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Kansas State University Department of Art will present the last of two BFA Exhibitions of the fall semester featuring Elizabeth Hutchinson, Jessica Pendleton, Josie Swinford, Madisyn Ward, and Ashlynne Wimberley. The artists will showcase an exhibition of their undergraduate artwork from December 9 through 13, 2024 in the Mark A. Chapman Gallery, first floor of Willard Hall. Gallery hours are 8am – 5pm, Monday through Friday. Please feel free to attend the reception with the artists on Friday evening, December 13, from 5:00 to 7:00pm in the gallery. Admission is free and open to the public. 

 

Jewelrysmith and Mixed-Media artist Elizabeth Hutchinson is a Kansas-based artisan of whimsy and nature. Her aim in jewelry is to create eclectic and bespoke family heirlooms and engagement pieces inspired by the beauty of nature scenes around her. Illustrating with mixed media, primarily colored pencils, Hutchinson uses her creative spirit to delve into her emotions and create pieces with unseen and personally interpretative meanings. “I like it when there are layers to things. Hidden meanings, cloaked implications, thinly veiled spirits. Like using a flower bouquet to send an unspoken message.” Her mission is to inspire and encourage others to seek overlooked beauties and share what she has found to be beautiful.  

 

Jessica Pendleton, an artist from Manhattan, Kansas, specializes in both traditional drawings and digital art. Taking inspiration from traditionally animated Disney films, her works are born from a desire to tell a unique tale to entertain and intrigue viewers. According to her, “Each image tells its own story. Every piece has its own fantastical narrative. But even though there’s a story in each piece, none are explicitly stated, which allows the viewers to interpret the pieces as they please.” 

 

Jeweler and Printmaker Josie Swinford is from Basehor, Kansas. Her meticulously crafted jewelry springs from her rich imagination, weaving fantastical themes into her work. Her prints, however, are used as her emotional outlet, where she pours her thoughts and emotions into each print. Using her art to weave together her fantastical imagination and innermost emotions allows her audience to resonate with her artistic spirit as well as take on their own meaningful interpretations of her work. 

 

Madisyn Ward, a ceramic artist from Berryton, Kansas, uses a wide variety of colors to create her cheeky and playful pieces. She mostly works on the wheel, throwing vessels to hold imagery of colorful scenes found in nature. She says, “Anthropomorphism has become a large part of the work I create, especially with squirrels.” She brings these squirrels to life with her intricate use of sgraffito. 

 

Printmaker Ashlynne Wimberley of Belton, Missouri, creates both colorful and black and white prints from linoleum blocks and etching plates. Her work represents her family and herself with a twist of using nature and animals to represent them with the help of aquatints, shading, and colors. She says, “One thing that didn’t change is my family dynamic and how I am.” Her prints reveal her love and support from her family using select color choices and different etching processes. 

 

The Mark A. Chapman Gallery on the first floor of Willard Hall, across from the art office, opened in 2005. Cheryl Mellenthin and Mark Chapman funded a complete renovation of the former Willard Hall Gallery, increasing the exhibition space to over 1,400 square feet along with 400 square feet dedicated to exhibition preparation and kitchen facilities. The Department of Art hosts BFA and MFA student exhibitions in the gallery as part of graduation requirements each semester. The technology friendly gallery serves not only exhibition purposes, but also provides a location for an active Visiting Artist lecture program. 

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