While frequenting Baker University Center, students will soon be treated to a sight for their sore eyes.
“Idioglossia” will feature the work of first-year graduate students in the School of Art + Design.
The exhibition is completely planned and produced by the students, aside from procuring the gallery space, which was provided by the School of Art + Design.
All of the students involved provided a crucial role in the production of the show. The group is led by Stephanie Wadman, coordinator and director, Ryan Davis, media coordinator, and Misty Thomas-Trout and Barry O’Keefe, design coordinators.
The show will feature a variety of art, including sculpture, ceramics, painting, drawing, graphic design, installations and photography. The work of all 16 students in the program will be displayed.
“We kind of came up with something nonsensical since there isn’t one overarching theme to the show,” said Davis of the name of the show.
But the name does have some meaning.
“(‘Idioglossia’) stems from twins and children who create their own language,” said Wadman.
An art exhibition is required each year from the graduate students. As the first show of the students’ graduate art school career, each has one piece featured in the show.
“This show really allows them to get comfortable in galleries, featuring their work and working together,” said Petra Kralickova, director of exhibitions at Ohio University School of Art galleries.
In their second year, students will do another show, this time in the OU Art Gallery in Seigfred Hall. In their third year, students will have their own show for their thesis exhibitions.
“Allowing them to navigate some of those selections that they will have to do in two years really helps,” Kralickova said.
The students began working on putting the show together last semester. The exhibit will feature art that students have been working on since starting graduate school.
“This is equivalent to any other high art exhibition you would see,” Davis said. “We take it very seriously, and it’s a very professional thing.”
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