Section III: Scholarship/Creative Activity/Research (SCAR)

 A.   List of scholarly, creative, research activities conducted during evaluation period:

 Spring 2023

1.    Professional trips to Savannah, Georgia, New York City, and Washington DC; meeting, networking and exhibitions with artists, curators, and gallery owners (S_c)

a)    New Museum, Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined  

b)    Metropolitan Museum of Art, Richard Avedon Murals, Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid, The Roof Garden Commission: Lauren Halsey and Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty, NYC

c)    Museum of Modern Art, Never Alone: Video Game and Other Interactive Design, Meret Oppenheim: My Exhibition, Guillermo del Toro: Pinocchio, Ellsworth Kelly, NYC

d)    Bitform Gallery, NYC

e)    Whitney Museum, NYC

f)      Perrotin Gallery, NYC

g)    Jack Shainman Gallery, NYC

h)    Pace Gallery, NYC

i)      Lehmann Maupin Gallery, NYC

j)      Gagosian Gallery, NYC

k)    Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC

l)      Guggenheim Museum, NYC

m)  Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, NYC

n)    Brooklyn Museum, NYC

o)    East Building; National Gallery of Art, Philip Guston Now, WDC

p)    National Museum of African Art, In the Deep and Nollywood, WDC

q)    National Museum of the American Indian, WDC

r)     Hirshhorn Museum and The Sculpture Garden, WDC

s)    National Gallery of Art, (East/West building), WDC

t)      National Portrait Gallery, WDC

u)    Savannah College of Art and Design Museum, Savannah, Georgia

2.    Designed a flyer and poster: Glueless Nights: runway show for ART 360 and 495, Gallaudet University, WDC (S_e)

3.    Designed an exhibition flyer and poster: Black Deaf Art Period (S_e)

4.    Researched and promoted fashion design videos on social media. (C_a)

5.    Completed and produced a comedy show of “Unsolved fashion” (C_b)

6.    Completed illustrative visual images through a combination of drawings, shapes, composition, and creative skills for art courses. (C_e)

7.    Created artwork. (O_a)

8.    Exhibited my artwork at Ortuzar Projects, NYC (O_a)

9.    “I am Jealous” artwork featured in Visual Aids website and social media (March 3) (O_a)

10.  “Something” artwork listed on Artsy.net website (O_a)

11. Received a donation from Constellion Energy for art Department (O_b)

12. Drag queen persona: Missy Take (O_c)

13. Created custom artwork for art commissions (O_f)

Explanation of Activities Relevant to Scholarship/Creative Activity/Research:

(1) Mava paid for museum and art fair fees. He also self-funds travel to domestic locations to engage in artistic traditions and contemporary practices.

 (2/12) He collaborated with students on the runway at the Lobby of Washburn Art Center and arranged the set production around the runway. He collaborated with John from the Facilities department, by installing the artwork on the wall. He shared mockup wall art, measured pieces, became an actor to deliver the artwork on the wall piece by piece. He dressed up as a drag queen who goes by the name “Missy Take”. The evening gown was sewn by Mava, he decorated his face with makeup and special effects, and became a persona. He became Mistress of Ceremonies and provided presentations on the artwork that students created for the show. Live streaming on Zoom and Instagram was also provided by Mava for all to view the show and it received thousands of views. 

(4/5) He created a green screen in a room and developed the scripts for fashion design and a comedy show titled, "Unsolved Fashion." Mava developed several characters with different costumes, edited the videos, added captions and special effects, and converted text to voice for the hearing audience. He shared and promoted videos on social media to educate all on fashion design and its history.

 (7) He created artwork during the year. Using it to apply to several residencies, fellowships, exhibition open calls, grants, and exhibitions in galleries—the process of artwork made from research and ideas to develop bodies of work. He bought canvases and supplies and spent hours creating the artwork. Taking photos of his artwork and editing the images.

(11) Received $3,400 from Constellation Energy and will use it for student awards.

Fall 2023 

1.    Professional trips to New York City, Washington DC, Savannah GA, Lisboa Portugal, Berlin Germany, and Miami; meeting and networking with artists, curators, and gallery owners. (S_c)

a.    Museu Colecção Berardo, Belem, Portugal

b.    Fidelideade Arte, Profanaçōes: Esconjuro Feitiro, Lisboa, Portugal

c.    Belas Artes Ulisboa, Cancerland, Lisboa, Portugal

d.    Inutil Arts and Crafts gallery, Lisboa, Portugal

e.    Carlo Carvalho gallery, Lisboa, Portugal

f.      LX Market, Lisboa, Portugal

g.    Sociedade Nacional da Belas Artes, Lisboa, Portugal

h.    Galeria São Mamede gallery, Lisboa, Portugal

i.      Berlinische Galerie, Nasan Tur, Julius von Bismarck: Berlin, Germany

j.      Neue National Galerie, Berlin, Germany

k.    Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany

l.      C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany

m.  Julia Stoscek Foundation, Berlin, Germany

n.    KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Enrico David, Berlin, Germany

