What We Tend: The 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition is on view at the Stamps Gallery from March 20 — April 11, 2026. The exhibition presents seven artists whose practices unfold through care—care for land, for bodies, for memory, and for one another. Working across ritual, non-linear time, and intersectional inquiries into labor and domestic life, these artists treat familial, site-specific, and sociopolitical histories as living structures rather than sealed archives. What We Tend features the work of MFA students River Forest Berry, Michelle Cieloszczyk, Zoë Dong, Fiona Hoffer, Michael ​“Modius Modi” King Jr., Michaela Nichelle, and Sujay Saple.


Join us to celebrate the work of MFA graduate students at the Opening Reception on March 20 from 6 — 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served and artists will be present.


Please note: Throughout the exhibition, visitors are encouraged to bring clean and empty aluminum cans to participate in Michaela Nichelle’s installation.