Media Release BFA Thesis Exhibition

‘The View From Here’ Features Diverse Works by 23 BFA Students

Posted By Kathleen Tuck | Apr 11th, 2011 - 7:00 am | Posted In: Featured

Boise State University’s Visual Arts Center will present “The View From Here” April 18-May 3 in Visual Arts Center Galleries 1 and 2. The spring 2011 BFA Thesis Exhibition features diverse works by Boise State students, including painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, photography and illustration.

A free opening reception with the artists will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday, April 15. Light refreshments will be served; free parking is available in the Liberal Arts lot for the reception. For the remainder of the exhibition, paid parking is available during regular gallery hours in the visitor’s parking lot in front of the Liberal Arts and Administration buildings.

The exhibit features works by students Brice Amoureux, Janet Bailey, Rebecca Baker, Jennifer Boyd, Jill Katherine Chmelko, Kristi Evans, Christina Garcia, Meredith Hoffman, Jay Hohman, Penny Key, Katrina A. Knight, Sarah Koch, Odessa Leedy, Emily Leiper, Akela Marley, Jacqueline M. Nelson, Anneke Reinier, Lisa Roggenbuck, Randi Telleria, Veiko Valencia, Michael Van Artsdalen, Crystal Ven Huizen and Victoria Jean Wood.

The Visual Arts Center galleries are located in two adjacent buildings on the Boise State campus — Gallery 1 is located in the Liberal Arts Building (Room 170) and Gallery 2 is located in the Hemingway Western Studies Center (Room 110). Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday. The galleries are closed Saturday, Sunday and university holidays. Admission is free.

For more information about the Visual Arts Center or the exhibition, contact gallery director Kirsten Furlong at kfurlong@boisestate.edu or 426-3994.