Manifest offers an artwalk to remember

Artwalk 2004 may prove to be the largest art show Columbia has hosted since the start of Manifest. More than 15 different disciplines are represented in this year’s shows. The route starts with the two new exhibits at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in the Alexandroff Campus Center, 600 S. Michigan Ave. Once again this year a free shuttle service is offered. Shuttle service times are from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. and again from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. South Campus Building, 624 S. Michigan Ave.

The library displays “Anything New … 2004” a show by graduating early childhood education majors, reflecting their responses to the role of art in the growth of individuality.

Wabash Campus Building, 623 S. Wabash Ave.

The Hokin Gallery and Annex features work from graduating photography majors. The Arts, Entertainment and Media Management Department presents “Behind the Painting;” which is an exhibit featuring the works of seniors in various majors within the department including; music business, entrepreneurship/small business, and fashion/retail management majors. The exhibit will be in the Hokin Annex East. Projects from the 2004 Senior Seminar program will be in the display cases on the second floor. The show is titled “Creativity with a Conscience: The Alexandroff Exhibit.” “E-Motive” features the work of Digital Media Technology students. The live exhibit can be seen on the fourth floor and the online exhibit is available at acweb.colum.edu/e-motive.

33 E. Congress Parkway Building

Graduating seniors in the fashion program show off their designs in the C-33 Spaces Gallery on the main floor of the building. Also featured in the same building are “Nouveau” and “Visual Images Installations.” “Noveau,” located in the Studio B of the lower level, features a multimedia installation by students in the Audio Arts and Acoustics Department. The Education Studies Department presents art installations created by graduate students from the department in Room 404.

The 1104 Center, 1104 S. Wabash Ave.

The Conaway Center on the first floor hosts the exhibit from graduating graphic design, illustration and advertising majors. And located in the Glass Curtain Gallery on the first floor is an exhibit created out of the thesis work of eight Master of Fine Art photography students: Sarah Bierman, Jonathan Gitelson, Jewel Lacey, Laura Manney, Rick Smith, Bryan Steiff, Aaron Taber and Brian Ulrich. “Epilogue,” a thesis exhibition by six Master of Fine Art students in interdisciplinary book and paper arts is located in the Center for Book and Paper Art on the second floor. The students showcasing their work are Kerri Cushman, Cindy Iverson, Kelly Rider, Emily Reiser, Camille Severinsen and Suzanne Vogel.

So get on the trolley to see some of the creations Columbia’s graduating seniors have to offer.