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# Stamps Gallery Presents the 2019 MFA Thesis Exhibition Dry Socks in a Submerged Canoe
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/michigan-university-stamps-gallery-2019-mfa-exhibition-dry-socks-submerged-canoe/
- Published: 2019-03-11T14:58:51.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:44:24.000Z
- Description: The exhibition includes work by Masimba Hwati, Laura Magnusson, Rowan Renee, Mayela Rodriguez, and Bridget Quinn. On view at the Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan March 15 to 31.
- Author: University of Michigan, Stamps School of Art & Design
- Tags: Announcement, Ann Arbor, MFA Exhibition Announcements, Michigan, University of Michigan, University of Michigan Stamps School of Art and Design, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:34 (2019, 2020, part 1)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2019/03/umichigan_march2019_sp_magnusson_blue.jpg)

Still image from Blue, a video by Laura Magnusson (MFA ’19).

The Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan is proud to announce the 2019 MFA Thesis Exhibition, [*Dry Socks in a Submerged Canoe*](http://bit.ly/2STL1qO?ref=hyperallergic.com)*,* featuring work by Masimba Hwati, Laura Magnusson, Rowan Renee, Mayela Rodriguez, and Bridget Quinn. The exhibition is a culminating moment for students in the 2-year Stamps MFA program. An opening reception will be held on Friday, March 15, 6–8 pm.

**Masimba Hwati – *Sokunge***  
Through performance, sculpture, and sound, Hwati’s *Sokunge* explores forms of cultural resistance, and the use of symbolism to modify power and contest domination.

**Laura Magnusson – *Blue***  
Magnusson’s *Blue* is a single channel video of the artist, shot on a seafloor, moving arduously through the water as she burrows through the afterlife of sexual violence.

**Bridget Quinn – *The A.W.E. Society***  
Reconnecting people with the natural world, Quinn’s *The A.W.E. Society* is an experimental wilderness guide, including site-specific activities and performances.

**Rowan Renee – *No Spirit For Me***  
Through loom-weaving, lithography and metal-work, Renee interrogates how the intersection of homophobia and misogyny contribute to the systemic failure of the criminal justice system.

**Mayela Rodriguez – *Estampa Cartonera***  
Transforming the gallery into a cartonera press, Rodriguez reminds the community of the vibrant world of Latina artists and designers

Learn more about the [MFA Program](http://bit.ly/2XIml8x?ref=hyperallergic.com) at Stamps and about the [2019 MFA Thesis Exhibition.](http://bit.ly/2STL1qO?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[***Dry Socks in a Submerged Canoe***](http://bit.ly/2STL1qO?ref=hyperallergic.com) **is on view at Stamps Gallery (201 S. Division St., Ann Arbor) March 15–31, 2019\.**