Thursday, December 1, 2022

Senior Art + Design Exhibition Opens Thursday Dec. 1st

The Coburn Gallery at Ashland University will be hosting a month-long “Senior Art + Design Exhibition” December 1- 17, featuring the capstone experience for graduating art and design students Nathan Langdon, Joel Steiner and Bo Haron. On December 1, there will be an opening reception from 4:30-6:30 p.m., at the gallery, located in the Center for the Arts building on the AU campus. This event is free and open to the public.

“While the 2022 ‘Senior Art + Design 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 includes illustration, digital art, video work and graphic design from the exhibiting seniors.

Nathan Langdon, an Ashland resident, will graduate with degrees in both Fine Arts and Digital Media Production, as well as concentrations in both Digital Art and Graphic Design. He is the son of Dave and Dawn Langdon and he graduated from Ashland High School. During his time at Ashland University, he has been active as the video and graphics producer of the campus television station AUTV-20 and the head of the Creative Services team. Nathan won an award for Best Display during the Spring 2022 Senior Art + Design Exhibition. He has gained additional design experience through his internships with the Ashland University Men’s Basketball team as their graphic designer and with the local film company Good Deed Entertainment as a visual effects artist, editor and marketing assistant. Nathan currently has plans to begin working in the motion graphics industry immediately following his graduation this December.

Joel Steiner will graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design. He is the son of Sam and Karen Steiner from Orrville, OH. He graduated from Smithville High School and began his studies at Ashland University in the fall of 2018. While at Ashland, Joel has worked on and participated in two student juried shows and won Best in Show and Honorable Mention. He interned at Vinyl Marketing this past summer before taking up another internship with WPG this fall. Upon graduation, he hopes to find a job with a company or agency in Ohio where he can continue designing and creating.

Haoran Bo from Beijing, China. Bo Transferred from Kentucky to Ashland University in Ohio in 2019 and has been studying graphic design and plan to graduate in December. Bo previously served as a UI designer intern at Beijing YiChe Internet Building where he designed auto show advertisements and car purchase financial plans for various auto companies and also as an advertising designer at New York Global this semester. After graduation Bo intends to Intern in an American design company for one year. Then go back to Beijing YiChe Internet Co., Ltd.

The Coburn Gallery is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays and noon-4 p.m. on weekends. Gallery admission is free and open to the public. For more information about the exhibition, call 419-289-5652 or visit the gallery’s Facebook page.