Senior Art and Design Capstone Exhibition opens April 5th
Marietta, Ohio (03/25/2019) — Marietta College's Art Department closes out the 2018-19 exhibition season with the annual Senior Art and Design Capstone Exhibition, which features the work of six students.
The exhibition, which is titled "Questionable at Best," is the culmination of the students' four years at Marietta College as artists and designers. It will be held in the Atrium Gallery of the Hermann Fine Arts Center with an opening ceremony from 5:00-7:00 p.m., Friday, April 5th.
"We have been preparing for the art show since the beginning of last semester and all of our projects are something we are passionate about," said Megan Horsley '19 (Millersburg, Ohio), one of the senior artists presenting at the exhibition. "It took a lot of research, time, and preparation for this show and I am very excited to present my final project and see the pieces come together."
The other featured arts in the show are Kate Berg '19 (Medina, Ohio), Angelo Leitner-Wise '19 (Alexandria, Virginia), Maria Mudre '19 (New Albany, Ohio), Michelle Yu '19 (Beijing, China) and JunQuan Zhou '19 (Beijing, China). Each student will present an individual exhibition based on the skills, interests, and inspirations they have developed over the past four years. These exhibitions include a variety of mediums in both studio art and graphic design.
"Questionable at best" will be displayed in the Atrium Gallery on the third floor of Hermann Fine Arts Center, which is handicap accessible through May 5th. Gallery hours are 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. weekdays.
Located in Marietta, Ohio, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy back in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today Marietta College serves a body of 1,200 full-time students. The College offers 49 majors and is consistently ranked as one of the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, as well as one of the nation's best by Forbes.com. Marietta was selected seventh in the nation according to the Brookings Institution's rankings of colleges by their highest value added, regardless of major.
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