Virtual Senior Exhibition Showcases Student Artwork

Graduating BSU Students Express Their Creativity in Digital Gallery

MEDIA CONTACT: Damita Chambers, dchambers@bowiestate.edu, 301-832-2628 mobile

(BOWIE, Md.) – Art students at Bowie State University are finding new ways to express their creative talents during the COVID-19 pandemic in the virtual Senior Thesis Art Exhibition, running through Dec. 17. Meet the students at the Virtual Artist Talk on Dec. 10 and the Film & Animation Screening on Dec. 11.

Twenty seniors in the fine arts, studio art concentration, and visual communication and digital media arts (VCDMA) degree programs are exhibiting their thesis projects in a virtual gallery. Through short films, animations, advertising design, fashion, studio art and photography, the exhibition explores themes such as imaginary worlds, self-advocacy, entertainment, pop culture, character-building and responses to social and racial injustices.

With a move to remote learning due to the pandemic, faculty in the Department of Fine & Performing Arts created virtual experiences for the students to exhibit their artwork and engage with the public. The virtual gallery and arts events have the potential to reach more people than on-campus exhibitions at the Gallery of Fine Art, which usually hosts at least two exhibitions per year, in addition to student art showcases.

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