University to host Spring Student Art Exhibition
WAYNESBURG – The Waynesburg University Fine Arts Department will host the Spring Student Art Exhibition beginning Monday, April 16 and continuing through April 27 in the Benedum Fine Arts Gallery.
The exhibition will kick off with an opening night reception at 6 p.m. The event is free and the public is invited.
The exhibition is held every semester to showcase the work of students currently taking art classes. This semester’s show will include the work of approximately 50 students. According to Andrew Heisey, chairperson for the Fine Arts Department, the show gives the students — most of whom are not art majors — the chance to see their work in a new light.
“This show is a great opportunity for them to see their work in a gallery in a professional setting,” said Heisey, in a recently issued release. “It changes your work when it is in the gallery. A drawing for class that has been in a sketchbook is matted, hung on the wall with gallery lights on it, is no longer paper with a drawing on it. Now it is a piece of artwork. It is a great experience for any young artist to see their work displayed in this way.”
Heisey said each art professor will select work from their classes to exhibit in the gallery.
For more information about the Spring Student Art Exhibition, contact Heisey at 724-852-3274 or email aheisey@waynesburg.edu.