What’s up - news and updates 2020


On Wednesday December 30, 2020, eight Texas Sculpture Group (TSG) members were on the International Sculpture Center (ISC) zoom stage. Art Slams are fast and fun presentations, followed by an informal Q&A session with the ISC audience.

Wells Mason, Copeland, TX
Leticia Bajuyo, Corpus Christi, TX
Chasity Porter, Missouri City, TX
Sabine Senft, San Antonio, TX
Kurt Dyrhaug, Belmont, TX
Jill Bedgood, San Antonio, TX
Roger Colombik, Wimberle, TX
Michelle O’Michael, Houston, TX


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A Sculptural Exhibition, The In Art Gallery
co-jurors - Leticia R. Bajuyo and Mike Barclay

November 1-30, 2020

It was an absolute pleasure to jury this show with Indiana-based curator and wonderful friend Mike Barclay! The process of jurying this show was a selective and competitive sequence as Mike and I debated, refined, narrowed, and ranked the entries. Additionally, it was an honor to get to work with Haley Clancy Inyart & Joseph Jesse Ovalle the Co-Directors of The In Art Gallery.

https://theinartgallery.com/sculpture-exhibition



group exhibition - Land Report Collective
East 7 Alabama Contemporary, Mobile, Alabama

August 14 - October 23, 2020
Facilitator: Elizabet Elliott

Panel Discussion - Thursday, Oct 22, 2020
Enjoy this recording of this exhibiting closing panel talk with artists Jason Brown, Leticia Bajuyo, Brian Jobe, David Lawrence Jones, Patrick Kikut, and Shelby Shadwell of the Land Report Collective.


Mid-South Sculpture Alliance first online panel talk , “The Online Sculpture Classroom,” was focused on finding innovative ways to teach sculpture online during a time when students may not have access to equipment, tools, or facilities. Professionals shared their experience as current professors and gave our audience innovative ideas on how to navigate teaching sculpture online. MFA student, Nyasha Madamobe joined the panel and provided a student perspective on the successes and challenges of learning sculpture online. The panel will lasted 45 minutes and included a live question and answer section. 

Moderator: Leticia Bajuyo, Associate Professor, Texas A&M Corpus Christi

Professional Participants:
Naomi Falk, Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina
Coral Penelope Lambert, Professor of Sculpture, Alfred University
David Marquez, Assistant Professor, Western Kentucky University
Nyasha Madamombe, 2020 Dianne Komminsk Scholarship Winner and University of Tennessee Knoxville, MFA Candidate



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juried exhibition - 2020 Texas Juried (award)
Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas

Exhibition Dates: June 27 - July 25, 2020
juried by Kristen Gaylord, Assistant Curator of Photographs at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas



group exhibition -  ID.Entities Filipinx   
Rowland Art Gallery, Greenville University, Greenville, Illinois
curated by Shai Perry, Director of the KCKCC Art Gallery
Spring 2020

My artwork selected to be in this exhibition:

Daily Soaps
Original 2001, updated with new soaps, text, and installation
Steel, cast bronze, cast fiberglass, wood, cast rose-scented soap, and water
Dimensions of stand: H 28” x W 20” x D 25”
Dimensions of adjacent soap display: H 5” x W 7” x D 4”


group exhibition - Cause and AEffect
Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana

March 28  – August 2, 2020
In honor of the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage, Cause & Æffect: Art that Speaks Out features work from 14 different artists who fought, and are still fighting for, different causes ranging from mental health, the environment, AIDS, immigration and more.

The diverse mediums include paintings, tapestry and sculpture and each thought-provoking piece is meant to spark conversation and debate. 


online exhibition - Mile Markers
Land Report Collective Website and Instagram
April-May 2020

Mile Markers is an online-only exhibition and contains works created in April-May 2020 by Land Report Collective members during the global COVID-19 crisis, while under quarantine.

Land Report Collective

public sculpture exhibition - Forces of Nature: Blue Skies, Hurricanes, and Slinkys
Houston Heights Boulevard, Houston, Texas
A nine-month outdoor sculpture for the Houston Heights Association sculpture project True North 2020
March 15 - December 7, 2020


public sculpture - Iridescence
Market Square Park, Houston Downtown Management District, Houston, Texas
fifty-foot, outdoor suspended, site-specific installation
Installed March 2020



two-person exhibition - Alexander Brest Gallery, Jacksonville
University, Jacksonville, Florida 

Featuring artworks by Jason Brown and Leticia R. Bajuyo
February 6 - 28, 2020
Opening Reception - Thursday, February 6, 2020


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YoungArts Miami 2020, National YoungArts Foundation, Miami, Florida

I am honored I was able to be part of the YOUNGARTS MIAMI 2020 Lead Faculty & Creative Team! YoungArts is a wonderful foundation and I am grateful to be a part of the 2020 team that get to work with and witness the commitment, hard work, and layers of story and expression by these selected high school students. The impact of the National YoungArts foundation is evident. 

The National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) was established in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison to identify and nurture the most accomplished young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts, and assist them at critical junctures in their educational and professional development. Through a wide range of annual programs, performances, and partnerships with some of the nation’s leading cultural institutions, YoungArts aspires to create a strong community of alumni and a platform for a lifetime of encouragement, opportunity and support.


Public Art Installation - Frequency
Performing Arts Center, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

Site-specific indoor ceiling installation
May 2019 - October 2020

In collaboration with the TAMU-CC Performing Arts Center, I have designed and installed a new sculpture made of used CDs and DVDs. Titled Frequency, this installation includes a theremin on the second floor welcoming audience interaction filling the PAC with sound as one looks out to the bay.

If you would like to donate CD/DVD’s to this and future artworks, bring/send discs to the PAC box office and they will make sure I get them.
6300 Ocean Dr # 5723, Corpus Christi, TX 78412

Listen to the Theremin inside the sculpture