Last year, Ochre Creative Studios opened their doors to provide more room for local students to exhibit their work. This year, the same studio is offering chances for F-M students to grow professionally and artistically.
Ochre Creative Studios is opening its first student juried art show Nov. 18. The reception will take place from 5-8 p.m. at 1114 Main Ave., on the south side of the Teamsters building, in a three-stall garage that has been converted into a student-run gallery.
The art show will feature various works by students from the Fargo-Moorhead area. Participants were encouraged to submit up to three works for the Ochre Creative Studios members to consider, with the opportunity to have their work shown in an exhibit by the studio.
The Ochre members chose pieces they believed would make the best exhibit possible, taking into consideration technique, content and scale. They considered pieces that would work together in the same space to create an appropriate environment as well.
This exhibition allowed students in the area to go through the submission process and deal with acceptance and rejection as well as having an opportunity to exhibit their work in the Ochre Creative Studios’ small gallery. It also allowed the Ochre students to experience putting together an exhibition that contained none of their own work.
“This has been a learning process but also a great experience,” Tyler Gefroh said. “We hope that all the artists who submitted attend to check out what we have going on, as well as invite as many people as they can.”
The exhibition is the first in Ochre Creative Studios’ history where the artists of the studio haven’t submitted any of their own work.
Ochre Creative Studios is hoping to host more exhibitions and art showings throughout the school year to help boost the activity in the art scene. They are also hoping to encourage students in the Fargo-Moorhead area to continue working on their art and doing the best work they possibly can.
Stop by from 5-8 p.m. on Nov. 18 for a chance to see the exhibit and check out Ochre Creative Studios.