Summary: Senior students at Calvin present their portfolio of art work at the Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibitions.
Full story see: http://www.calvin.edu/news/2008-09/bfa-106/
Senior art students at Calvin College are ready to show off some of their best work. It is an annual event, with a new twist this year: students will present their work in two separate locations.
Joe Arens and Karis Medina are currently exhibiting their art work at Calvin's downtown gallery space at 106 Division Avenue, April 17 through May 1.
Arens has created a series of uniforms, some of which are clothing, and some of which are machines - and he performs inside each of them.
Medina crafts art from found objects, many of which she's claimed from dumpsters around Grand Rapids. "I've always had fascination with things that are old things, that are falling apart...," she said. "I'm interested in the construction of meaning ... How do we place meaning and value on certain objects and certain ideas?"
Arens and Medina's BFA Exhibition is the first of two that will be held for spring, 2009. The second BFA Exhibition, featuring the work of seniors Natalie Good and Miranda Brouwer, will be held May 1-9 at the Center Art Gallery on the campus of Calvin College.
The BFA exhibitions are the culmination of an intensive program, which requires students to achieve excellence in at least three from the whole spectrum of media: drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, photography and communication design.
"The BFA exhibition is a more hands-on show for the exhibiting students because they select the work and install it themselves," said Calvin director of exhibitions Joel Zwart, adding, "These students produce a lot of work."
Contact Joel Zwart at 526.6271
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