Sixty-one students have work in the annual Student Art Exhibit in the Regier Gallery in Luyken Fine Arts Center, open through Friday, May 5, the final day of spring semester classes.

Regular gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday 2-4 p.m. There is no admission charge.

Students from art classes in fall 2022 and spring 2023 are exhibiting ceramics, 2D and 3D design, drawing, jewelry and small metals, painting, film and digital photography and prints.

The Student Art Exhibit showcases work from all students who take art classes, whether or not they are art majors.

Student artists from the local area are: Madison Bliss, Maize; Miguel Molina Chavez, Newton; Naomi Chavez, Newton; Abby Chappell Deckert, North Newton; Dulce Erazo-Tejada, Newton; Brayden Francis, Sedgwick; Emma Grimsley, Hesston; Miki Harkins, Wichita; Claire Hedlund, McPherson; Camila Hershberger, Buhler; Emma Hershberger, Buhler; Yuretzi Licea, Newton; Tessa Lies, Bel Aire; Annalise Miller, Goessel; Edel Miller, Goessel; Breckyn Porter, Moundridge; Brianna Reeves, Derby; Lizzie Schmucker, Moundridge; Nicole Tran, Newton; Charis Yager, Derby; and Paige Youngdahl, Wichita.

Others are: Dilan Bagci, Solingen, Germany; Phillip Balzer, Hurley, S.D.; Ashleigh Bodine, Houston; Jacob Braggs, Longview, Texas; Corey Catron, Rossville, Kan.; Sophia Chindamo, Lawrence, Kan.; Shayla Dao, Salina, