Students display art in W. Campus gallery

Cade Gallery director and digital arts professor artworks in the exhibit, said the show is “amazing.”

Students are showing their artwork in an AACC exhibit that will run through May 22.

Kumasi J. Barnett, a studio arts professor from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, selected the pieces for the exhibit, which are displayed in the Cade Gallery.

Barnett met with the student artists at a reception in the gallery on April 19.

Teddy Johnson said the juror “was looking for things that he thought [were] visually strong, conceptually strong. But then when you have hundreds of works, even ones you like don’t always go in the galleries.”

The gallery has run exhibits in person for about 30 years and hosted virtual shows during the pandemic.

First-year art student Dana Jennings, who has three

“Oh my gosh, I couldn’t believe [that I got in],” Jennings said. “This is my first real gallery exhibit.”

Second-year creative writing student Holly Mitchell, whose watercolor piece is displayed in the exhibit, said getting accepted into the gallery is “very validating.”

Every year, the college purchases several artworks from the exhibit to display around campus.