Opening Reception is January 29th, from 5-7PM. Free to attend!

More than 30 Davis & Elkins College students will display their creative works at the Randolph County Community Art Center throughout February.

This body of work is from student art majors, minors and other students who are studying other fields and taking art courses as a general elective class. The exhibit will include paintings, prints, drawings, ceramic and 3D sculptural pieces. “All of our students work very hard to create what they see in their mind when they start working on their artwork. The process of making art involves creative thinking, daily observation and many practice drawings to work out the final outline of their idea. Sometimes that idea changes in the course of creating, and the students must figure out how to make their work adapt to those changes. Creating artwork involves lots of trouble shooting on the part of the creator to get it right,” Woodcock says. “The students work very hard and take pride in their artwork and this exhibition is an opportunity for them to share it with the community.”

The D&E Creative Art Department faculty is made up of Associate Professor of Art, Chair Kevin “Woody” Woodcock, Assistant Professor Korey Burns and Adjunct Instructors Desire Watson, Eric Armstrong, Margaret Bruning, Chef Mel, and Natalie Josimovich.

The Creative Art Program at D&E provides a basic background in art, problem solving and the creative process to all students. Students develop an understanding of complex and sophisticated visual language, and are prepared for a professional career in art, teaching art and/or graduate study.