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Rick Shaefer, “Border Crossing"
Rick Shaefer, “Border Crossing"
Rick Shaefer, “Land Crossing”
Rick Shaefer, “Land Crossing”
Rick Shaefer, “Water Crossing”
Rick Shaefer, “Water Crossing”
Refugee Trilogy is a suite of large-scale charcoal drawings that is a reaction to the ongoing immigration crisis unfolding across the globe and reflects the three thematic scenes that began to distill for me the journeys taken by refugees everywhere. The three triptychs, each measuring 96 x 166 inches, are in a chronology suggested by news reports.
The three works employ the vernacular of the Baroque (primarily incorporating various figurative elements of a wide assortment of Rubens’ paintings) to express this contemporary debacle in a language both familiar and historical: reminding us of the tenacious persistence of this epic human tragedy.”
– Rick Shaefer, artist of Refugee Trilogy
This project made possible in part by grants from The Pollock-Krasner Foundation and the CT Artist Fellowship Program.
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Tuesday, November 03
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Internship Application Deadline - Winter Semester 2026 | BYU students are invited to apply for internships in curation, education, registration, and marketing! | |
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Saturday, March 21
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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Open Studio – Perspective | BYU Museum of Art | Open studio is our art-making event for all ages, with new activities each month! |
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Saturday, March 07
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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Open Studio – Perspective | BYU Museum of Art | Open studio is our art-making event for all ages, with new activities each month! |
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Monday, April 13
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Live Typewriter Poetry | BYU Museum of Art | Visit 'Earthbound and Heavenward' and receive a custom poem about an artwork of your choice! |
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Monday, April 06
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Live Typewriter Poetry | BYU Museum of Art | Visit 'Earthbound and Heavenward' and receive a custom poem about an artwork of your choice! |
May 19, 2018
BYU’s Museum of Art to host three new exhibits focusing on refugees and indigenous people
The Daily Herald
June 24, 2018
BYU MOA refugees exhibition gives the human side of those hard-to-watch news stories
Deseret News
Video
MOA Mini-Tour: Rick Shaefer’s Land Crossing
June 1, 2018
Blog Post
Rick Shaefer’s Refugee Trilogy Draws Upon Old Masters
May 29, 2018
Video
Gallery Talk: Dana Gluckstein, Rick Shaefer, Adrian Paci
May 23, 2018
Visit the following exhibitions presented at the BYU Museum of Art in conjunction with Rick Shaefer: The Refugee Trilogy