A new art exhibition on display in the Graduate Student Center is representing the kind of work graduate students are producing.
The Graduate and Professional Student Association created this exhibition to celebrate the grand opening of the Student Graduate Center on Oct. 21, as well as to display the artists of the University.
"The goal was to show a sampling of what graduate students working in the arts are creating at ASU," said GPSA Assembly Member Scott Murphy, who assisted in organizing the gallery.
The jurors selected 18 out of 40 entries to be displayed in the gallery until Dec. 2. The gallery is located in the conference room of the Graduate Student Center, formerly known as the Hispanic Research Center.
Graduate art student Melissa McGurgan was pleased to hear the news that she would be a part of the exhibit.
"I was very flattered to be accepted into the exhibition," she said. "I admire the jurors' viewpoints of the art world and their personal work."
McGurgan's piece, as well as a diverse array of art including oil paintings, digital prints, sculptures and embroidery, are all displayed side by side in the juried art exhibition, titled The Hook Up.
Pieces featured in the exhibit each have their own distinct theme.
McGurgan's entry, entitled "Shh ... Quiet," is an artist's book with a simplicity theme. The book's pages were illustrated without ink by punching holes into the pages forming small designs.
The gallery walls are adorned with distorted digital prints, including photographs from the downtown Tempe area, sculptures and embroidery sewn in the image of cells.
"The graduate student experience is quite a different one from the undergraduate life that is so often associated with ASU," Murphy said. "While small, the Graduate Student Center is a location aimed at supporting the needs of graduate students."
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