Tender Instincts

the 2026 Thesis & Senior Exhibition

JEWETT ART GALLERY | JEWETT SCULPTURE COURT | JEWETT HALLWAY GALLERIES | JEWETT BLACK BOX | JEWETT/PNW BRIDGE ALCOVE | PNW 205

on view May 1 - 15, 2026

a message from the Gallery Director

blue/yellow and red/yellow rolled gradients with 2 red circles and red text 'someday,' and 'for sure'

Sofia Almeida Zamora

grayscale print with layered swirling forms and textures

Kitty Afua Boakye-Tandoh

centered prow of a canoe, with smooth water and a grayish sky in front of it

Maple Bottinelli

gray ceramic pot with soft folded edge

angled projection of water on hanging fabric

Aubrey Cantrell

blue and white photo of 5 people standing together, with a deep blue border

page with text and a flap of black paper with black/white photo of two knee x-rays

top down view of various objects on a brown board, painted onto a red brocade fabric

photo of ballerina's legs and feet in pink tights and shoes, in fourth position, on a wood floor

Caro de la Vega

abstract photo collage of textures and gear-like forms, in shades of blue

close up of a painting with uneven light green background, red rectangle and arrow-like form, small white circles at left

three small pieces of paper with graphite smudges on a white wall; round black sculpture with 3D hand sculpture on black pedestal below

close up on cut yellow/orange/red paper leaves, some with typewritten text

white paper stretched over canvas forms on the ground, with irregular black ink splotches and splash marks

painting in shades of white, gray, brown depicting two quadrupedal creatures with featureless nub-like heads; a third creature's back end is visible at right

the same person seen 3 times in a photo, two standing and one seated, on a magenta background with intense magenta light

photo collage of a desert landscape with many cacti and a pale beach with wtaer behind

long black fabric cascading down a wall and gathering on the floor, printed with silver text

collection of white paper straw wrappers printed with blue cyanotype photographs

layered blue/white cyanotype image with oval, rectangles, various objects including several forks

two rows of black and white photographs from museums on clear shelves

3 steel rectangular pedestals with reddish-pink wax casts on top

Anneliese Jean Peerbolte

black and white photo of a person with shoulder length dark hair, wearing a long gray dress and a white cloth over their eyes, coming around the corner in a brick hallway or staircase

semi-abstract painting with pink/blue/cream swirls and faint photographic overlay

Freya Picciotto

color photo of a city intersection with burned out center section, revealing a gray/white photo of a Black man's face

Lillian Pruitt-Goins

series of blotchy angular charcoal marks on a white paper rag

black line drawing of a person with short dark hair looking away, surrounded by text partly reading '-VED IN SUCH VICIOU-' and outlined flowers

several Wellesley soccer players, in blue and white uniform, hugging on the field during a game

close up of a painting with abstract shapes, translucent drapery, bird imagery

color photo of a room with sheer vertical drapes over orange-tinged light from window

collection of paper and cardboard figures

three small boxes with black voids on a wall above a wood table with inset white acrylic and canvas stools

book with two handdrawn images of a furry orange creature, one with purple blanket in mouth and the other with arched back

lithograph of flowers and faces overlaid on text

abstract painting with yellow, red, blue, gray shapes

Fiona (Fangzhong) Xu

painting of two pink/yellow/cream hands

screenprint with magenta and cyan and jumble of letters at bottom left corner

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