The Division of Art – Master of Fine Arts Qualifying exhibition continues through the weekend in the Hughes-Trigg Commons. Eleven works by the graduate students involved in the two-year program will be on display until this Saturday at 5 p.m..

The works, which include ink-jet prints, framed magazines and more, provide a way for artists in the graduate program to show the rest of the university the fruits of their labor.

Graduate student Kevin Todora, who currently has three works on display, says the exhibition, as well as the graduate program in general, is highly beneficial

“We have the opportunity to show our work, and it’s public,” he said. “[The program] gets a lot of great visiting artists that come all the time, we’re constantly getting studio visits and feedback.”

The graduate program also provides students the opportunity to travel to places such as New York and Taos, among others.

“I think trips are instrumental in seeing what’s out there and the ability to see work from all over the world,” Todora said.

After the exhibition wraps up in Hughes-Trigg, the students will give in-depth, 30-minute presentations, showing the trajectory of their work from before and after involvement in the graduate program.

On May 2 there will be another exhibit featuring the works of those in the program, at an off-site in the Dallas Design District, giving the artists a chance to showcase their work outside the campus.