From May 28th to June 19th, SFCC attendees will have the chance to view the art projects of Associate of Fine Arts and Certificate of Fine Arts students in Building 6’s Fine Arts Gallery as well as in the building’s hallways.

More than a dozen graduating students will each be exhibiting multiple pieces of his or her art, as well as fulfilling the final requirement for their chosen degree. This yearly exhibition gives graduating students a chance to showcase what they have learned and mastered while at SFCC.

The exhibition, named “Idle Hands…,” is the product of the class Art 261, a final requirement for graduating AFA and CFA students. Members of the exhibition class both create the art that will be on display and plan the exhibition itself. The students have input on what art will be shown, as well as the general setup. Students also learn general skills in layout of exhibitions, such as what pieces look good, and where.

“Not only do they get a show, but they get to learn to put one together,” Carl Richardson, a veteran art instructor of the exhibition class for 18 years, said.

Richardson said that the show is good for giving closure to the students, almost all of whom are in their last quarter at SFCC. The presentation allows them a way to show all of their biggest accomplishments from the last two years at one venue.

“It gives a good conclusion to their career here, and shows the community what the students are producing,” Richardson said.

Richardson also believes that it’s good for people to be able to see what the students have been doing throughout their time at the college.

“I think it’s important for their peers, family and the community at large to see what they’ve been working on.” Richardson said.

Seng Olsen, a graduating art student born in Thailand, who despite limited access to materials in her childhood grew up loving drawing and art, is happy to have the opportunity to present her projects.

“I feel very privileged,” Olsen said.

Students say that putting art up for all to see, while exciting, is also slightly intimidating. Krystn Parmley, a member of the exhibition class, says that it’s nice to have her art displayed, but she also says it’s an intimate thing.

“It’s personal,” Parmley said, “But when you put it out for people to see, it’s just out there.”

Parmley says the class is important because it gives students skills that they will need to have in order to continue their career as artists.

Ben Schenk, another member of the class, says that for him art is a more meaningful way of communicating.

“To have it be up on the wall, where everyone can see it, it’s kind of an odd feeling…It’s out of your hands,” Schenk said.

Be sure to visit building 6 during the exhibition and see the works of our school’s art students.