Studio art majors Rae Daum and Alyssa Hochstetler showcase their senior thesis work for the bachelor of fine arts degree in an exhibition in the Sella-Granata Art Gallery, December 7-10, 2020.
Rae Daum, from Ozark, Alabama, is a double major in studio art and anthropology. Her primary BFA concentration is in ceramics and secondary is in sculpture. Daum’s work is well known to anyone who has visited Monnish Park on 15th Street in Tuscaloosa since 2017 and seen the giant steel “Amaryllis” sculpture there. Her three-dimensional work is part of the Monster Takeover public sculpture project, the Literary Capital Sculpture Trail in Monroeville, Ala., and her illustrations were included in publications for Reading Allies statewide reading initiative. Daum’s sculpture and ceramics have been part of several exhibitions, beginning with QUICKTURNAROUND at The University of Alabama Gallery in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in 2017, and most recently the 2020 Annual Scholarship Exhibition in the Sella-Granata Art Gallery. She was awarded the Farley Moody Galbraith Scholarship for 2018-19 and the Carol B. Merkle Endowed Scholarship for 2019-20 and 2020-21 and was on the Dean’s List for five semesters during her sophomore, junior and senior years. See more of her work from this show on Flickr.
Hailing from Middlebury, Indiana, Alyssa Hochstetler is a double major in studio art and the Accelerated Master of Business Administration. Her primary BFA concentration is in digital media and secondary is in painting. Hochstetler also works as Chief Design/Marketing Officer for Comas Start-Up in Tuscaloosa. She has served as a data analyst in the College of Human & Environmental Sciences and as a marketing intern at Interra Credit Union in Goshen, Indiana. Her artwork was included in the Advanced Scholarship Exhibition in the Sella-Granata Art Gallery in 2019. She was awarded an Honors College Presidential Scholarship and the Farley Moody Galbraith Scholarship for 2019-20.
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