is an homage to the iconic Prudential Building in Boston MA. Handmade paper sheets are applied to a form fashioned from cardboard, embellished in several ways including 52 Bicycle playing cards to highlight the 52 floors. Control of paper color and the addition of two clouds of handmade paper present illumination and shadowing of the 360 degree view of The Pru."

"Vsrealife", 8"x11", photoshop. By Giada James. (Tufts University Student)

"Untitled", 17"x11", photoshop. By Giada James. (Tufts University Student)

"no morals", 11''x17'', photoshop. By Giada James. (Tufts University Student)

"Lodged Destination", 11" by 8", December 2019, Pen and Ink on Paper. By Juliao Luiny. (Tufts University Student)

"Unseen", 7" by 9", February 2020, Pen and Ink on Paper. By Juliao Luiny. (Tufts University Student)

"Rotting Growth", 6" by 8", January 2020, Pen and Ink on Paper. By Juliao Luiny. (Tufts University Student)

"February", 19"x15", 03/18, Acrylic on Canvas Paper. By Hannah Yin. (Tufts University Student)

"Golden Crescent", 10"x15", 08/20, Acrylic on Canvas Paper. By Hannah Yin. (Tufts University Student)

"Dog Bites Bear", 33"W x 21"H, 2019. Archival Digital Photograph. By Ralph Robinson. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: "This is an image from a larger body of work which suggests a future world in which wildlife can only be seen as artifacts. It is a documentation of a socially engaged art project in which I installed large scale prints of my photographs in public spaces, to encourage dialogue about what is at stake as we confront the climate crisis."

"Untitled", 16" x 9", April 2020. Digital Photograph. By Harrison Ringel. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: "The image is best viewed in a dark room with the screen on highest brightness."

"Bee", 4416 pixels by 3192 pixels, March 2019, Digital Photography. By Naali Ali. (Tufts University Student)

"I'm Tired of Being Nice", 9"x4.5"x6.5", August 2020, Stoneware and Acrylic Paint. By Wilamina Heifner. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: "I'm Tired of Being Nice is a sculpture of a grey Pitbull Mix wearing a leather jacket emblazoned with the words "I'm tired of being nice, I'd rather be kind" Artist Comments: There's a really important distinction between being nice and being kind. I think it’s important, now more than ever, to remember how hard but how necessary kindness is. Additional Images: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEhbwcbFozK/"

"Comfort for the Touch Starved", 12"x7"x3", August 2020, Stoneware and Acrylic Paint. By Wilamina Heifner. (Tufts University Student) -- Description: "Two lion paws mounted on the wall with paw pads facing skyward. Artist Comments: Touch Starvation is real. Quarantine has proved that to be unequivocally true. I made these paws both as a reminder to stay strong and to give myself a hand to hold until I'm able to hold my friends hands once more."

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