Jennifer Bolande
Day in the Life
"Artistic practice is the cultivation of sensitivity to the world. It is our job, whether or not we are artists, to cultivate and attend to the things that we love, notice or are sensitive to. We must continually try because, perhaps, we are uniquely equipped or situated to bring something to life that might otherwise disappear." –Jennifer Bolande, Professor, Department of Art
Since the early 1980’s Jennifer Bolande has been pushing artistic boundaries, cultivating a distinctive and influential body of work that defies traditional categorization. Bolande works across mediums—photography, sculpture, sound, film—bringing rigor and poetry to her nuanced observations and framing of the objects, forms and relationships integral to our everyday lives.
At UCLA, Bolande cultivates a learning environment that inspires creativity and nurtures the individual visions and voices of her students. She inspires the same level of rigor, care and excellence in the classroom that she demonstrates in her own practice. She dares her students to probe deeply and wade into uncharted territory while instilling in them the courage and confidence to experiment an expand their artistic and intellectual horizons.
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