Cal State San Bernardino second year master of fine arts candidates Tanner McGuire, Ibel Sinohuiz and Nicole Stahl will be featured in an exhibit titled “Drums, Dreams and Domesticity” at the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art’s Dutton Family Gallery at CSUSB from Dec. 8 through Dec.16.
The three students will exhibit diverse works completed thus far within the master of fine arts in studio art three-year program. A reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 10.
McGuire’s vibrant large-scale paintings address issues of domesticity and the role reversal of the male in the home.
McGuire, who received his bachelor’s degree from CSUSB in 2014, currently lives and works in the Mojave Desert near Joshua Tree National Park. He has been in more than 22 exhibitions across the country, including OZ arts in Nashville, Tennessee. He was appointed to the Public Advisory Committee for the Town of Yucca Valley in 2009, and won the James Irvine Foundation Award in 2012. McGuire’s work can be viewed at the tanner john mcguire website.
Sinohuiz uses a hybrid mythology infused with archaic technology to represent a mix of paintings, drawings, mixed-media, and sculpture. She hopes to create a new visual narrative within her work by fabricating a personal mythology.
Sinohuiz was born in Indio, Calif., and considers her work to be part of a “desert aesthetic.” Being of Mexican-American descent and the youngest of seven children, she derives inspiration from the musical tastes of her siblings and the harsh desert environment.
Stahl utilizes mostly cast glass work to depict narrative sculptures that act as a diary of a mixture of dreams and memories. She applies a balance of delight and doom by creating enticing, precious objects which are also slightly sinister.
A native of Dayton, Ohio, Stahl graduated from Kent State University in 2010 with a bachelor of fine art in glass. She was awarded the Dr. Jerrold Belitz fully supported scholarship at the Penland School of Craft in 2014, and was a Sam and Beverly Maloof Scholarship recipient in 2015. Stahl's work can be viewed at the Nicole Stahl website at nicolestahl.com.
About RAFFMA
The Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art is nationally recognized and accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. The only accredited art museum in San Bernardino, RAFFMA has accumulated a permanent collection of nearly 1,200 objects focusing on Egyptian antiquities, ceramics and contemporary art. Located at Cal State San Bernardino, RAFFMA houses the largest permanent and public display of Egyptian art in Southern California.
General admission to the museum is free with a suggested donation of $3. Parking is $6 per vehicle and $3 on weekends at CSUSB.
The museum is open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and is closed Friday and Sunday. For more information call (909) 537-7373 or visit the RAFFMA website.