The BFA exhibition is one of the UAB Department of Art and Art History’s premier events, culminating with a free closing reception Friday, April 28.Ten graduating University of Alabama at Birmingham students will have their works featured in the 2023 Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibition April 7-29.
See the exhibition at UAB’s Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, with a free closing reception from 6-8 p.m. Friday, April 28. AEIVA is open from noon-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.
The BFA exhibition represents crossing the threshold into the professional environment for students who are often showing their work for the first time in the setting of a gallery or museum, says Rich Gere, professor and chair of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Art and Art History.
The artists are Kaylee Coffman of Alpine, Matthew Davis, Kayla Lazrak of Pelham, Olly Lynman of Moody, Jada Nguyen of Mobile, Keilicia Parker of Huntsville, Kaitlin Runnels, Elizabeth Stephens of Birmingham, Kaye Bailey Tindell and Ella Waddell.
“We are very fortunate and happy to collaborate with AEIVA’s staff and curators, who afford students the same experience in preparing for and mounting the exhibition as the professional artists who come in from around the globe,” Gere said. “Students write about their work and give oral presentations explaining their inspirations, research, processes and concepts. The BFA exhibition is the studio capstone experience and one of the spring’s premier opening receptions in the area, and we hope to see you there.”
The Department of Art and Art History’s Bachelor of Fine Arts degree offers undergraduate art studio students an intensive exploration across a range of disciplines that prepare them to become artists or designers and begin careers in the arts or continue their studies in graduate school. Students gain skills and competencies including team-based learning, technology, communication, aesthetic judgment, interdisciplinary and innovative approaches, critical analysis, and professional development throughout their program of study.