The Ceremony of Innocence

Cassandra Jasulevicz

This work explores anxiety culture and feelings of being overwhelmed. Created in-part as a response to the current worldwide public health crisis, political instability, and the looming threat of global environmental catastrophe, this piece seeks to compare the physical stress hot glass undergoes when exposed to cold water to the state of the body and mind when being constantly barraged by a never-ending cycle of seemingly uncontrollable societal shortcomings.

cmfr studio1 - UofLouisvilleGlass.jpg — **Cassandra Jasulevicz, TYL BFA ‘22**
Lives and works in Philadelphia, PA
IG: @cassi_jasi

Cassandra Jasulevicz is an emerging Philadelphia-based sculptor, currently a Junior BFA in Glass and BA in Art History from Tyler School of Art & Architecture in Philadelphia, PA. Cassandra incorporates a variety of materials in her work, concentrating mainly in glass, fibers, and metal, among other experimental materials, to create abstract, site-specific sculpture. Her work has been exhibited in NextGen 7.0 group exhibition at VisArts Center in Rockville, MD and Experimental Glass collaborative exhibition at Stella Elkins Gallery in Philadelphia, PA. Cassandra also actively participates in community arts engagement, currently interning as a gallery assistant at James Oliver Gallery, where she contributes to the planning and facilitation of a variety of community-based art exhibitions and public events.