Fourfold: Senior students present their work in the Senior Art Show

Four seniors were honored at Friday’s reception in the Main Gallery at Memorial Hall for the spring senior art show, titled “Fourfold.”
Each of the four seniors showcased different pieces highlighting their abilities from a variety of mediums including oil painting, ceramics, stained glass and graphic design.
“It’s a collection of the strongest pieces and what we are proudest of,” Kendra Baucom, 21, senior of Colorado Springs, Colorado, said.
The four seniors exhibiting art pieces in “Fourfold” are all graduating with bachelor’s degrees with a Comprehensive Major in Art.
However, three of the four seniors are graduating with an option in graphic design. These seniors are Taylor Juelfs, 21, senior of Potter, Troi Arnold, 22, senior of Cozad and Holly Real, 21, senior of Wright, Wyoming.
Baucom is graduating with an option in museum studies.
The show is a requirement for all graduates of the undergraduate art program. Students are in charge of
hanging, titling and lighting their pieces, along with handling the advertising and publicity.
“They did all of the promotion for it,” Trudy Denham,
assistant professor of visual art, said.
The show is used to showcase the works of the seniors throughout their college career.
“The entire event was planned by them,” Denham said.
The planning for the show began at the beginning of the semester. As part of the class, the students were responsible for developing a theme and concept for the show.
The idea of “Fourfold” came about after the four seniors were brainstorming about what to name the show.
“What do you call it when four people do something?” Taylor Juelfs, 21, senior of Potter, said.
The name “Fourfold” came from the culmination of the four artists with differing backgrounds coming together for one cohesive show.
The four seniors each helped with promotional materials and design, but Arnold was the one who created the final
version of the poster seen around campus.
Each of the artists had between 10 and 12 pieces on display.
Arnold displayed photography and stained glass along with graphic design.
Baucom exhibited pieces using materials including stained glass, drawing and oil painting. Her favorite piece was her rope sculpture, titled “Entangled Community.”
“It’s something I hadn’t really done before, and it was cool to explore that,” Baucom said.
When asked of her plans after graduation, she just wants to “be happy.” Baucom’s goal, however, is to work in a museum.
Juelfs was most proud of her photography, which she said she has been doing for about two years. Juelfs’s other pieces included graphic design and ceramics.
Real displayed ceramics, sculpture, oil paintings, graphic design and photography.
She said she has been doing art “forever.”
“I was in sixth grade when I decided I wanted to go into art,” Real said.
Real’s favorite piece of the show was her portrait of “Becoming Alex.”
She also is proud of her wire-sculpture Toothless, one of the main characters from Dreamworks’s “How to Train your Dragon.”
Real’s favorite medium is pencil drawings, and she “really likes graphite.”
As a graphic design student, Real wants to go into advertising in a bigger city with “more opportunities.”
Despite the snowy weather conditions on Friday, the turnout for the reception was not one to be disappointed in. Roughly 50 people were in attendance, and the artists of the show were not surprised.
Although concerned for travel, Real knew the local
supporters of the art department would be in attendance.
“I knew the [Chadron] community is pretty tight knit,” Real said.
The show opened on Monday, March 26 and closed
Tuesday, April 10.
Following Tuesday’s close of the senior art show, an
all-student art show will open Monday, April 16. Any student who has taken an art class is eligible to submit a piece for the show.
However, submissions for the all-student art show closed yesterday, April 11.