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ART DEPARTMENT SENIOR SHOW |
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Each spring the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts hosts an exhibition of the work of graduating students from the Art Department.
Art Department Senior Exhibition Drawing inspiration from tattoos, music, pets, anatomy, astronomy, and more, art students graduating from Longwood University will present their third annual exhibition at the LCVA. More than two dozen students will show work from a variety of disciplines and media, including graphic design, product design, architecture, film, functional ceramics, performance art, photography, portraiture, artists’ books, comic books, and others. Participating students are enrolled in visiting lecturer Nancy Shahani’s Senior Seminar, offered by Longwood’s Art Department. The projects vary, from traditional portraiture to Katherine Bratcher’s functional yet sculptural ten-piece ceramic serving set based on organs of the body. Several students expressed their talents in practical ways, producing promotional materials for Amelia Patrons for Animal Welfare, the Longwood Company of Dancers, the Elks Lodge in Richmond, or BMA Enterprises Inc. in Fredericksburg. Others designed new products, such as skateboards, t-shirts, and a cookbook.
Participating students include: Sara Anderson, Lynn Willette Attermeyer, Chris Balderson, Ashley Beazley, Katherine Bratcher, Crystal K. Condrey, Richard Costa, Clinton Crumpler, Laura Dedmond, Billie Shay Downing, Alexander Grabiec, Kristen Herndon, Sarah Irwin, Suzanne Jackson, Hannah Ketchum, James Richard Kilgore, Zoey Lewis, Jennifer Mayhew, Mike McAteer, Robert McGrath III, Laura Nodtvedt, Kristin Faith Novara, Holly Nunnally, Joshua O’Connor, Brian Polgar, Curtis Pilgrim, Melinda Schissler, Keiva Small, Clint Walsh, Katy Weaver, and Amanda Wiltshire.
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LCVA Director K. Johnson Bowles is coordinating the exhibition. “This year’s students abound in both numbers – there are nearly thirty of them! – and talent. It’s been a pleasure to hear their plans and see their works.”