Senior Art Show open now through April 3
Visitors to the Chadron State College Senior Art Show will be able to enjoy a wide range of media including stained glass, paintings, drawings and graphic designs.
The seniors include Cassie Anderson, a graphic design major from Worland, Wyo., Jodi Birch, a studio art major with a museum studies minor from Valentine, Neb., Kendra Hart, a studio art major from Alliance, Neb., Katie Krebs, an art major with a museum/gallery option from Lemmon, S.D.; Victoria Lawler, a graphic design major from Worland, Wyo.;
Emily Linegar, a graphic design major from Hemingford, Neb.; and Quincy Steel, a graphic design major with a history minor from Madison, Wisc.
Anderson said in her artist’s statement that making art helps her feel refreshed and enthusiastic about life again.
“When I make art I am crating something that wasn’t there before and there is nearly nothing more magical than that,” she said.
Birch discovered her fondness for stained glass, watercolor and drawing during her years at CSC. She says she draws inspiration from her surroundings, other works of art and from her daughter.
Hart enjoys drawing things from her imagination as well as the world around her.
“I strive to show people the real beauty and emotion in every day scenes. I want people to really see the world around them and all the wondrous things in it through my work,” Hart said.
Krebs said she chose to go into museum and gallery studies because she is inspired by being surrounded by art even more than when she is creating it.
Lawler acknowledges that everyone needs to find a way to interpret the world they live in and decide how to best fit into it. She depicts dragons in a lot of her work because she feels the creature are both strong and beautiful, everything she wants to be.
Linegar said she began to explore typography during her CSC courses and “fell in love” with it and contrast and design that can be accomplished with words. She plans to use her own photography in her work as a graphic designer.
Steel said he falls asleep thinking about what his next project will be and wakes up ready to create.
“When I see a canvas that needs to be attacked, I am loud, obnoxious and sometimes the works that roll hot off the old noggin might be a little offensive,” Steel said.
A reception is planned for the artists April 3 in the lobby of Memorial Hall from 4-6 p.m.
—Tena L. Cook, Marketing Coordinator
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