The School of Art at Montana State University will host the 2015 BFA Thesis Exhibition at the Helen E. Copeland located on the second floor of the School of Art in Haynes Hall, Bozeman MT, from Tuesday, December 1 – Friday, December 11, 2015. Opening Reception is December 11, 2015 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and will be free and open to the public. Gallery Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday, December 1 – Friday, December 11, 2015. The Gallery is free and open to the public. On view will be the thesis works of 11 emerging artists graduating with their Bachelors Degrees in Fine Art. A number of disciplines will be represented: drawing, painting, ceramics, and metalsmithing. For BFA graduates, the thesis exhibition represents an important transition period from student to working artist. It marks an end to academically assigned work, and the beginning of their individual research and artistic maturity. The exhibited works synthesize the growth of each artist over their years spent at MSU. The following students will be in the exhibition: From Metalsmithing: Haitham Hayat and Stephanie McCartney. From Painting: Abbey Freed, Gunnar Perkins, and Rachel Pohl. From Ceramics: Marion Bowler, David Dennis, and Kathryn Murphy. From Sculpture: Benjamin Babcock. From Printmaking: Andrew Guttenberg. From Drawing: Kia Johns For additional information, please contact MSU Gallery Director, Ella Watson at (406) 994-4501.