Visual Art and Design NASAD Student Exhibition

Southeastern Louisiana University is hosting the NSAD Visual Art and Design Student Exhibition. Featured in the Contemporary Art Gallery, students can view the art from March 7-April 11. The exhibit showcasing art from many different students, styles included mixed media, graphic design and photography to name a few.

3D Design was the first stop. Kayla Stewart’s three-dimensional piece “Strange Fruit” featured strawberries that are first seemed to look rotten, but faces are visible in what looked like red fruit juice, symbolizing blood.

Right beside 3D Design was 2D. A piece that really popped out was titled “Greyscale” by Dara Calmes. The best describe it as a gradual display of color shades, represented by intricately cut hands.

Calmes said the amount of work she puts into a piece varies. “It depends on the size. The hive mind was almost 4ft and it took me 36+ hours of work. Something on just letter sized paper can take me a few hours. And something being paint vs pencil also changes how much time I’m putting in.” She also had work in photography, and acrylics.

Photography was also featured in the exhibit. A photograph titled “Gelatin Silver Prints” by Kade Morales portrayed in black and white so the focus was really on the people and not the color.

New media animation pieces were featured in a separate room from other exhibits because the darkness was essential in order to really see the art.

Joy Mayer’s “Egg in a Hole” featured pots and pans displayed on the wall, while projections of cooking inside of them. It was very ironic in itself, and very non traditional in terms of art.

Elizabeth Allison was another artist who did new media animation, specifically for her senior project. Her worked titled “Sierra Aggravation” was a portrayal of a black women with two faces, both with very different emotions. One sad and the other frustrated this can symbolize the emotions we hide everyday, and what we allow others to see.

An attendee of the exhibit, Cooley Foster, a (SLU Alumni), said, “I came initially to see my friends art in the exhibit. I loved it, but I will say the graphic design was a little underwhelming. I enjoyed myself overall and glad to see what so many students can do. Some of them say basic first year which to me is amazing”.

It was clear the students whose work was displayed dedicate a lot of time and effort into their art, whether it be 3D, photography or mixed media. Be sure to stop by and see the exhibit before it ends on April 11.