While on a trip last summer, 17 students practiced artwork that was influenced by Italian and Spanish culture.
The artwork created during and after the trip will be shown at the Atrium Gallery from Nov. 1 to Nov. 30. The gallery will include four or more pieces from the students who went on the trip and from two faculty members — Scott Anderson, associate professor of art, and David Hannon, assistant professor of art.
The opening for the gallery will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11. Students will make Italian dishes they learned about in Italy.
Senior art education and painting double major Natalie Kowalk said while in Italy, the group visited churches and farms. They also lived in the dorms of a monastery-turned art studio for 11 days.
"We had professional Italian cooks who were just regular Italian women who were amazing at what they did," Kowalk said. "Every meal was the best meal of my life there, for breakfast, lunch and dinner."
The students spent a month and a half in Italy and then traveled to Madrid for three days. While in Italy, they visited "40 cities in 40 days," Kowalk said. Some of cities visited include Venice, Florence, Naples and Rome.
"We saw a lot of art history and that was kind of what our trip was focused on, being influenced by all these amazing artists of the past," she said.
The pieces that Kowalk will show include a watercolor of a sheep with an olive tree, a landscape piece and an oil painting of olive trees with mountains and a town in the background. She will also be showing a mixed media drawing of the spiritual journey she had while on the trip. Visiting churches on the trip made her think about her religion more, she said.
"The show reflects what we saw and what we did and how it influenced us," Kowalk said. "We did some pieces when we got back, so basically that's just techniques that we learned and applied to our own artwork."
Anderson will showcase watercolor paintings and drawings of landscapes that were painted on site in Italy and "other things that are more inspired by other ideas," he said.
The students who attended the trip are of a variety of art majors, including painting, photography, animation, visual communication and art education. Anderson said this will show people the variety of work that they can create.
"They're given a chance to create a body of work as an individual, and they're given the chance to put it together as a group," he said. "And then there's the whole experience of framing all your work and seeing it go up. It's an opportunity to see something from beginning to end."
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