Senior artists display work in Memorial Hall main gallery

The reception for this year’s CSC senior art show, “A Look Into the Sublime” took place in the main gallery at Memorial Hall last Friday. Desserts, snacks and beverages were provided for the public.

About 35 people attended the reception, the likes of which included general art enthusiasts as well as family and friends of the five featured artists.

Most of the art featured in the show was created in the last two years by the senior artists, and it consisted of a variety of mediums, including ceramics, cardboard sculptures, paintings, photography and printmaking.

Abigail Cary, 22, of Gothenburg, said she learned a lot from the professors during her time at CSC, along with building relationships with other artists in the program.

“It’s a really nice department to be in just because there’s a lot of people you get to connect with all the people in the small classes,” she said.

“I hope to, in the long run, open my own art studio teaching classes to the public,” she said about her future plans.

Another featured artist, Courtney Casillas, 22, of Grant, said her experience at CSC was “a great one” because she got to do what she wanted.

“My professors think out of the box and expand on a lot of things,” she said. “I kind of want to take that into my classroom because I’m going to go into art education.”

Kayla De Sersa, 22, of Gothenburg, said she feels she has had “lots of opportunities to work with a variety of mediums and learn a lot of new techniques.”

She said she plans on being an art educator.

“I plan on teaching hopefully starting next fall in Colorado Springs,” she said. Sersa will be doing her student teaching in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Nicole Schekall, 24, of Hemingford, said, “My experience here has been pretty unique, mostly meeting a lot of new people from all over which is pretty nice considering I’ve lived here all my life.”

Schekall said her future plans involve, “Possibly moving to Denver and finding something there. Maybe working in a gallery or anything art related. I’d just be happy with working with art.”

Tristan Stephenson, 22, of Alliance, said he has “enjoyed the art program here.”

“It gets you into the wide variety of mediums,” he said. “It’s nice to have a taste of every kind of medium, especially going into teaching.”

Stephenson said he hopes to teach art at the high school level, aiming to give other students a “taste for what art really is.”

The gallery hours are 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The art show remains open until Friday, Dec. 7.