For 12 days, a collection of some of the best work from all of the art classes offered at Waynesburg University this semester is being showcased in the art gallery.

Located in the Fine Arts Center’s art display, the featured work, which is shown at the end of every semester, will be on display from Monday, Nov. 27 to Friday, Dec. 8. The student work that will be on display includes many students that are taking the classes as part of a general education requirement.

Andrew Heisey, chairperson for the Fine Arts Department, said that the art show is different each semester based on what classes are offered and the students who are taking them.

Some of the classes the artwork is made in are jewelry and metals, design, drawing, advanced drawing, printmaking and sculpture.

“Almost everybody who takes a class comes out with at least one piece that they’re proud of,” said Heisey.

Heisey said the variety of the students in the classes are part of what makes the show so interesting.

“This is one of my favorite exhibits because you have such a diverse group of students that are here,” said Heisey. “It’s always different because our students change. Even if we do the same project over and over, they’re never the same because the students are always different. Each person is unique and has a different understanding and way they put together images.”

For senior art major Lydia Brennan, the student art show is her final one before graduation. Brennan submitted a painting, a print and two drawings to be displayed at the show.

“I like putting pieces in art shows because I like to learn how others view my work and get feedback on it,” said Brennan. “Sometimes it is difficult to know how the public will respond to work when you only receive feedback from your art professors and fellow art students.”

Brennan said one of her favorite aspects of submitting art into the shows is that her work becomes “real” instead of only being another assignment that she had to complete.

“I make art so that people can see it, and much of my artwork goes unseen simply because I am a student,” said Brennen. “Having the opportunity to show work really helps to prepare us for our own careers as artists by giving the public a preview of our art and also giving us the experience of putting together a show.”

According to Heisey, the art show gives students the opportunity to take pieces of art they worked long hours on, that may just be sitting somewhere in their room or house otherwise, and put those pieces in a place where they can be appreciated.

“It’s neat because you make these pieces in a classroom, you have a drawing in your sketchbook and you have a sculpture you keep on the table or you put it on your dirty shelf,” Heisey said. “Then you put it in a gallery, and now its matted and framed, it’s on a display and it has fancy lights on it. It changes the work. So now it’s not this piece that’s on some dirty shelf. It’s now this finished piece of artwork.”