o.    Peres Projects, Berlin, Germany

p.    Galerie Judin, Lillian Lynn, Berlin, Germany

q.    Savannah College of Art and Design Museum, Nina Chanel Abney, Erwin Wurm, M. Florine Démosthène, and Yu Hong, Savannah, Georgia

r.      Museum of Art and Design, Craft Front and Center, Generation Paper, Funk You Too, NYC

s.     David Zwirner Gallery, NYC

t.      Jack Shainman Gallery, NYC

u.    Pace Gallery, NYC

v.     Marlborough Gallery, NYC

w.   Museum of Modern Art, Signals: How Videos Transformed the World, Georgia O’Keeffe: To See Takes Time, NYC

x.    Museum of Modern Art PS1, Daniel Lind-Ramos, Liu Susiraja: A Style Called Dead Fish, Malikah, Standing on the Corner: Seven Prepared Pianos for the Seven African Powers, Brooklyn NY

y.     New Museum, Mira Lee: Black Sun, Pepon Osorio, NYC

z.     Perrotin, NYC

aa. Cooper Hewitt Museum, NYC

bb.Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manet/Degas, The Great Hall Commission: Jacolby Satterwhite, A Metta Player, Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room, NYC

cc. Brooklyn Museum, African Fashion, Pablomatics, NYC

dd. Whitney Museum, Inheritance, NYC

ee. National Gallery of Art, The Double: Identity of Difference in Art since 1900, WDC

ff.    National Museum of African Art, In the Deep, WDC

gg. Renwick Gallery, WDC

hh. The Baltimore Museum of Art, Matsumi Kanemitus, The Matter of Bark Cloth, Michelle Erickson, Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century, Martha Jackson Jarvis, Baltimore MD

ii.     Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, WDC

jj.     National Portrait Gallery, WDC

kk. Rubell Museum, WDC

ll.     Wynwood Garage/Gallery, Miami Florida

mm.      Gaysel Art Fair, Miami

nn. Untitled Art, Miami

oo. Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami Florida

pp.Context Art, Miami Florida

qq.Art Miami, Miami Florida

rr.    Design Art, Miami Florida

2.    Created labels, postcards, and a Banner for Ko Nam Exhibition (S_e)

3.    Designed a flyer and banner: Night Presentation, and One More Thing for Art 495, Gallaudet University, WDC (S_e)

4.    Produced a creative Instagram project: Fashion Instagram Reels: A variety of designers. (C_a)

5.    Produced a creative Instagram project: Artist Exhibition Reels: A variety of artists (C_a)

6.    Completed Procreate, Photoshop, Illustrator, TinkerCad, MakerBot and CapCut software (C_b)

7.    Tinkerlab director, created 3D printing coursework for internship (C_e)

8.    Created artwork (O_a)

9.    Obtained a donation from Constellion Energy for art Department (O_b)

10. Worked as an artist assistant for artists at NYC (O_e)

11. Created custom artwork for art commissions (O_f)

12. Exhibited my artwork at Pyramid Atlantic 10 x 10 Invitational 2023, Hyattsville, MD (O_j)

Explanation of Activities Relevant to Scholarship/Creative Activity/Research:

(1)     Mava paid for museums and art fair fees. He also self-funds travel to domestic and international locations to engage in artistic traditions and contemporary practices.

(2)     He collaborated with artist, Ko Nam by advising on how to prepare the show, promoted the work by creating a postcard and poster.

(3)     He designed flyers for student presentations.

(4/5) He attended exhibitions in Washington DC, New York City, Berlin Germany, Lisbon Portugal, and Savannah, Georgia. He researched artists’ biographies, wrote scripts, and filmed himself. He edited the videos, added captions and special effects, and converted text to voice for the hearing audience. He shared and promoted videos on social media to educate all about fashion design and its history. He also built a network with domestic and international artists, curators, and collectors.

 (6/7)  He studied a variety of software: TinkerCad, MakerBot related to 3D prints, and practiced the printing of models. He also used Photoshop, Illustrator, Procreate, CapCut for his artwork by editing. 

 (8)     Creating artwork throughout the year, using it to apply to residencies, fellowships, exhibition open calls, grants, and exhibitions in galleries—the process of artwork made from research and ideas to develop bodies of work. He bought canvases and supplies and spent hours creating the artwork. Taking photos of his artwork and editing the images.

 (9)     Received $3,616 from Constellation Energy and will use it for student awards and equipment.

 Spring 2024

            -Mava will be a visiting artist to provide a lecture and hold critiques at the School of Visual Art Graduate Fine Art Program (February)

            - Lottery to receive an art studio in Washington DC (February)

            - Working as an artist assistant for two artists in Berlin, Germany (June)