In May, M.F.A. sculpture candidate Leslie Drennan joined her fellow graduates for an immersive experience in the arts capital of New York City. The program, a signature MFA experience at the Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design, was led by Professor Craig Drennen, which explored NY’s vast network of galleries and museum exhibitions and connected with art industry insiders. Leslie recaptures the NY experience with personal highlights and takeaways from the trip.
Leslie Drennan is a sculptor and visual artist based in Atlanta, Georgia. Her work explores personal and global grief surrounding the climate crisis but offers hope through her renderings of ecological strongholds that persevere despite the chaos of the Anthropocene. She is currently researching the private yard and garden spaces as a representation of the human attempt to control nature as well as a space that can be “rewilded” through human efforts in a mutually beneficial system. She graduated with a BS in psychology from the University of Georgia in 2016 and is currently completing an MFA in sculpture at Georgia State University. She was selected by the Welch Foundation at Georgia State to participate in a residency at the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts in May of 2023 and her work is currently included in 30 Summers, a group exhibition at Atlanta Contemporary.
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