{"id":3239,"date":"2017-04-11T12:47:12","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T18:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/?p=3239"},"modified":"2017-04-11T12:47:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T18:47:12","slug":"uccs-galleries-of-contemporary-art-to-feature-senior-visual-art-majors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/?p=3239","title":{"rendered":"UCCS Galleries of Contemporary Art to feature senior visual art majors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shanah Leaf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

COLORADO SPRINGS — The works of 15 University of Colorado Colorado Springs senior art students will be focus of UCCS Galleries of Contemporary Art\u2019s 11th annual senior visual arts majors exhibition \u201cWays of Seeing,\u201d opening April 21 at the campus GOCA1420 gallery.<\/p>\n

A free public reception will take place 5-8 p.m. Friday, April 21.<\/p>\n

The exhibit will be on display through May 13. Gallery hours are noon \u2013 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, or by appointment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWays of Seeing\u201d features the works of Marina Atchison, Susannah Barnes, Leia Belgrave, Amber Cruz, Nina Foster, Caitlin Goebel, Nathan Hodges, Frances Huntington, Collin King, Shanah Leaf, Thia Lynn, Jacob Scott, Summer Stapleton, Nancy Vongsengkeo, and Amanda Weeks.<\/p>\n

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Amanda Weeks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This exhibit displays the cumulative work of these graduating students\u2019 education at UCCS. Curated, designed and installed by the Visual and Performing Arts Department graduating class, this collaborative effort spans the course of the spring semester. Students determine how and what will be displayed to best represent them as they embark on their lifelong creative paths. Working across all media, students explore movements throughout art history from their own perspective.<\/p>\n

The influential writings of poet and art historian John Berger have charmed and validated artists the world over, and at UCCS, Berger\u2019s work is incorporated directly into the curriculum. Essays including \u201cWhy Look At Animals\u201d and \u201cDrawn To That Moment\u201d are discussed in lecture and studio classes to encourage intention and attention in students\u2019 artwork. \u201cWays of Seeing\u201d shares its name with a book and a television series produced by John Berger in 1972. In both of these formats, Berger thoughtfully and intelligently opened the often prohibitive art world to audiences everywhere. Berger died Jan. 2, leaving behind some of the most gentle and insightful art critiques of the last century. As an art exhibition, \u201cWays of Seeing\u201d embodies the values of accessibility, creativity, ingenuity, intelligence, and beauty that the VAPA department at UCCS holds high.<\/p>\n

\u201cWays of Seeing\u201d showcases the work of the following student artists:<\/p>\n