UF gallery shows alumni exhibition

There will be a platinum-covered

plantain inside University Gallery’s first-

ever alumni exhibition.

The exhibition will be held at the

University Gallery, located on Southwest

13th Street in Building B of the Fine Arts

complex, from today until Oct. 8. The

exhibition will feature 26 artists, who are

all graduates of the UF School of Art

and Art History.

Richard Heipp, a UF professor at the

School of Art and Art History, said he

planned the event to celebrate the

gallery’s 50th anniversary.

"This is one of the most complicated and

comprehensive shows we’ve done in

University Gallery," Heipp said.

Heipp said planning the exhibit was a

huge undertaking because some of the

pieces, which came from around the

world, are large and almost reach the

ceiling. "There’s one piece that actually

came from Beijing to New York to us,"

he said. "There’s work from California.

There’s work from Texas. There’s work

from North Carolina. And it all had to be

shipped here."

Kelly Hernandez, a 21-year-old UF fine

arts senior with an emphasis in painting,

said she is excited to go to the exhibit.

It shows current art students possible

post-graduate career opportunities, she

said.

"I know that we’ve had a lot of great

artists come out of UF," Hernandez said.

"And I am excited to see what they’ve

been doing the last couple of years and

where their careers have gone, so then I

can kind of see where I am going, too."