With over twice as many submissions as last year, the Arts Collective’s annual Juried Exhibition was “a very balanced exhibition,” says Assistant Professor of Art and Art History Rachel Eng.

The show opened on the second floor of the Goodyear Project Space, located on West Louther street on Friday, Feb. 16. The exhibition was the result of numerous months of preparation by both the juror and the Arts Collective, a club on campus that aims to “increase the prevalence of art on campus and engage the greater Dickinson community in discussions about the arts,” according to the Dickinson College website.

“From my knowledge, we only had about 50 last year submitted,” says Lauren McCaffrey ’20, who is the secretary of the Arts Collective. “But this year we had over 100, probably about 110 pieces, so it was a lot more successful.”

The show was juried by Emily Bayless, an adjunct instructor in ceramics at Millersville University, a public university located in Millersville, Pa. “When I was able to start looking at the pieces I just considered the works I was most drawn to and that was works that were very playful,” says Bayless. “Either in content or material or process and things that were maybe more thoughtful and dealt with humor.”

The pieces identified by Bayless were given “cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place” according to the Arts Collective’s Facebook page. Honorable mentions were also acknowledged.

“It’s not focused in one medium but has the variety and shows how art can be made with all types of materials,” says Eng. “So, some projects are more unconventional using clothing, a text and then some muse processes that have been used for multiple series like printmaking.”

“The juried show is something that we do annually, so, come the end of the fall semester, we will start advertising to the school that the show is going to happen and that we’re welcoming student submissions for the art,” says Kendra Beaver ’20, president of Arts Collective. “After the deadline, we ask the students to bring their work, their physical work, if they can to the house because the juror wants…to see the work in person when she chooses [a winner].”

After the pieces to be featured are identified, “it tends to be about a week [long] process, the board will spend multiple evenings, we have to spackle the walls, sand, paint them all and then it’s a matter of installing which involves taping the photos or nailing or pinning,” says Beaver. “I think a great representation of Dickinson in that it’s all student art.”

According to Beaver, the exhibition will open to the community for “about two more weeks.”