Scholarship Talk by Allyn Massey:  

Title: Every Force Evolves A Form*

Questions, actions, clay work and drawings from a year spent journaling, exploring connections between distant past and present, and reflecting on the nature and raw materials of a studio practice.

Scholarship Talk by Matthew Hale:

Title: Democratic Exaltation: A New Interpretation of American Popular Sovereignty

What is (modern) democracy and where did it come from? An appraisal of the idea of sovereignty invites a reevaluation of the relationship between monarchy and democracy. At the same time American democracy rejects the institution of monarchy, it fulfills and amplifies various monarchical values and customs.