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Jazmine Catasús gave a Brown Bag Lunch presentation on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 12:15 pm. Her talk is entitled “Ritual of Ornament.”

Ritual of Ornament examines the role of ornamentation in building knowledge systems. This project delves into how we manipulate matter to enhance political power, to affirm identity, and to connect with the cosmos. Catasús is interested in the actions we take to include the decorative in our lives and how it functions in psychological and physical spaces.

Jazmine Catasús is an artist and educator primarily working with print and papermaking. She is currently an MFA candidate at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and holds a BA from CUNY-Hunter College. She was trained as a papermaker at Pace Paper and Dieu Donné Papermill. Jazmine has taught printmaking and papermaking workshops at several institutions, including: Dieu Donné, the Center for Contemporary Printmaking, International Print Center of New York, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Noguchi Museum. Her work has been exhibited nationally, most recently at: Blackburn 20|20 in New York City, and the Morgan Conservatory in Cleveland, OH. She is currently the studio coordinator EFA-Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, a printmaking technician at the Cooper Union School of Art and serves on the Board of Hand Papermaking Inc.

This event will be held via Zoom. A link will be circulated to registrants by 10 am on the day of the event. This event will be live with automatic captions.Ritual of Ornament