Coburn Gallery to host senior art exhibition with opening reception set for Thursday
ASHLAND − The Coburn Gallery at Ashland University will hosting a semester-closing Senior Art + Design Exhibition from Thursday-Dec. 17, featuring the capstone experience for graduating art and design students Nathan Langdon, Joel Steiner and Bo Haoran.
There will be an opening reception 4:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday at the gallery, located in the Center for the Arts building. The event is free and open to the public.
“While the 2022 Senior Art + Design Exhibition provides the capstone experience for graduating art majors, it represents more than just students’ studio art experiences,” said Cynthia Petry, director of the Coburn Gallery. “For the student in the liberal arts, the exhibition is the culmination of their undergraduate career at Ashland University.”
The exhibition includes illustration, digital art, video work and graphic design from the exhibiting seniors.
Langdon, an Ashland resident, is set to complete degrees in fine arts (concentrations in digital art and graphic design) and digital media production. He is the video and graphics producer of the campus television station and the head of the creative services team. Langdon won the best display award during student art exhibition last spring. He has gained additional design experience through internships with the AU mens basketball team and with local film company Good Deed Entertainment as a visual effects artist, editor and marketing assistant. Langdon plans to begin a career in the motion graphics industry.
Steiner, from Orrville, will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design. He has worked on and participated in two AU student juried shows and won best in show and honorable mention recognitions. He also interned at Vinyl Marketing before taking up another internship with WPG. Upon graduation, Steiner hopes to find a job with a company or agency in Ohio where he can continue designing and creating.
Haoran came to Ashland from Beijing, China, and plans to graduate in December with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design. He was a UI design intern at Beijing Yiche Interactive Advertising Co, designing auto show advertisements and car purchase financial plans for various auto companies. He also served as an advertising designer for New York Global. After graduation, Haoran intends to intern for an American design company for one year and then go back to Beijing.
The Coburn Gallery is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays and noon-4 p.m. weekends. Gallery admission is free and open to the public. For more information, call 419-289-5652 or visit the gallery’s Facebook page.
This article originally appeared on Ashland Times Gazette: Ashland University to host senior art exhibition through Dec. 17