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Title

The Name is a Guest of the Substance

Authors

Jessica Scott, University of Massachusetts AmherstFollow

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.7275/er16-8z08

Artist Statement

I am a multi-disciplinary artist, curator, writer, researcher and educator with over 15 years working experience in the arts. My upbringing in a multi-racial, multinational, working class family guides the perspectives I seek to uplift across a variety of disciplines in my work. For the decade prior to pursuing my MFA at UMass, I devised, designed and performed my own original works of theater and installation in New York City at a variety of professional venues. In May 2022 I was accepted into the phD program in the History department of UMass Amherst where I will study 20th and 21st century American history and contemporary arts visual culture through a public history lens.

Degree Date

2022

Committee Chair

Susan Jahoda

Keywords

Haraway, Tsing, Mushroom, Sculpture, Installation Art, Video Art, Contemporary Art, Feminism, New Materialism

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities

Artist’s Website

https://jessicaantoniascott.net/

Recommended Citation

Scott, Jessica, "The Name is a Guest of the Substance" (2022). Art Department MFA Thesis Projects. 1.
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/art_mfa_projects/1

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