2026 B.F.A. Capstone Exhibition Opening

The BFA Capstone Exhibition is the culminating achievement for students in the Art Department, led by Associate Professor Derrick Adams.

After advancing the portfolio review, each year, qualified students are accepted into this studio practice-intensive program. Here, they learn to develop their ideas and create artwork based on their own craft, interests, research, and subjects.

Their final presentation comes from this year-long two-part thesis course, installed and on view to the public at the end of the academic year. This uniquely thoughtful and earnest display of paintings, printmaking, collage, sculpture, and various forms of mixed media practice features the work of artists:

Nazanin Ashorzadeh
Raffell Bailey
Tomas Benincasa Reade
David Cespedes
Melissa Cosentino
Mars Harris
Shira “Adora” Kenny
Kisha Landais
Ashley Lord
Brithanie Lugo
Samantha Martinez
Hideka Minami
Kevin Molina
Xinia Okoren
Maliq Ruffin
Melissa Sanchez Cabanas
Elizabeth Sanni
Adelaide Snow
Tia Turner
Khan Vongjalorn
Anthony Zhang
Li Zhi Zheng