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Graduating seniors to exhibit at UW-La Crosse show

Posted 7:28 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013

UW-L's fall senior art exhibition in the University Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, opens with a reception from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, and runs through Wednesday, Dec. 11.

[caption id="attachment_28422" align="alignright" width="250"]Heintz artwork. Chelsey Heintz, a 2009 Holmen High School graduate, will exhibit “Trompe L'oeil 2 (Deceives the Eye),” color intaglio print on paper, 11” x 14”, completed in October 2013.[/caption] Ten UW-La Crosse art students will celebrate the culmination of their undergraduate creative efforts in an upcoming exhibit. “Wanted: Artists of Conviction” is the title of this year’s fall senior exhibition in the University Art Gallery on the first floor of the Center for the Arts. The exhibit opens with a reception from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, and runs through Wednesday, Dec. 11. The gallery will be closed over the Thanksgiving holiday, Nov. 28-Dec. 1. “Wanted: Artists of Conviction” signifies the closing of a chapter in the students’ lives and displays skills they have acquired during that time. As artists ready to enter the professional world after graduation in December, the exhibit also points to new beginnings beyond college. [caption id="attachment_28423" align="alignright" width="250"]Gilmore artwork. Jenna Gilmore, a graduating senior from Waunakee High School, will exhibit ‘Vandalismo,” egg tempera on panel, 9.75” x 13.75”, completed in summer 2012.[/caption] The exhibit features a diverse collection of media and content including printmaking, painting, jewelry, metalwork and photography. Artists in the exhibit, and their hometowns, include:
  • Jenna Gilmore, Waunakee, Wis.
  • Chelsey Heintz, Holmen
  • Michelle Herbrand, Onalaska
  • Megan Jensen, Birnamwood, Wis.
  • Katherine Liu, La Crosse
  • Analese Nechvatal, Bloomington, Wis.
  • Andrew Shea, Appleton, Wis.
  • Julie Sieracki, Manitowoc, Wis.
  • Stacey Smith, La Crosse
  • Clint Tudahl, La Crosse
Regular gallery hours are noon-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, noon-5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and during events in Toland Theatre. Admission is free. Get more information about the University Gallery and art program at www.uwlax.edu/art. If you go— Who: Ten graduating UW-L art students What: “Wanted: Artists of Conviction,” this year’s fall senior exhibition When: Opens with a reception from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, through Wednesday, Dec. 11. (Closed Nov. 28-Dec. 1) Regular gallery hours: noon-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, noon-5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and during events in Toland Theatre. Where: University Art Gallery, first floor, Center for the Arts Admission: Free

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