Both will feature graduating bachelor of fine arts students’ work.
Each exhibition features student work from a variety of studio areas offered.
These include ceramics, digital art, graphic design, metalsmithing and jewelry design, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and textiles.
Featured students will participate in the planning and installation of their pieces in the exhibition to gain professional experience, according to a press release from the Grunwald Gallery of Art.
Additionally, there will be another exhibition that features work made in partnership between the School of Fine Arts and the Office of Overseas Study.
“The School of Fine Arts Abroad: Overseas Study Exhibition” will feature artwork produced by participating students during three study abroad programs taught by members of the IU Fine Arts faculty.
The Overseas Study classes offered this year were Intaglio Printmaking and Artist Books taught by Tracy Templeton in Venice, Italy, Drawing taught by Martha Macleish in Florence, Italy, and Photography in Paris and Provence: Exploration of Place taught by Jeffrey Wolin in Paris.
The opening reception for the Overseas Study exhibition and part of the BFA thesis exhibitions will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, ?Dec. 5.
The rest of the thesis exhibitions will have their opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12.
The Grunwald Gallery of Art presents contemporary works by both professional and student artists to the community, according to its website. Exhibits generally incorporate art from a “variety of contemporary genres and approaches and can be experimental or traditional.”
The Gallery hosts more than 30 exhibits annually from students from the School of Fine Arts, with exhibits focusing on work by advanced undergraduate, BFA and MFA students.
Below is a list of the student work that will be featured in the upcoming ?December exhibitions.
The paintings of Anna Marie Alger, Alice Knipstine, Julie Fliegenspan, Erika Hedges and Phil Cardenas.
The ceramics of Clayton Blackwell, Joel Pisowicz, Jackie Head and Maria Riddle.
The photography of ?Megan Cowans and ?Hannah Osborn.
The graphic design of Jacob Glass, Kayla Johnson, Emily Limpus, Jordan Tarantino, Katy Davis and Erik Van Skoik.
The prints of Devon Smallwood and Betsy Stout.
The jewelry and metalwork of Hannah Helton.
Priority is given to graduating student Thesis exhibits like the ones referenced above, according to the ?gallery’s website.
However professional artists can apply to have their work exhibited.
Currently, there are three exhibits showing at the Grunwald Gallery of Art, two out of three were made possible through a partnership made with the Kinsey Institute, according to the Grunwald Gallery of Art’s website.
The three are “Robert Mapplethorpe: Photographs from The Kinsey Institute Collection,” “Laura Letinsky: Still Life Photographs (1997-2012)” and “Beyond Mapplethorpe: Selections from The Kinsey Institute.”
All three are set to come down at the end of the month to give about a month of preparation time for the arts students to display their works on the Grunwald’s walls.
Audrey Perkins
