Art Galleries

Ash Kukuzke | “The Crane Wife”

This media file is attached to: 1st Annual One College Virtual Art Student Exhibition

A painting of a dark landscape. The silhouette of a crane flies over a dark home with lit windows. In the foreground, the silhouette of a woman wielding a shotgun aims at the crane.

Ash Kukuzke, "The Crane Wife," 2020, gouache and ink on wood, 24" x 36"

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This Crane Wife (Tsuru no Ongaeshi) is a Japanese folktale of self-sacrifice, in which a woman (as a crane) plucks her feathers to weave wares for her husband to sell. This piece explores a woman's autonomy and the rejection of these prescriptive roles.

Three figures with subtle animal images in the background.

Alayna Laier | “Ghost Dance Movement”

Black and white pattern using cut paper.

Kaelyn Richie | “Tessellate”