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An interview with Davidson Studio Art major Jared McElveen '20 by gallery intern Sarah Jackson '22. Name, Hometown: Jared McElveen | Laplace, Louisiana What is your primary medium? I have been working mostly with animation, and that is the entirety of the show. All of my works in the show are made on Adobe programs, mostly Animate as well as some After Effects. What does the title of your show mean? “Before You Know It” is referring to the idea that the future is always here before you know it, and things like climate change, super storms, flooding, fires, and erosion...

From February 2nd to the 21st, Davidson students have been lucky to witness an entirely new sculpture being built by self-described “stick sculpture artist”, Patrick Dougherty, located on a piece of land between the union and the library. Similar to the Baik residency in the fall semester, this commission is unique in that the campus can watch as it is actively constructed through collaboration between Dougherty, students, and community members. This piece is only a small part of Dougherty’s legacy of environmental artwork scattered across the globe, and we are lucky to witness this new sculpture become an important sculptural...

Gallery intern Helen Sturm ('20) continues to interview the senior studio majors as their exhibitions open in the Smith Gallery. Read below about Lindsey Owen's unique musical influence, the intersection between digital and furniture design, and her future in the art world. Name, Hometown: Lindsey Owen | Charlotte, NC What is your primary medium? I would say digital but recently with my furniture I’ve done a lot with wood/sculpture. What does the title of your show mean? When creating my pieces I frequently listen to old rock songs. House of the Rising Sun is one of them, so I changed...

After the opening of her senior exhibition in the Smith Gallery, Rebecca Pempek answered a few questions for us about her work and sources of inspiration, in addition to her plans for the future. Read below! Name, Hometown: Rebecca Pempek | Putnam, CTWhat is your primary medium? Mixed media (?) works on paper What does the title of your show mean? Since a lot of my work consists of paper cutouts, my studio floor is shrouded with scraps of paper. I walked into the space one day and thought to myself, "This feels like detritus on the forest floor." I speak about this...

Woman 2 (The Woman in Three Stages), undated, etching and aquatint, Gallery Purchase Fund, Parke-Bernet In this installment of Seen From Storage, I have chosen an undated Edvard Munch etching, as Munch has been one of my favorite artists ever since taking Professor Larry Ligo’s Modern art class my sophomore year. However, before going into the meaning behind this specific work in our collection, it is important to understand Munch’s incredibly tumultuous personal life. Munch was born in 1863 outside of Oslo (then Kristiania) in Norway, and eventually the Munch family moved into the city when Edvard was one, along...