ASHLAND, Ohio – The Senior Artwork and Design Exhibition, which options the capstone experiences for graduating Ashland College artwork and design college students, will run from Thursday, April 10, by means of Saturday, Could 3, on the Coburn Artwork Gallery within the Middle for the Arts (331 Faculty Ave.). The exhibition’s opening reception on April 10 will likely be from 4:30-6:30 p.m., with awards being introduced at 5:30 p.m.
“Whereas the 2025 Senior Artwork Exhibition gives the capstone expertise for graduating artwork and design majors, it represents extra than simply college students’ studio artwork experiences,” stated Cynthia Petry, director of the Coburn Gallery. “For these college students of the liberal arts, the exhibition is the fruits of their undergraduate careers at Ashland College.”
This yr’s exhibition consists of graphic design, digital artwork, blended media, portray and ceramics from 5 proficient senior artists – Richie Delaney, Jacob McCabe, Avery Rosso, Mason Smith and Saylor VanAuker.
Delaney, from Huron, Ohio, will graduate in Could with a bachelor’s diploma in artwork training and a minor in enterprise administration. Whereas taking lessons as a full-time scholar, he helped efficiently launch two enterprise, one being Dorm Dudes Breaks, which has reached gross sales of $10 million up to now yr. With a eager eye for technique, branding and progress, Delaney plans to proceed to make an impression within the enterprise world, and upon commencement, will keep employed with the companies that he and his buddies have constructed.
McCabe, a local of Olmsted Falls, Ohio, is ready to graduate in December 2025 with a Bachelor’s in Wonderful Artwork diploma (graphic design focus, digital artwork and communications minor). At Ashland, he exhibited work within the Juried Pupil Artwork + Design Exhibition in 2024 and has created designs for the AU soccer group’s recruiting and social media efforts. He is also a member of the soccer group. McCabe plans to pursue a graphic design profession within the sports activities discipline after graduating.
Rosso, of Avon, Ohio, is on schedule to graduate with a B.F.A. (graphic design focus, digital media manufacturing minor). She created/branded the Holmes County Veteran Companies web site, and through internships, made graphics and social media posts for Inexperienced Impressions (landscaping) and Protected-T-Cowl (aluminum enclosures). She additionally was a four-year member of the AU girls’s soccer group, taking part in in 70 profession video games for a program that certified for the NCAA Div. II Championships discipline all 4 years, and he or she serves because the president of AU’s Pupil-Athlete Advisory Committee. Rosso hopes to land a job in graphic design or one other type of multimedia with an expert sports activities group.
Smith, from Ashland, Ohio, is ready to graduate with a bachelor’s diploma in artwork training. His paintings has been acknowledged in a number of juried exhibitions at Coburn Artwork Gallery, as he earned the 2023 Dean’s Award, 2023 Greatest In Present and 2024 Honorable Point out. His work was additionally featured within the Different Folks’s Prints Exhibition on the Wayne Middle for the Arts. Academically, Smith has excelled as nicely having obtained the Class Educational Honors Award from the Division of Artwork and Design in each 2022-23 and 2023-24, and he’s been on the Dean’s Record a number of occasions. He interned for the Coalition for Christian Outreach and was an energetic member of the Artwork Membership. Smith has plans to show artwork in a Ok-12 setting for his profession.
VanAuker, of Mansfield, Ohio, will likely be graduating with a bachelor’s diploma in artwork training (portray focus). She has had a number of of her artworks acknowledged at juried exhibitions whereas at AU, highlighted by the 2023 AU Everlasting Assortment Award (portray), 2023 Honorable Point out (sculpture), 2023 Dean’s Award (sculpture), 2024 Greatest in Present (ceramics). As well as, she obtained an Educational Honors Award as a sophomore and has made the Dean’s Record each semester. Upon commencement, VanAuker will pursue a educating profession by which she will be able to encourage others to create.
The Coburn Gallery is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays and noon-4 p.m. on weekends. For extra info, go to the gallery’s Facebook page or name 419-289-5652.
