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New BMU Gallery Devoted to Student Art

The BMU’s new third floor art gallery is tucked away from the chatter and clatter downstairs. It’s flooded with natural light from a bank of high windows and even has a few comfortable chairs.
Lisa Perry, graduate student in social sciences with an emphasis in student services, is the A.S. program coordinator of the gallery. Perry surveyed art faculty last semester about the need for gallery space devoted exclusively to student artwork. “Everyone said the space was very needed and it would be a great opportunity for students,” Perry said. Many art faculty members as well as people from the larger art community attended the debut reception Jan. 27.
The artwork of CSU, Chico’s first M.F.A. students, Joliene Dexter, Juliane Doerr, Atsushi Iwai, and Ulises Meza, is featured in the gallery’s debut exhibition, which closes Feb. 13. “I wanted to highlight our top artists,” Perry said. “Their work is amazing.”
Equations: a public art show, featuring the work of undergraduate Aaron Knight, opens Feb. 25. Equations will be an interactive public art display. “People will be able to take pieces of the artwork, which are marked with a location,” Perry said. “Then they are to post the piece at that location.”
Perry said the gallery is still to be named; fill out a suggestion form at the counter if you’ve got a great idea. To find the gallery, take the elevator next to the coffee cart in the mall or take the door near the West Second Street entrance to the stairs. The gallery is an open space next to the A.S. Computer Lab (BMU 301).

Lisa Kirk

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