Student Art Exhibition Opens Friday

Digital photography will be showcased for the first time in the eighth annual student exhibition beginning Friday, Nov. 5, at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.

“Affairs of the Art,” part of the university’s Spectrum Series, will run through Friday, Dec. 3, in the KOA Art Gallery in Blaisdell Hall. An opening reception will take place at noon Nov. 5 in the KOA Speer Electronics Lobby.

“Photography has been a popular art form and activity on our campus,” said Kong Ho, director of the interdisciplinary arts and the art programs and associate professor of art. “We have several student photography competition activities organized by our Art Club and displayed in the Frame-Westerberg Commons in the past two years.

“However, it will be the first time for displaying some excellent photographs in our KOA Art Gallery. I hope this year's exhibition will offer visitors the opportunity to leisurely savor and enjoy a broad spectrum of artistic, creative and visually exciting works of art.”

About 40 students created masterpieces, including still life, landscapes, animal figures, human figures, abstract forms and computer graphics. Their work is made from charcoal, pastel, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, fired clay, photography and digital printing. Most students made the masterpieces in studio-art courses in the spring and fall of 2010.

“The best way to give credit to some of our talented students is through active involvement of each student in this public art event, including spreading out this student art exhibition from one to the other, letting others know how important it is to support each other in this art exhibition, recommending others to visit this exhibition, and sharing the experience with others during the exhibition opening,” Ho said.

The art gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The gallery is closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

The following students will have art featured in the exhibition:

From Bradford, Barbara Allen, Diana Lawton and Corey Meyer, elementary education majors; Stacey Gildersleeve, undeclared; Claude Grove, an economics major; Destiny Palmer, a hospitality management major; Karen Pecht, Matthew Teribery and Gary Truman, business management majors; Sarah Randolph, a human relations major; Samila Sosic, Brandon Tully and Vaccaro, all interdisciplinary arts majors; Amina Sosic; and Nicholas Yaworsky, a nursing major; Stephanie Anzola, an accounting major from Brandywine, Md.; Joanne Bokan, a social sciences major from Genesee; Sarah Bush, an elementary education major from Turin, N.Y.; Ashlee Case, an interdisciplinary arts major from Olean, N.Y.; Brandon Chamberlain, an interdisciplinary arts major from Carlisle; Joseph Coppola, a sport and recreation management major from Orchard Park, N.Y.;

Roland Cross III, a computer information systems and technology major from South Euclid, Ohio; Kelly Davis, an elementary education major, Ronald Tanner, a business management major, and Ed Vandever, an environmental studies major, all from Smethport; Ceegan Danielson, a computer information systems and technology major, and Jennifer Hilmes, an accounting and business management major, both from Lewis Run; Megan Delhunty, a pre- nursing major, and Kelsey Klawuhn, a mathematics education 7-12 and applied mathematics major, both from Ridgway; Kelly DeRolf, a biology major from Dallastown; Amanda Dillon, an English and English education 7-12 major from Butler; Jack Eggleston, a writing major, and Christina Hall, a business management major, both from Warren; Jeremy Freer, a broadcast communications major from Cyclone; Cory Gallagher, a pre-optometry major from Rochester;

Jessica Hamilton, a writing major from Wilcox; Shaquana Jefferson and Yuxi Lin, both biology majors from Philadelphia; Carson Kepler, a pre-radiological science major, Savanah Kohut, a hospitality management major, and Janelle M. Wilson, a pre-radiological science major, all of Kane; David Kunkle, a criminal justice major from Lower Burrell; Xueyuan Lin, a biology major from Bayonne, N.J.; Leasa Maley from Limestone, N.Y.; Rachel McMinn, a sports medicine and pre-occupational therapy major from Falls Creek; Karley Miller, a communications major from Derrick City; Lauren Moss, a nursing major from York; Annette Morales, a criminal justice major from North East; Scott Pastorius, a sports medicine major, and James Roberts, an environmental studies major, both from McDonald; Jacquelyn Podrasky, a sports medicine major from Medina, Ohio;

Diana Rankin, a computer information systems and technology major from Mount Jewett; Brian Roberts, an athletic training major from New Albany; Kayloni Smith, a broadcast communications major from Clarendon; Jennifer Sobeck, a pre-pharmacy major from Harveys Lake; Michael Taylor, a computer science major from Pipersville; Rebecca Thorpe, a chemistry education 7-12 and chemistry major from Lake Ariel; Jennifer Trippett, an undeclared major from Lemont; Michael Viloqi, an interdisciplinary arts major of Clarks Summit; and James Willson, a pre-medicine major from Bellona.

Pictured, Pitt-Bradford art students with their still-life paintings
Photo courtesy of Pitt-Bradford