05/02/2026
Congratulations to the eight artists whose works are currently on display at Maryville College. We extend the invitation to the local community to stop in to view during the shared hours of operation.
One of the artists featured, Myka, regularly engages with our on-campus cultural programming, and we are thrilled to see the creative direction and inspiration that led to such impactful works of art!
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Ally “Myka” Roberts ’26, Design major, “The Visual Language of Kanji” (posters/calligraphy)
“As someone who experiences the world visually and intensely, I found myself connecting to these characters beyond the language of Japanese, sensing weight in 日 (sun), restlessness in 心 (heart) and barely contained chaos in 愛 (love), each one feeling like its own small universe. My thesis became an exploration of what makes these characters themselves; how far they can be stretched, distorted, broken or rebuilt before losing recognition, and whether someone who can’t read them can still understand them through form alone,” Roberts said.
