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Forster Art Complex Ross Gallery: September 22 - October 3, 2025

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Art 114: Drawing

Portrait Drawing

The objective for this drawing project was to create a portrait from observation. Students were required to use a combination of Line and Value in their drawing with a focus on spatial relationships and accuracy.


b/w drawing
Brenna Light

drawing with red highlights
Mel Smith

b/w drawing
Megan Dibello

b/w drawing
Abbey Rennaker
Housing Dispute

b/w drawing
Alondra Menjivar

b/w drawing
Kalyn Stinson

b/w drawing
Grace Downing

Art 252:  Sculpture

You Have Got to Get a Good Head on Your Shoulders

For this unit we discussed, Artist Wayne White, The Kitsch Movement, Surrealism, and Pop Art. Students were asked to make a portrait, caricature of a person or character out of cardboard. We talked about using conventionally accessible materials to create a sculpture. Additive sculpture processes, and facial mapping. Students learned how to manipulate a simple material like cardboard to create a drawing in 3D, students were also asked to consider how to convey personality through facial structures. As well as learning structural construction techniques, to build a sturdy construct that could be worn and hold weight.


cardboard sculpture
Jordan Johnston
Skeletor

cardboard sculpture
Mikayla Perkins
Freddie Gibbs/The Alchemist

cardboard sculpture
Sophia Fitch
Gordon Ramsey

cardboard sculpture, painted
Kellen Vickery
Ozzy Osborne

Art 113:  Art Fundamentals  

Cadavre exquis
(exquisite corpse)


These collaborative drawings were created through a game of chance and imagination in which each participant contributed in sequence, folding the page to conceal their mark before passing it on. First popularized by the Surrealist artists of the 1920s, this process encouraged unexpected connections and playful invention. The students in Art Fundamentals—many of whom are new to studio practice—worked together to explore this method. As an introduction to both making and thinking about art, the exercise emphasized collaboration, surprise, and the creative possibilities that arise when individual contributions merge into a collective whole.


exquisite corpse drawing
Exquisite Corpse 1

exquisite corpse drawing
Exquisite Corpse 2

exquisite corpse drawing
Exquisite Corpse 3

exquisite corpse drawing
Exquisite Corpse 4

figural sculpture
Grace Downing

Photography 236

Light as Decision

Photography begins with light—measured, gathered, and ultimately recorded. In this project, students explored the interplay of camera mechanics and how decisions about light, function and framing shape not only the clarity of an image but also its atmosphere. Exposure became more than a technical exercise; it was their first act of interpretation. Each frame reflects a moment of decision—where to stand, what to include, how to respond to shifting light. Guided by the elements and principles of design, these photographs balance precision with discovery, showing how even the simplest scene can be transformed by the light that touches it.


digital photo
Mikayla Perkins

digital photo
Jenna Bunton

digital photo
Margarita Avila

digital photo
Kellen Vickery

digital photo
Jade Reim

digital photo
Connor O'Brien