Seniors working towards bachelor's of fine arts degrees share their projects
From monthly art subscription boxes to paintings, sculptures and video games, nine bachelor’s of Fine Arts students showed off the creativity of their senior projects. The annual BFA Show was held in the McKay Auditorium Foyer at the end of the Winter 2023 Semester.
Students and teachers mingled around as the artists explained their work. Ya Yun Lin, a senior majoring in fine arts from Taiwan, painted 29 portraits of varying sizes of girls smiling. Combining both acrylic and oil paints to create the finished work, Lin said, “I am hoping to give viewers positive feelings through my art.”
Marlee Palmer, a senior fine arts major from Utah, created a brand called “Art with a Capital A” and monthly subscription boxes. Inside each box was a zine explaining an art movement, some supplies to complete an art prompt in that style and a tote bag. As of right now, she is not selling them, but she said she hopes she reaches a large following on the Instagram account @artwithacapital.a.
Another senior fine arts student, Heidi Hayden from Washington state, created a video game called Lights on Disability. Hayden said the video game is meant to shed some light on disabilities that aren’t often represented in games. She said she was inspired by her brother. “He has a rare heart condition,” she explained, “but he loves to play and beat me in any video game.”
Reagan Weston from Oregon and Janely Dioquino from Utah, who are both seniors majoring in fine arts, created projects to help empower girls in different ways. Weston’s project focused on creating space for college-aged females to find support and belonging through social media. Dioquino’s work was aimed at 13-year-old Guatemalan girls to help them further their educations.