SCAN Winter 23

Testaments

About the cover artist

Avery Gray is a 24 year old queer, visual artist from Colorado who creates mixed media work that explores identity, pain, and hope for equality. She received her BFA in photography with a ceramic minor from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2020. She uses chaotic organization of the many layers of symbols and images to create complex metaphors that tell the poem or story she is reflecting on in each piece. By leaving a breadcrumb trail of nostalgic and noticeable images throughout all of her pieces she is able to connect with her audience while leaving space for their own selves and pasts to embody the works simultaneously.

About the cover

For this issue of SCAN, we aimed to represent a wide spectrum of belief systems ranging from traditional religion to firmly held convictions from a non-spirtirual perspective. With this objective in mind, we reached out to SCAD graduate Avery Gray and asked her to create a collage to represent this idea. All assets in the piece are created from photographs and paintings completed by SCAD students.

The cover includes works from Amaiya Bloomfield, Jordan Brooks, Hsuan Chung, Disha Gupta, Shine Huang, Helen Kirbo, Sage Look, Caroline Perkins, Madelaina Polk, Jess Rhodes, Alina Skolarus, Xavier Thomas, and Laney Wardell.

Avery Gray is a 24 year old queer, visual artist from Colorado who creates mixed media work that explores identity, pain, and hope for equality. She received her BFA in photography with a ceramic minor from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2020. She uses chaotic organization of the many layers of symbols and images to create complex metaphors that tell the poem or story she is reflecting on in each piece. By leaving a breadcrumb trail of nostalgic and noticeable images throughout all of her pieces she is able to connect with her audience while leaving space for their own selves and pasts to embody the works simultaneously.

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