Bradbury Gallery hosts senior art student exhibition April 30

April 28, 2009 -- On Thursday, April 30, at 5 p.m., the Bradbury Gallery will host the Spring 2009 Senior Exhibition. Held at the end of each fall and spring semester, the exhibition features graduating students from the Arkansas State University Department of Art. This semester the exhibiting artists will be Kelly Little and Michael Vandermark.
The exhibition runs through Saturday, May 9. The Bradbury Gallery is located in ASU's Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro.

Little, from Violet Hill, will earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with an emphasis in painting and drawing. While at ASU, she participated in the College of Fine Arts’ summer study abroad program at the Florence University of the Arts. She was active in the Art Student Union, serving as secretary in 2008 and 2009. Her work has recently been seen in the 2008 Fall Juried Student Art Exhibition held in the Fine Arts Center Gallery, where her piece, "Looking Through the Corner Glass," received an award for Best In Show. Her work was also included in the 2009 Juried Student Exhibition.

She takes pleasure in her decision to become an artist and states, “Of everything that has filtered in and out of my life, working with my hands and being creative through art has been a constant. I continue to do this because I enjoy it and it helps me to learn and grow in many areas of my life.” Little will be exhibiting drawings, paintings, and photographs. After graduation she intends to pursue a master’s degree in painting.

Vandermark was born in LeGrande, Oregon, but raised in Hendrickson, Missouri. He attended Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff before moving to Jonesboro. This May he will receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts in studio art from ASU with an emphasis in photography. His work has been exhibited in the Fine Arts Center Gallery in the 2006 Juried Student Exhibition.

Vandermark enjoys, “…having the ability to bring my imagination to life. From my work with photography, sculpture, and ceramics I have found ways to pull the visual aspects of my imagination out of my head and into reality.”  After graduation, he plans to pursue a career in art education.

Gallery hours are 12 noon to 5 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday, and 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday.  The exhibition is free and open to the public. For additional information, contact Les Christensen, director, the Bradbury Gallery, at (870) 972-2567. 
 

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Top right: Kelly Little's "Through the Corner Glass, 2008," pastel on paper, received the Best in Show award at the 2008 Fall Juried Art Student Exhibition at ASU.
Bottom left. Michael Vandermark's digital print, "Chinese Food, 2008, was taken in Jonesboro.