May 6 – 11

Students graduating from the Department of Art and Design present their creative work in this group show. The exhibit typically feature works in all fine arts media including painting, drawing, printmaking, book arts, sculpture, metals, ceramics and computer assisted design. Participating students include: Kyle Hendrix, Tabitha Dankert, Rebecca DeVries, Kara Slamka and Madeleine Porter..

Exhibit Juror Colin Matthes will be giving a guest lecture on Wednesday, April 3rd at 6 pm in CA room 30.

April 8 – 19, 2013
Opening Reception and Awards Presentation:
Monday, April 8 from 5-7 pm     Awards Presentation: 6:00 pm
Juror: Colin Matthes

ARTISTS:  Any media may be submitted for this exhibition including, but not limited to: painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, metals, books, graphic design, electronic imagery and photography.  All works must be prepared for installation.  Two dimensional works must be ready to hang.  Display cases are available for small or valuable objects.  Each artist may submit up to three entries.  There is no notification of accepted entries prior to the opening reception for the show.  Announcements of the awards will be made at 6:00 pm, Monday, April 8th during the opening reception.  Approximately $1000 in prizes and gift certificates will be awarded including prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, as well as honorable mentions.

INSTRUCTIONS:  Complete all information on the entry forms.  Entry forms will be available in the gallery. The Master Form will be kept on file by the gallery.  The entry forms must be securely attached to your work.  Work can not be insured for the exhibit, but please indicate a sales price for any interested viewers or for consideration of Purchase Prizes.  If you do not want to sell your work put NFS in the Price category.  That also means that your work will not be considered for a purchase award.

DATES:  Work must be delivered to the Crossman Gallery on Monday and Tuesday, April 1st and 2nd from 10 am-5 pm and 6-8 pm. The exhibit opens on April 8 and continues through April 19th.  Work must be picked up from the Gallery Friday, April 19th and Saturday April 20th between 1 pm and 4 pm.  Last chance pickup is Monday, April 22nd from 10 am – noon.  Any work not claimed after April 22nd will be disposed of. Questions? Please contact Michael Flanagan in the Gallery Office, Room 1030.

January 24 – February 20

Longtime ceramic area Professor Charlie Olson retired in the spring of 2012 after 35 years of teaching and service and will be featured in this retrospective exhibition along with a group of invited artists. The group includes alumni as well as current and past faculty members in the Department of Art & Design.

Artists who have been invited to participate include:

Jason Brabender, Jenni Brant, Jason Briggs, Karl Borgeson, Jeff Campana, Greg Cochenet, Katheryn Corbin, Chanda Droske, Jimmy Eddings, Ben Fiess, Michael Gross, Kathleen Guss, Jesse Hull, Jared Janovec, Chuck Johnson, Michael Kerr, Diane King, Colin Matthes, Dan McGuire, Katie Miller, Sarah Mizanin, Lauren Simon Neese, Jessica Nimm, William Pariso, Brett Roberts, Stephen Robison, Brock Rumohr, Amanda Salov, Michael Schmidt, Nick Toebaas, Dan Van Tassel and Jennifer Yunker.

Jennifer Yunker (Ceramics) and Beth Zarden-Benson (Metals) will be featured in this exhibition.  Both artists will be completing their studio work and assembling their final projects for display in the gallery.  The show opens on the evening of December 3rd with a reception for the artists from 6 – 8 pm.

Faculty members utilize the review to select new students for entry into the BFA Program and to assess the progress and graduation status of Junior BFA track students. Participating students in the Entry Review are: Adrianna Clift,  Natalie Goebel, Zartavia Howard, Hana Keller, and Mary Marren. Junior Review students are: Laura Moskal and  Amanda Shepherd.