³Ô¹ÏÁÔÆæ's Art & Design students unveil year-long projects
Throughout each academic year, students prepare and execute assignments based on various deadlines within each semester. However, for ³Ô¹ÏÁÔÆæ (³Ô¹ÏÁÔÆæ) Art & Design senior students, their "deadline" has spanned across the entire year. In tribute to their year-long deadline, ³Ô¹ÏÁÔÆæ will host its next exhibit installation entitled, "Legends of the Seven," from April 8 through May 3 in the Art Gallery located on ³Ô¹ÏÁÔÆæ's Chicago campus, 3700 West 103rd Street. This exhibit is free and open to the public!
At the beginning of the academic year, each senior Art & Design student was assigned the task of creating a body of visual work focusing upon a theme of their choice and in a media of their choice. The wide range of topics that comprise the show encompass the realms of mental health; language; imagination; relaxation; sexism; communication; and Chicago's ever-growing gun violence. Exhibition planning and installation in the Art Gallery provides seniors with a true-to-life professional career experience, while culminating their academic Art & Design studies at ³Ô¹ÏÁÔÆæ.
The following students will be featured in this exhibit installation:
- Asha Black, Chicago resident, explores therapeutic qualities of art and how the creative process is a meditative tool through acrylic paint, inks, and colored pencils.
- Autumn Cano, Park Forest resident, draws a connection between spoken words and animation in a series of videos.
- Giselle Villasenor, Orland Park resident, showcases the oppression of women artists by removing key features from their portraits.
- Heather Kaminski, Alsip resident, expresses her experience with depression and recovery in a short film entitled, "DARK."
- Kalea Phillips, South Holland resident, aims to foster imagination and creativity in children with an original storybook about dragons, created in Photoshop and InDesign.
- Kolin Smith, Park Forest resident, takes the audience on a journey of abstract communication using pencils, paper, and computers.
- Kyeara Aikens, Chicago resident, displays the dehumanization of victims of gun violence in Chicago with a mixture of drawings, newspaper clippings and acrylic paint.
³Ô¹ÏÁÔÆæ's Art Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday; noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. For more information, please visit ³Ô¹ÏÁÔÆæ's website.