BA/BFA JURIED SENIOR EXHIBITION TO OPEN AT BAUM GALLERY
- Ongoing: until Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Monday: 10:00am
- Tuesday: 10:00am
- Wednesday: 10:00am
- Thursday: 10:00am
- Friday: 10:00am
- Where: University of Central Arkansas, Conway
- Cost: Not available
- Age limit: Not available
BA/BFA JURIED SENIOR EXHIBITION TO OPEN AT BAUM GALLERY
By Miranda Grubbs
CFAC Media Office
The spring 2010 BA/BFA Juried Senior Exhibition opens at the University
of Central Arkansas’s Baum Gallery on Thursday, April 15 and will be
on display until Thursday, April 29.
The opening receptions are April 15 from 4-6 p.m. and Sunday, April 18
from 2-4 p.m. at in the Baum Gallery in McCastlain Hall. Both the
exhibition and receptions are free and open to the public.
All students in the Department of Art must participate in a senior
exhibit in order to graduate, said Dr. Jeff Young, chair of the
department.
Students graduating with a Bachelor of Arts can take multiple works
before a panel, which consists of faculty members in the department, who
then choose which works will be shown in the Baum Gallery.
The exhibit will include 20 BA students with a Fine Arts emphasis
displaying work, the most the university has had in a long time, Young
said. The students are Robyn Blaylock, Karla Cossey of Harrison, Letitia
Clark, Peggy Holder of Cabot, Sarah Holland of Conway, Jennifer
Hoornstra of Mountain Home, Mary Hull of Conway, Sidney Jones of
Batesville, Cameron King of Conway, Shawn Lee of Cabot, Anthony Leopard
of White Hall, Grant Looney of Bald Knob, Megan McQueen of Little Rock,
Bonnie Mergl of Mountain View, Zachary Neel of Malvern, Samantha Simpson
of Stuttgart, Lonnie Smith of Cabot, Julie Sullivan of Cabot, Kirby
Tidwell of Hot Springs and Rachel Walker of Little Rock. Sara Morgan,
who is a BA Art Education emphasis student, will also be displaying
work.
Students graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts must submit a proposal
to the entire art faculty one semester in advance and work on a body of
work throughout the semester, Young said. Over the course of the
semester, the students are guided by advisers who give suggestions and
push the students along with their art.
Five BFA Studio Art students will display their work. They are Jennifer
Eakin of Little Rock and Katie Parker of Maumelle, both with a graphic
design emphasis; Melissa Kordsmeier of Conway and Brandon Mathis of
Conway, both with a sculpture emphasis; and Allison McElroy of Camden,
who specializes in painting.
BA student Shawn Lee, who will be showing a series of digitally
created posters, said the experience has pushed him in new ways.
“Through creating my work and preparing it for the gallery, I’ve
learned that I need to get out of my comfort zone a lot more to really
push myself as an artist,” Lee said.
Young said the exhibition offers important benefits to graduating
students.
“I think it’s important for art students to have the experience of
showing their work in a public venue,” Young said. “They learn about
displaying their work — making the work is one process and displaying
it is another. There’s also that goal of presenting their art work to
a panel, where they explain the decisions they’ve made and discuss
their process of working.”
The senior exhibits at the end of each semester are usually well
attended shows. Students’ families and friends are there at the
receptions as well as art faculty and, often, faculty from other
departments who have connections to the students.
“An art gallery at a university is another venue for conversation and
discussion about ideas,” Young said. “There are people who show
their work and people who come to view it and discuss it. That is a
value to a university.”
Hours for the Baum Gallery are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Thursdays from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. For more
information, call (501) 450-5793.
This event was posted April 11, 2010 and last updated April 13, 2010
