From the end of
November through December, the Ashland University Coburn Gallery hosts the
Senior Art + Design Exhibition that features the capstone experience for
graduating art majors.
Showcasing
the work of graduating senior Kiana Ziegler, the 2019 Senior Art + Design Exhibition
will open on Thursday, November 21 with an opening reception from 4:30 to 6:30
p.m. at the Coburn Art Gallery located in the Center for the Arts on the
Ashland University campus.
“While
the 2019 Senior Art Exhibition provides the capstone experience for graduating
art majors, it represents more than just students’ studio art experiences,”
said Cynthia Petry, director of the Coburn Gallery. “For the student in the
liberal arts, the exhibition is the culmination of their undergraduate career
at Ashland University.”
This fall’s
exhibition, which will run from November 21 to December 14, include painting,
printmaking, photography and digital art.
Kiana Ziegler, from
Ashland, OH, will graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Art, with a painting
concentration, and a Bachelor of Art in Commercial Art, with a graphic design
concentration. Ziegler is the youngest of Alma and Charles Ziegler of Ashland.
She grew up in Ashland, graduating from Ashland High School in 2015. She
entered her college career as an Honors Program Scholar, and shortly afterward,
was inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta, an honor society for academic excellence.
She received the opportunity to create a mural for the Writing Center and a
portrait for the theater production, Little Women, in 2018. Off campus, Ziegler completed the
illustrations decorating the entrance to Masterminds Escape Room and Game
Library. She has completed several other private commissions as a freelance
artist.
Active in her
department, Ziegler served as the Vice President and President of Art Club. She
was granted the opportunity to travel with the Art Department to museums in
Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburg, and New York City. Ziegler was rewarded many art
awards, such as the Bernini Art Award, People’s Choice Award, Design and
Illustration Award, and Best in Show in the Juried Student Art + Design Exhibition.
During the Spring 2019 Graphic Design Senior Show, Ziegler was rewarded the
Outstanding Senior Award. She showed her artwork along with other projects at
the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Symposium. She was on the
Dean’s List 7 semesters, and received several scholarships.
Upon graduation, Ziegler
plans to either attend Ohio University to receive a Masters in painting, or to
continue working toward her goals of owning a house and travelling to Japan.
