Campus Connection

UWL semiannual exhibition runs Dec. 2-14

Five graduating UWL seniors showcase their artwork that details the complexity of human psyche and allows for expression when words fail. [caption id="attachment_47410" align="alignleft" width="176"] Margret Brown, a painter and sculpture artist, focuses on female nudes and how the figures interact with the natural world.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_47411" align="alignright" width="176"] Allison Johnson uses printmaking to explore how life is a constant flux or growth and change.[/caption] The semiannual senior exhibition, “Pneuma: n(y)o?om?: the vital spirit, soul, or creative force of a person,” opens Friday, Dec. 2, with a reception from 4-6 p.m. in the University Art Gallery on the first floor of the Center for the Arts, 16th and Vine streets. The exhibit runs through Wednesday, Dec. 14. Margret Brown, Casey Liston, Alyssa Hansen, Allison Johnson, and Nhouchee Yang are the five graduating seniors featured in the senior exhibition. The semi-annual senior exhibition focuses on a variety of media, such as printmaking, painting, sculpture, photography, blacksmithing, and metalsmithing. [caption id="attachment_47413" align="alignright" width="185"] Casey Liston, a blacksmith and metalsmith, works with metal to give physical shape to human emotions and mental states using simple forms.[/caption] As a part of the exhibition, the Gallery will collect middle and high school level books to be donated to the La Crosse Youth Learning Center at the N? Tan? Hocira (Three Rivers House). Regular gallery hours are noon-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays; noon- 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; by appointment; and during events in the Toland Theater. All University Gallery exhibitions and events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Art Department at 608.785.8230 or visit www.uwlax.edu/art. [caption id="attachment_47417" align="alignleft" width="252"] Nhouchee Yang is a photographer and a painter who invites the audience to explore true emotions that exist in reality.[/caption] If you go — Who: Five UWL graduating seniors What: Semi-annual senior exhibition When: Opens with a reception from 4-6 p.m., Friday. Dec. 2. Regular gallery hours are noon-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays; noon-5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; and during events in Toland Theater. Runs through Dec. 14. Where: University Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, 333 N. 16th St. Admission: Free