Art and design student exhibition opens Friday at The Contemporary Dayton

2 new large-scale wall drawings by Andrew Dailey will also be on display

Two new art exhibits, one celebrating student talent, open Friday at The Contemporary Dayton.

"Emerging: The Biennial Art and Design Student Show" will showcase the work of 30 art and design students from area universities.

Among the student’s work will be representational landscapes, ceramics masquerading as paintings and documentary photography.

This year’s student show is a new direction for the 11-year “Cline Show,” named in memory of former DVAC office manager Barb Cline.

The exhibit’s curator, Jeffrey Cortland Jones, will present The Barbara C. Cline Memorial Award, a cash prize, for best in show.

The Contemporary Dayton is also inviting all Cline Show participants and faculty nominators from the past 11 years for a reunion at the Cline Show Artist Reunion & 2019 Curator & Artists Talk Thursday Jan. 24 from 6-8 p.m.

Also opening Friday is “Counting Sheep and Bloated Elephant,” two new large-scale, hand drawn, graphite wall drawings by Andrew Daily.

Daily, who received his MFA from Miami University, Oxford and a BFA from Wright State University, is the cultural arts program supervisor for the City of Kettering.

WANT TO GO? 

WHAT: "Emerging: The Biennial Art & Design Student Show" and "Counting Sheep and Bloated Elephant"

WHERE: The Contemporary Dayton, 118 N. Jefferson St., Dayton

WHEN: A free opening reception is Friday, Jan. 11, from 6-8 p.m. The exhibition will be on view through Feb. 9.

Regular gallery hours are Tuesday - Friday 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday

MORE INFO: www.thecontemporarydayton.org or (937) 224-3822

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