The Hillsdale College student art exhibit begins in the Daughtry Gallery next Monday. The exhibit will display a sampling of art produced by students in all types art classes this semester.
“Everything we do here will be in the show: drawing, painting, sculpture, photography and digital design,” art professor Barbara Bushey said via email.
Pieces in the exhibit will come primarily from students in classes which require them to submit artwork. The artwork will be voted on by art students and faculty. Art students receive a ballot for each class that they are enrolled in. The faculty vote is separate but the results of both votes will be taken into consideration when the winners are announced.
“All of the faculty is judging,” art professor Bryan Springer said. “Each faculty member will speak to examples of art that are in their given discipline and other faculty members will comment on it.”
The student art exhibit is an opportunity to see all of the different types of art that students have been working on. Many art students will submit more than one type of artwork because they are in multiple art classes.
“I am in two classes of which I’m submitting my work for: Computer Graphics and Color Theory,” senior Kelly Beyer said. “Graphics is a general intro to design programs like a newsletter and athletic poster, with projects where Color Theory utilizes the same principles of design but allows you to explore the programs with more creative illustration projects.”
The student votes will be cast on Monday and tallied on Tuesday. At 4 p.m. on Tuesday the results will be revealed for the student vote and faculty awards. The category winners will receive $50 and the best of show winner will win around $250.
“Ideally it would be awesome to win $250 for one of my design projects and I’d like to say that I would spend the money on something cool and fun, but realistically I’d probably need to save that money to survive in New York City after graduation,” Beyer said.
One of the best things the exhibit has to offer is the ability for professors and students from specific categories get to branch out and look at other genres of art. It also provides an understanding of other genres and gives insight into how other types of artists are trying to communicate through their work.
“We expect to have over 100 submissions,” Springer said. “It’s interesting to see all of the work that has been produced by current students and we get the chance to really see what students are producing in other classes instead of our own.”
The exhibit is not just limited for art students and faculty to view. All are welcome to come enjoy the great art being displayed. The exhibit is is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m to 7 p.m on Saturday and 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday.
