BFA Students Want Exhibit Viewers to Open Up and "Say Awe"

Bachelor's of Fine Arts spring semester senior students will be displaying their final work of art produced during college as part of the off-campus exhibition titled "Say Awe."

Luis Ramirez, public relations coordinator for the event, says that the BFA program is "more prestigious" and that it takes art students one to one and half years longer to complete the program as opposed to the regular Bachelors's of Arts program. Therefore this event is an important final step for the graduating seniors.

The play-on-words title expects viewers to be excited by the last college rendition by the job-market bound seniors. This event is put on every semester in order to showcase the students' work, but is generally a larger spectacle in the spring than it is in the fall.

This semester's show will feature work from 17 students and they will be occupying two rooms at the Max L. Gatov Gallery with work that follows two tracks.

"There will be two tracks; figurative and contemporary," says Ramirez, "with everything from figure painting to abstract painting."

All works of art will have the one characteristic of being either a drawing piece or a painting piece. Also, all pieces will be demonstrating each artist's perception of the human body.

"Everybody is developing their own body work," says Ramirez, "every person has their own conception of the body."

Other shows will be exhibited concurrently by CSULB students, but not as part of the "Say Awe" exhibit.

The opening reception will be at the Max L. Gatov Gallery, Sunday May 9 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.