Sequoyah School Artists and Alumni Spotlighted at Inspiring Armory Artist Talk

Last Saturday, the Armory hosted an exceptional Artist Talk featuring a panel of talented photography students and alumni from Sequoyah School. Presented alongside the exhibition “One day you finally knew what you had to do”, and began, the program was moderated by High School Visual Arts Department Chair Viviana Palacio and explored profound themes of memory, identity, and the complexities of lived experience.

Featured artist Dashell Wasson ’26 discussed Remains, a series recently recognized with an 1839 Award. Created after the Eaton Fire destroyed his father’s home, the work transforms salvaged family photographs to create a striking tension between absence and presence. Penelope Martinez ’26 presented her Soy una mosca series, inspired by a poem written by her sister. Her photographs examine home, identity, and the ways gendered roles and inherited narratives shape one’s sense of self. Dahlia Kim Levy ’23 shared COVID Gen, an ongoing oral history and photography project launched in 2020. Through intimate portraits and interviews, the project captures the voices, identities, and resilience of a generation shaped by the pandemic.

The community expressed immense pride in these young artists for courageously sharing work that was vulnerable, thought-provoking, and deeply moving.

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