Senior Capstone Exhibtion in Art Center/Gallery

The DSU Art Center/Gallery is currently featuring the Senior Capstone Art Exhibition of five students who will be graduating on Dec. 17.

A reception in honor of the five graduating artists will be held from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 in the Arts Center Gallery in the William C. Jason Library on campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The senior capstone artists include:

Trisha Calixte, a studio art major from Milford, Del. In her exhibition, she has used clay to create figurative, ceramic, expressionistic works “with the intent of communicating and eliciting feelings of despondency, melancholy and depression."

Kelsey Cheatham, a studio art/arts management double major from Camden, Del., is featuring an exhibition of nine photos is called “Perfect Imperfections,” a series that shows people’s flaws and insecurities from both external and internal viewpoints. “These flaws and insecurities are being shown both from external and internal viewpoints,” Ms. Cheatham said.” I want to show the models and the viewers that what we may think is insecurity or flaw is a work of beautiful art.”

Mariel Essick, a studio art/arts management major from Newark, Del. is exhibiting larger-than-life acrylic painting portraits of young black DSU women. "These large-scale figurative works are meant to emphasize the importance that young black women hold in our society,” Ms. Essick said. “It emphasizes the increasing importance of young black women as the demographics of our country and leadership change.”

Beth Hakes, a studio art major from Dover, Del., has created an installation work, which explores Chakras –a concept in yoga that is identified as pools of body energy in different that affect people physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. “(It) is a very personal work of art that gives a physical documentation to my ongoing process of self-knowledge and discovery,” Ms. Hakes said. “Central to this installation are seven original photographs, which I have combined to make up one lenticular image – which appears differently depending how you look at it.”

Alicia Pinkett, a studio art major from Washington, D.C., has created a series of watercolor paintings entitled “Colored Girls,” which is made up of numerous facial studies and more extended self-portraits. “I have created “Colored Girls” to show how the colors on the outside can speak for a women’s character on the inside,” Ms. Pinkett said. “I don’t want the viewer to think that their skin color is exempt from my painting, because my paintings acknowledge every race by acknowledging no race at all.”