Kappa Pi, an honorary art fraternity, and the Louisiana Center for Women and Government are sponsoring a student art exhibition to give students the opportunity to express their creativity and have their art work displayed in the Ameen Art Gallery October 20-24.
Women will be the theme for the exhibition. Entry into the art exhibition is open to art majors, invited faculty, alumni of Kappa Pi and students who are taking an art class. However, everyone is invited to view the artwork displayed in the gallery.
Entries can be any form of art medium and must follow the theme. There are no restrictions except that the art must be appropriate to display in the gallery. The artwork must be labeled with the artist’s name, title of the piece and sale price. There is an entry fee of $1 for each piece that is submitted. The deadline for entries is Oct 15 at 4:30 p.m. The winners will be announced on Oct 23.
“I plan to submit an entry because I have been in student art shows before and it will be interesting to see how people interpret the theme of women. The conversations the theme ‘women’ will provoke at the exhibition should be interesting,” Jason Ledet, art senior from Houma, said.
According to Deborah Cibelli, associate professor of fine arts, over the past four years Kappa Pi has put on an art show each fall allowing students to have their artwork displayed in the Ameen Art Gallery.
There will be a judge who will evaluate the art entries and prizes will be awarded. The artwork will be judged on things such as the quality of craftsmanship and inventiveness. Cibelli said it has been planned for a $50 third place prize, $75 second place prize, $100 first place prize and additional prizes to be awarded. The art faculty, the Artworks Gallery & Picture Framing, the Louisiana Center for Women and Government and Kappa Pi will donate the prizes for the exhibition.
“Another reason for the exhibition is that often this is the first time freshmen and sophomore students will have their artwork displayed in the gallery. This is a good educational experience for them,” Cibelli said.
Art majors voted on the theme. She said last year a senior art student submitted artwork that had a feminist theme. Cibelli said the theme of women was exciting and proved to be very popular.
“We wanted the theme to reach a broad audience and that will serve more people on campus,” Cibelli said.
Themes that were used in the past were Forks, Spoons and Knives, The Box Project and Kites.
She said the exhibition received a positive response from the Louisiana Center for Women and Government because of the theme.
“By sponsoring the exhibition, the Louisiana Center for Women and Government is sponsoring creativity and promoting the arts,” Cibelli said.
According to Cibelli, the response from students and members of the community has been good in the past. She said usually 30-50 students submit entries, and The Daily Comet has done reviews of the art exhibition.
“I wanted to create something to enter into the exhibition because the theme is a broad topic and there is a pretty wide range of interpretation. It will be interesting to see what students submit because there are many talented people in the art department,” Christy Papa, art senior from Thibodaux, said.
Cibelli said she would expect most of the entries submitted to be figure drawings on a greater scale.
“People should come to the exhibition just to enjoy and appreciate the art work students their own age have created,” Joshua Garret, art senior from New Roads, said.