Visiting Assistant Professor of Sculpture Benjamin Spadling MFA' 17 and Candice Gosta '20 were awarded the David C. Driskell Fellowship from Indigo Arts Alliance.
The Fellowship at Black Seed Studio is awarded to Black and Brown Maine-based artists, providing them with a three-month studio space and stipend to support the development of their creative practice
Courtesy of Benjamin Spalding, MFA ’17
Benjamin Spalding MFA '17 is an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores rhythm and the pageantry of the body, blending influences from club culture, sports, and local ecology with personal family narratives.
Candice Gosta '20. Photo by Zshekinah Collier, 2025
Candice Gosta '20 is an interdisciplinary painter whose practice combines traditional paint mediums with collaged elements such as textiles, paper, glass, dried flowers, dead insects, dirt, and hair to depict tangible emotional experiences of girlhood and its precarious nature.