Senior artists show their work

Exhibits litter the walls of local buildings, studios

As a part of their senior capstone, art majors have been showing their works all week during their senior art shows. The shows ran from Monday at 5 p.m. through Friday. The shows were completely organized by the students.

Receptions for each of the senior exhibitions were also held. All students were welcome to attend. Many friends and family members were in attendance of the receptions.

Anne Humphreys, Rebecca Ezell and Emily Huggins had their show in the Wooten Garner House on campus. Casie Pace and Zachary Harris had their show in Blackbridge Hall. Sarah Wood, Alicia Dent, Jaime Ammons, Jess Perkins and Anne Jones had their exhibitions at Fields Photography and Framing in downtown Milledgeville.

Submitted by Anne Humphrys

Senior art major Anne Humphrys stands in front of her senior exhibit. From top left, Janis Joplin on decorative sheet metal, John Lennon on glass plates and wood, Willie Nelson on wood with guitar strings, B.B. King on a window pane, Louis Armstrong on pegboard with twinkle lights, Elton John on a mirror, 2Pac Shakur on a metal industrial drip pan and Lady Gaga on wood with compact discs. Humphrys painted a keyboard border to showcase her work.

Anne Humphreys’ work focuses on varying styles of music and time periods. Her show consisted of paintings of well-known musical artists on different mediums.

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Senior art major Cassie Pace shows off some of her work for her senior exhibit. Her artwork is currently on display in Blackbridge Hall. Her artwork is a personal reflection of her own experiences. “Many of these pieces represent my own memories from childhood,” said Pace. The art students completed their exhibits as their final project. The work is on display from Monday, Nov. 30 to Fri, Dec. 3.

“While painting each portrait I listened to the music of that particular artist, and the mood of the tune dictated the overall ambiance and color choice of the end product,” Humphreys said.

Casie Pace’s work consisted of reflections of memories, thoughts and feelings she had collected throughout her life.

“Many of these pieces represent my own memories from childhood,” Pace said.

Zachary Harris, also known as Zel, showcased a collection of etchings that were focused on cockroaches.

“The reality is that we treat each other as cockroaches. We as human beings share a lot in common with these insects,” Harris said.

These shows are the “thesis work of art majors. It is their capstone experience,” said Bill Fisher, Art Department chair. “Each student showcasing their work during the art shows have taken two semesters of senior classes: Senior Project and Senior Exhibition. Senior Project is dedicated to research and development of a unified concept for their show and Senior Exhibition is dedicated to production, installation, public relations and de-installation. Public speaking and scholarly writing are fundamental to both semesters of the capstone.”

The senior art students have a lot of support with the preparation of these shows.

“With the entire Department of Art faculty and any interested students in attendance, we hold formal full-faculty reviews several times a semester with the studio seniors in which they have 15 minutes to discuss their progress and receive feedback on their work,” Fisher said. “Along with public speaking training and experience in writing a professional artist’s statement, this Capstone experience provides the student with the opportunity to create a new and cohesive body of work, resulting in a unified portfolio and preparing them for the competitive nature of graduate school and/or work in their chosen professional field.”

The two studio art tracks, Fine Art Studio Concentration (FASC) and General Art Studio Concentration (GASC), involve exhibitions at the end of the second semester of the student’s senior year. All of the senior art shows that took place this week involved students from these concentrations.

The Art History Capstone and Museum Studies Capstone involve many of the same elements, with the historians creating a written scholarly thesis following two semesters of full faculty support, and the Museum Studies concentration majors are responsible for curating an exhibition in our main galleries by a professional artist of national/international stature.

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