sUgAR Gallery Presents Show/Tell: An M.F.A. Group Exhibition
Left: Cassie Sanderson, Top Right: Esther Nooner, Bottom Right: Chris Drobnock
The University of Arkansas Student Gallery, sUgAR, is pleased to announce a group exhibition of work by students pursuing their Master's of Fine Arts in the Department of Art. The gallery, located at 1 East Center on the downtown Fayetteville Square, will be open to the public from 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday, May 5, for a reception and open studio walkthrough.
This is an opportunity for the public to view the creative research conducted by M.F.A. candidates pursuing a professional career in art. Combining conceptual ideas with technical proficiency, students will be exhibiting work that has developed over the course of the spring semester. Potential mediums include painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, video, photography, printmaking and mixed media.
Exhibiting students include Maryamsadat Amirvaghefi, Danny Baskin, Parker Boales, Owen Buffington, Ashley Byers, Nicholas Cox, Jon Cromer, Chris Drobnock, Erin Gardner, Lindsey Heiden, Alexis Kurtzman, Esther Nooner, Aimee Odum, Mike Pennekamp, Katrina Rattermann, Cassie Sanderson, Elena Volkova, and Lauren Whitmore.
The sUgAR gallery is an interdepartmental exhibition space featuring the visual research of students, faculty, and visiting lecturers from the Department of Art and Fay Jones School of Architecture representing the Departments of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design. sUgAR is made possible by the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Art, the Fay Jones School of Architecture, and the University of Arkansas' Facilities Management.
Contacts
Danny Baskin, student director, sUgAR Gallery
Department of Art
501-920-4386,
drbaskin@uark.edu
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