Paige E. Wassel
Senior Writer
As the semester comes to a close, there are only three senior fine art
exhibitions left for students to attend. For graduating fine arts majors, this
work represents a conclusion of their studies and an opportunity to showcase
their personal styles.
Alice Anthony, assistant professor of the practice of art, said that the senior
fine art exhibition is a requirement for every graduating fine arts major that
provides each with the opportunity to display his or her work.
“It gives the students a real-life experience in putting a show together,”
Anthony said. “(They) have to edit, mat or frame work, promote the event, write
an artist statement and hang the work in the gallery and have an opening. It is
a lot of work, but it will be something the students will never forget.”
Robin Holtman, a senior fine arts major with a photography emphasis, said that
the exhibition is the
culmination of a fine art major’s time at Milligan.
“Everyone takes the same classes and learns the same things but everyone
develops their own talents,” Holtman said. “This is a way we can show our
personal form of expression.”
Anthony said she thought that the senior fine art shows have been well attended
this year as people are being made more aware of where the art gallery is
located. An effort has been made to publicize the shows outside the Milligan
community as well, Anthony said.
Holtman said that she thought the fine art shows fit well within Milligan’s
liberal arts education.
“The arts are part of the liberal arts education,” Holtman said. “We spend a lot
of time in Humanities learning about art and this is a free and easy way for
students to absorb that part of our culture.”
Holtman’s exhibition, “Serendipity: Random Expressions of Beauty” will open on
March 21, Amber Neill’s show will open on March 28, and Dimitri Jansen’s show
will open on April 4. All shows are located in the Milligan College art gallery
in the basement of Derthick Hall.