Three EWU students (left to right) Celeste Crosby, Reanne Lee and Monica Hoblin will have their projects on display starting May 22-June 2 at the EWU Art Gallery located in the Art building off of Seventh St. and across from Sutton Park.
Transferring the skills learned in college to the real world is one of the goals graduates want to have mastered by the time they are finished with their education, even when it comes to art.
A trio of Eastern Washington University seniors who are wrapping up their degrees in the bachelor of fine arts program in visual design will put their skills on display - literally - in a two-week long exhibition of their work at the EWU Art Gallery. The gallery is located in the Art Building in the Fine Arts complex on Seventh Street. on the west side of the EWU campus.
The display, open to the public and free of charge, begins Friday, May 22 and runs through June 2. An open house from 6-8 p.m. will officially kick off the showing that features projects from Celeste Crosby, Monica Hoblin and Reanne Lee.
The grand opening of the showing is a "little celebration," Lee said. "Within the visual design program here at Eastern you automatically get placed into the bachelor of arts degree program," Lee said.
Students can apply for the bachelor of fine arts program, too, a year-long course of study that includes developing projects that take up much of a student's final year at Eastern.
Lee from Camino Island, Wash., has taken on a popular topic in sustainability and is working with the city of Cheney trying to raise awareness of their recycling program.
Lee is working to develop information for Cheney residents to encourage more involvement in the yard waste to topsoil program.
She will put her numerous skills to work providing materials that residents and those attending the showing can take away to help them become more involved in the many aspects of recycling.
"I've found that Cheney's a little behind when it comes to recycling, which a lot places are," Lee said.
Hoblin is a Cheney High School graduate who will present a project on educating the public about domestic violence, Lee said.
Crosby's project deals with exercise and mental health and will offer a video as her final project that explains how exercise benefits one's mental health. "Her audience is towards college students, as well," Lee said.
As seems to be the case with most students preparing for final exams, there's a lot of last minute work being crammed into a short period of time. "We're just (in) crunch time right now," Lee said.
Lee and Crosby will graduate in June while Hoblin will walk with her fellow classmates, but still needs some classes in the fall to complete here degree. Lee said she is currently looking for jobs in Spokane. "I'd like to find something at a design firm," she said.
Calling herself a "super senior," meaning she's in her fifth year in school, Lee's time at EWU was extended a bit after transferring from Oregon State after her freshman year. The process was not entirely seamless, she said.
But Lee has some time to kill, she said. She wants to bide her time until her boyfriend, Brett Hoblin, Monica's older brother, graduates next year.
Paul Delaney can be reached at pdelaney@cheneyfreepress.com.
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