Art + Design program hosts 13th annual Senior Exhibition

By Danna Bertel and Kayla McGee

Rebecca Fazio, senior Art + Design  major, is one of the artists in the 13th annual Senior Exhibition.

The theme for this year is “Identity,” with each student curating  an area of the gallery.

“Everything’s selected based on each individual’s style,” Fazio said. “We put up works that best represented us.”

COURTESY OF ARIA TAN Senior Art + Design students Gabriella Neves and Samantha Sigler paint the walls for the opening reception.

Hosted by the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts, the Senior Exhibition will display the artwork of 15 graduating students.

“My section in the gallery has my Disney and bright colored artwork to show my identity as an artist,” Fazio said. “I think it’s super unique this year with everyone’s identity being shown.”

The opening reception will be held on Feb. 15 at 5 p.m. and the exhibit will remain open until March 15 in Gallery 217.

The art displayed includes photographs, ceramics, graphic designs and paintings.

“I’m more than excited about this year’s showcase because of the diversity of the artwork being presented. I get attached to the seniors as I have seen them grow through the process,” Kandy Lopez, associate professor in DCMA, said.

The students selected are typically art majors, but art minors can be selected as well.

Aria Tan, senior marketing major and studio art minor, will showcase narrative-based oil paintings titled “Market Fish” which focus on community, connection and silence.

“It’s going to be the first time I’m putting the work, like work that I’m proud of, that I think that is more polished,” Tan said. “I interviewed friends, strangers and faculty members. I asked them what a fish market meant to them and I got to weave their stories into all the paintings, so it became this collection that feels bigger than myself.”