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»Ê¹Ú²ÊƱ's Art & Design students unveil year-long projects

Date:04/11/2017
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Throughout each academic year, students prepare and execute assignments based on various deadlines within each semester. However, for »Ê¹Ú²ÊƱ (»Ê¹Ú²ÊƱ) Art & Design senior students, their "deadline" has spanned across the entire year. In tribute to their year-long deadline, »Ê¹Ú²ÊƱ will host its next exhibit installation entitled, "Legends of the Seven," from April 8 through May 3 in the Art Gallery located on »Ê¹Ú²ÊƱ'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 »Ê¹Ú²ÊƱ.

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.

»Ê¹Ú²ÊƱ'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 »Ê¹Ú²ÊƱ's website.