2023 High School Art + Design Experience

The Ashland University Art and Design Department is offering a free college campus studio experience on Saturday, February 25, 2023 for current high school students with an interest in pursuing art + design. The event is being held in the Center for the Arts building on the AU campus from 9:15 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with lunch and all art materials provided.  

Art studio area experiences will include sculpture, printmaking, digital art and graphic design, painting, ceramics and figure drawing. Students may attend two workshops based on their interests and availability. This event highlights the Art and Design program, where students can learn from experienced college instructors who also are working artists, meet other students with a serious interest in art, learn or finesse existing skills, investigate a new medium or area, experience a classroom studio work environment and learn about what art and design students do after graduation.

The high school art experience application deadline is February 13, 2023. Interested high school students can apply online at www.ashland.edu/art. For more information about the AU Art and Design Department Campus Art Experience- contact Daniel McDonald at email dmcdona1@ashland.edu.

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HS Art + Design Registration Form

Senior Art + Design Exhibition Awards Presented

Congratulations to Nathan & Ricki ! The 2022 Senior Art + Design Exhibition awards were presented by Dr. Wendy Schaller, interim chair of the Ashland University Art and Design department, on Tuesday April 26 at the Coburn Art Gallery opening reception.

Nathan Langdon & Ricki Denes were selected as the co-recipients for the senior exhibition award presented by the AU Art + Design Department faculty.

Nathan Langdon will graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art, with a concentration in Digital Art. He will also graduate with a second Bachelor’s degree in Digital Media Production. He is the son of Dawn and Dave Langdon from Ashland, Ohio. He graduated from Ashland High School, afterwards immediately beginning his college education. During his time at AU Nathan has served as the Video & Graphics producer for the AUTV 20 television station, as well as the Graphic Designer for the AU Men’s Basketball team. He was also an intern at Good Deed Entertainment where he was a marketing assistant and visual effects artist creating promotional video content for their social media. Nathan plans on graduating in the Fall of 2022, and afterwards jumping into a design-oriented career.

Dénes will graduate with a bachelor of education degree in art and a bachelor of fine arts with a printmaking concentration. She minored in illustration and Spanish. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Dénes has worked as an art history and Spanish tutor at Ashland and has been part of art club every year, serving stints as president and treasurer. Her artwork has been displayed in the Student Juried Exhibition four years in a row, winning awards twice, and was inducted into the Phi Sigma Iota honor society (foreign language). Denes held her senior BFA exhibition in the fall semester of 2021.

The Senior Art + Design Exhibition II runs from April 26-May 7, 2022.

Entries Due- 2022 Juried Student Art + Design Exhibition

2022 Juried Student Art + Design Exhibition

All work must be the result of supervised AU class work completed within the last 12 months.
ENTRIES DUE on Feb 21 & 22 from 10:00am-4:00pm in the Coburn Gallery.
• Exhibition dates: March 3 - 23, 2022   *OVER $900 IN AWARDS*

• AWARDS- Best in Show, Dean’s Award, AU Permanent Collection Award
• The Annual People’s Choice Award- selected by gallery patrons at the opening reception
• Your artwork MUST BE FOR SALE- if it is to be considered for the DEAN’S AWARD & AU Permanent Collection Award.
• Opening Reception on March 3, 2022 from 4:30pm-6:30pm. 
• AWARDS for the juried student exhibition will be announced at 5:30pm March 3rd
• An outside juror selects artworks for the exhibition and the awards.
• The gallery will take a 20% commission on any work sold during the exhibition.
• Artwork exhibited in the Juried Student Show CANNOT be used for senior exhibitions.
• Only undergraduate students are eligible for the art awards.
Presentation:
• All artworks must be presented in a professional manner.
• Two-dimensional works must be properly matted and mounted to white foam board.  Framing is preferred for all exhibitions. Use proper foam tape to adhere works to foam board and mats.
• Paintings must be framed with painted lattice striping (to frame the stretcher) or painted edges. Canvas board paintings must be framed.
• All work MUST be ready to hang. Works that are not ready to exhibit will be disqualified. This includes wire or other hanging mechanism.
• Students will provide a completed entry form with each artwork. Attach one entry form to the back of each submitted artwork.
• Artworks NOT accepted for the student exhibition must be picked up by Wednesday February 23 before 5pm.
• Accepted artworks must be removed from the gallery on March 23 from 10-noon. WORKS MUST BE REMOVED on March 23- No Exceptions.
• If you have any questions, please see Cynthia Petry in the Coburn Gallery