Two Westminster College Students Present Senior Art Capstone Show

Two Westminster College media art majors, Luke Downer from Daytona Beach, Fla. and Kellie Gilchrist from Youngstown, Ohio, display their work Dec. 3-17 at the Gallery. The gallery, located next to Orr Auditorium, is open Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m., and Sunday, noon-9 p.m.

 "My senior display is like a promotional campaign focused on the theme, We Need to Pray,'" Gilchrist said.  "I made up a fictional Christian organization and created a logo.  Then I  graphically designed mock billboards, posters, magazine ads, brochures, and a few other items."

 "My work is a combination of design and technology using my home of Daytona Beach, Fla., as the subject matter," Downer said.  "I used straight forward graphic design to create posters based on popular tourist events, as well as digital photographs and digital illustrations to represent what Florida means to me.  I live in a place called the world's most famous beach,' and this exhibit is about my home and my art through design."
 
   "Exhibiting is technically and conceptually difficult for even the most seasoned professional artist," said Peggy Cox, professor of art at Westminster College.  "Everyone will see it and everyone will have an opinion about it.  It's like having your heart and soul pinned to the wall for everyone to examine and criticize."

 For more information, contact Cox at (724) 946-7266 or e-mail pcox@westminster.edu.

Photo by Luke Downer

Photo by Kellie Gilchrist