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This two-part program series presents work by student artists in a wide range of modes and media—visual, text-based, performance, video, and more—informed by visual or conceptual patterns at play in the museum. 

A pattern is a repeated decorative design, a set of instructions or guidelines used in order to make something (think sewing pattern), the regular way something happens or is done (a pattern of behavior), frequent or widespread incidence (a pattern of dissent). In the museum context, specifically, a pattern might appear on works in the collection, patterns of collecting and display, or even the choreographic patterns of viewers. Through their repetition, patterns reflect collective histories, echo across generations, and offer models for new ways of doing. How can we re-pattern the museum, revising its history to create new futures?

April 4th 
AMber (RISD BFA 2024, Film/Animation/Video) collaborates with the Buddha Mahavairocana (Dainichi Nyorai) to create a sound installation and performance. Through participating in the capture of ambient sound, visitors will reflect on the work's philosophical patterns and dynamics of observation. 

Lola Simon (Brown University BA 2024, Visual Art / History) presents a video installation transforming patterns from works in the collection into interactive, kaleidoscopic imagery. 

Marin Griffith (RISD BFA 2024, Painting) shares work inspired by the combination of function and utility with beauty in the work of Gee's Bend quiltmakers and the patterns of colonial history they challenge.