Silver City, NM- Friday, February 27, Western New Mexico University’s Expressive Arts Department had their annual juried student art exhibition opening at the McCray Gallery of Contemporary Art. Multiple art students submitted art work for the show. Crowds of people came to see the art work and support the students.
WNMU student, Junchen Huang, said “The painting I won an award for took me about three days. It was totally a surprise that I won an award. Having my work in the show was important because it exposes my work to the public and that’s important as an artist.”
Local businesses and individuals donated gifts to the winning artists. The businesses and that donated gifts include Everything Under the Sky, Hang’Em High Fine Art Picture Framing, Jalisco’s Mexican Restaurant, Judith Meyer, The Jumping Cactus, L&I Art Supplies, Mimbres Regional Arts Council, Molly Ramolla Art Gallery, Raven’s Nest Shop, Silver City Museum Store, Silver City Food Co-Op, The Pink Store, WNMU Museum Store, and the WNMU Book Store.
Gallery director and WNMU faculty member, John Abbott said” It was a great show and there was a good turnout of people. I hope more students submit work next year.”
WNMU BFA student Jenny Castanon was also one of the students that won an award she said, “I was happy and surprised I won the award there were lots of entries. It took me a couple of days to paint this painting and it was also my first abstract painting. I like that the show is for the students, it shows the individual styles of each student, as well as give a glimpse to the community at what the students are learning.”
The students’ art will be exhibited until April 3rd, 2015 at the McCray Gallery of Contemporary Art; some of the students do have art work marked for sale. For more information you can call 575-538-6515 or visit the McCray Gallery at the Western New Mexico University Campus.
