04/09/2026
Visit the University Art Gallery to check out all the diverse work in “Staying Power,” which includes work by current School of Art & Design faculty, Irén Tété.
Irén Tété is a sculptor focused on ceramics, architecture, and language, exploring perception, thought, and spatial navigation by blending industrial and organic elements. She expresses her poetic fragments through ceramics, creating tiles embedded with words constructed from spikes—this uneasy typography reflects boundaries and logical tangles. Her ongoing project examines how language extends the body and mind, influencing space and meaning. SDSU’s support as well as its legacy of care, for materials, ideas, and community, remains central to her involvement as it continues to shape the future of craft. (Text by Barbara Paris Gifford, Senior Curator at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York).
Presented by Craft in America, Handwork 2026 celebrates the diversity of the crafts that define America, bringing compelling stories and underrepresented art and artists into the spotlight.
This Saturday, visit us and "Hear it From the Artist"! Each artist will talk briefly about the work on display in Staying Power.
Saturday, April 11
12:00 - 12:45
Participating artists:
Sarah Garcia
Joanne Hayakawa
Adam Manley
Kerianne Quick
Sondra Sherman
Christina Y. Smith
Iren Tete
Tips: We encourage you to arrive early and to take the MTS Trolley. If you're planning to park on campus, allow extra time. Contact us the day of at 619-594-5171!
