There are three suberb exhibition venues where student work is displayed:

• Each year the BA/BFA Senior Exhibition is presented in the Ross Art Museum.
• Student work is displayed year round in the Werner Student Art Gallery, a student operated gallery space.
• Annually, the Spring Juried Student Show is shown in the Gallery 2001 space, located in the Beeghly Library.

The Wesleyan Art Guild is a student organization that provides students with the opportunity to travel off campus to various cities to visit art museums, galleries and exhibitions.  Fine arts majors as well as students with an interest in the arts are members of the organization.  Funding is made available through the Wesleyan Council on Student Affairs and the fine arts department.  Recently the students traveled to Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago, and Columbus, where they visited prestigious venues such as SOFA in Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the MOMA in New York, as well as the National Gallery and Hirschhorn Museum in Washington, and the Wexner Center in Columbus.

The Art Guild has also arranged open figure-drawing sessions in Edgar Hall.  Annually the Guild oversees the operation of the Werner Student Art Gallery, exhibitions, and schedule.

To find out more about events or to join, please contact:

Pam Skehan, President
plskehan@owu.edu

Audrey Jacobs, Vice-president
acjacobs@owu.edu

Oksana Pelts, Secretary
oopelts@owu.edu

The Werner Student Art Gallery, operated independently by the Student Art Guild, is the showcase for student exhibitions throughout each year. Exhibitions are chosen by a student committee for each upcoming year. The gallery has its own budget, occasionally receives Ohio Arts Council monies, and operates autonomously from the Ross Art Museum and the Gallery 2001 located in Beeghly Library.

2007-2008 Exhibition Schedule

• Amanda Fisher, Christina Rissell, and Andrew Stewart
  Sept. 20-Oct. 5 2007
• Reception Oct. 5 2007 7-9 p.m.

• Emily Bigelow, and Audrey Charles Oct. 8-Nov. 2 2007
• Reception Oct. 9 2007 7-9 p.m.

• Heidi Heacock Nov. 5 –Nov. 30 2007
• Reception Nov. 9 2007 7-9 p.m.

• Spencer Mustine Dec. 3  2007 – Jan.  18 2008
• Reception Dec. 7 2007 7 p.m.

• Lisa Dorazewski and Laura Sloan Jan. 21 – Feb. 15 2008
• Reception Jan. 25 2008 7-9 p.m.

• Stacy Steinkirchner Feb. 18 – Mar. 14
• Reception Feb. 20 2008 6 p.m.

• Visiting GLCA School Mar. 17 – April 11 2008
• Reception TB

• Pam Skehan April  14 – Aug. 2008
  • Reception April 25 2008 7-9 p.m.

The Juried Student Show, held annually in the Gallery 2001 at the Beeghley Library, showcases many of the finest pieces created by our students. Each spring the students invite three outside jurors to campus who pass judgment on the entries. The jurors select work for the show and choose those pieces that merit awards. The students oversee all aspects of the event, from preparing the gallery space and hanging the show to overseeing the reception.

This year's award recipients were:

• Best of Show:
  Spencer Mustine; Apathy Speaks, graphite on paper.

• Best two-dimensional work:
  Keegan Adams; Man Eating the Totem, intaglio.

• Best three-dimensional work:
  Lisa Dorazewski; Midwest Tea Set, stoneware.

Merit awards:

• Adam Svedberg; Forged Bowl of Doom, silicon bronze.
• Whitney Deel; Oil, pin.
• J.J. du Plessis; Portrait, acrylic and charcoal on paper.
• Audrey Charles; My Silver Lining, ring-brass and copper.
• Elizabeth Proitsis; Projections, TOV, digital print.
• Pam Skehan; MB's Tea Tin, silver, brass and copper.
• Andrew Stewart; Self Portrait, oil on canvas.
• Lynn Albers; Reflection Distortion, digital print.
• Erin Cameron; Trixie, graphite on paper.
• Whitney Deel; Bracelet, patinated copper on nickel silver.