Welcome to My Happy Place | KSMoCA
Curated by Rose and Dr. Kiara Hill
Exhibition: February 1st - March 17th, 2023
Reception: February 9th, 2023 5:00 - 7:00pm
Curatorial Statement - Rose and Kiki
Welcome to My Happy Place is an exhibition curated by Rose, a fifth grader at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School and Dr. Kiara “Kiki” Hill, a professor in the School of Art + Design at PSU, that invites viewers to experience the magic that is the Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Museum of Contemporary Art (KSMoCA). KSMoCA is unique in that it’s a contemporary art museum housed inside of a public school that provides students and staff the opportunity to regularly engage with art and artists. On any given day you can walk the halls at Dr. MLK Jr. School and see student artwork of varying styles adorn the walls, engendering an atmosphere of creativity that serves to uplift and inspire anyone that walks into the space. This is the feeling we wanted to bring to this exhibition. The student work in this show is only a small part of our permanent collection. We curated these pieces to show the love and labor that makes KSMoCA a happy place for all. We hope you enjoy.
Artist Bio
Originally from Dearborn, Michigan, Zeinab Saab is currently based in Portland, Oregon. Their current work focuses on exploration of the inner child through color theory and the grid. They received her BFA in Printmaking from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH in 2015, and completed their MFA in Printmaking at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL in 2019. Their work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in San Francisco, St. Louis, Detroit, New York, California, Dubai, New Mexico, and Hawaii among other places, and is held in several permanent collections, including Emory University, The Bainbridge Museum of Art, Zayed University in Dubai, UAE, the Arab American National Museum, and the University of Iowa’s Special Collections Library.
