Exhibit A

“Elementary Conjecture” by Bill Anderson

Mixed-media on wood

Artist’s Statement: Automobile production was a publicized rubric for the United States’ general production and state during the early ’50s as the U.S. became involved in the Ko­rean War. The ads of the ’50s did not yield their fervor to push the American family ideal through their products despite the hurting economical/popularity status of the US. Even in a similar state of conflict, 50 years later, the youth of America have swollen houses, trophy partners and expensive cars paraded through all manner of media. This piece points out that there is a crucial difference between the reality of our life and the expectations we’ve been given for the future. Now that the two have become so fluidly married, it is more im­portant than ever to scrutinize where our dreams are made and how we came to dream them.

Haikus by Elodie Freeman
“Vests and Corduroys”

ears-gaged-with-wood-boy
i want you to ask me out
we can go hiking

“Humans, machines, and morals”

no words have ever
caused me to retch more than these:
“FOR THE GREATER GOOD.”

“Zebra Sunset”
Serengeti, Tanzania
Photo by Wes Cronk

New York, NY
Ryan Sitler

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