A wide shot of a ceramics studio, featuring students working with pottery wheels and other tools.
SAIC faculty member Betelhem Makonnen.

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Betelhem Makonnen

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Bio

Awards: 2022 ARTPACE International Artists-in-Residence; 2020 Tito's Art Prize Winner; SAIC New Artist Society Merit Award (2017-19); 2018 Austin Critics Table Award, Best Gallery Exhibition; A Gentil Carioca Abre Alas 10. Publications: Artforum, Frieze, Hyperallergic, Art in America, New York Times, F Newsmagazine, Zoetrope, The Austin Chronicle, Glasstire. Exhibitions: Philbrook Museum, Cornell University, Texas Woman University, The Contemporary Austin, Artpace, Women & Their Work, Le musée des Abattoirs, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil , grayDUCK Gallery and The Carver Museum Austin, with performances and screenings at The Blanton Museum, and Casa Daros.

Courses

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Description

Taken every semester across the Graduate Division, the Graduate Projects courses allow students to focus in private sessions on the development of their work. Students register for 6 hours of Graduate Project credit in each semester of study.

Class Number

2112

Credits

3