By Brittani Kosan

Coming up this semester, the Spears Art Gallery in the Fine Arts Building on the Glenville State College Campus will be senior art shows and a photography exhibition.

The shows and exhibition are open to the public and are free of charge. The gallery opens at 10 a.m. and closes at 2 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Listed below are the scheduled dates for the shows:

·       Feb. 28-Mar. 1 Senior Student Art Show 1

·       Mar. 4-8  (Untitled) Alan Edwards - Senior Show

·       Mar. 18-22 “A Journey to Nowhere” by Matthew Welch - Senior Show

·       April 1-4 - Juried Art Show

·       April 15-19 Eric Ansley - Senior Show

·       April 29-May 3 “Yume” by Dravin Gibson - Senior Show

·       May 6-10 Student Photography Exhibition

The first of the individual senior shows features Alan Edward. He has yet to pick a tile

for his senior showcase, but is working closely with Duane Chapman of the Fine Arts department on choosing one before the start date of his show. Edward stated, “I chose art because I couldn't express myself very much growing up in southern West Virginia. I joined the Liberty High School band in my later years of high school, and the director and close friend Jeremy Rodriguez inspired me to express myself. So when it came time to pursue higher education - it kind of felt natural because I liked to draw in my spare time.” Edward has a wide variety of art that he will be displaying for his senior show.

The following senior show features Matthew Welch. His show, “A Journey to Nowhere,” will be featuring artistic themes of fantastical landscapes, grounded in reality with some fantasy aspects. When asked why art, he stated “I wanted to make games growing up and in high school I decided to gravitate towards art for games rather than the technical side. Now I just want to create things and making a game turned into a bucket list item.” 

The forth senior show features Gravin Gibson. Titled “Yume” which means dream in Japanese. Gibson will being following a surrealists theme,  while still following other influence of art. He is inspired by sci-fi, horror, and animation. Gibson stated the following when asked about why he got into art “I've always been involved in the arts. I was in musix for a very long time, and even majored in music for 2 1/2 years before switching to design. I switched because I felt myself being pulled in a more visual direction, a direction that would help me express myself in a way that music couldn't.”