Pandemic Portraits

Angela Rangel used video games and exercise to cope with the first few weeks of the pandemic. Angela graduated from Wichita State in 2019 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in studio art (emphasis in ceramics). During her WSU career, Angela served as the president of the Ceramics Guild and worked at the Ulrich Museum of Art. In the fall, she will join the post-baccalaureate program at the University of Alaska-Anchorage. The interview on which Angela's narrative is based was conducted on May 12, 2020.

Alex Moore received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art (painting emphasis) from Wichita State in 2019. This spring, he completed his first year of graduate school at the Herron School of Art and Design at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), where he makes work about identity and the experience of not fitting in. On March 9, all in-person classes at IUPUI were cancelled and students lost access to university facilities. Alex elected to return to Wichita, where he is currently living with his family in the house he grew up in. The interview on which this narrative is based was conducted on May 12.

This spring, Amy Huser earned her Master of Fine Arts in studio art with an emphasis in painting. When in-person classes were cancelled, she juggled the challenge of teaching online, installing her MFA thesis show on top of outpatient surgery and a move. During her time at Wichita State, Amy served on the Student Government Association and as the graduate advisor for the ShiftSpace Student Group. She is the ADCI/Harvester Arts Launch Artist-in-Residence at Harvester Arts, and this spring she will teach art classes at WSU and Butler County Community College.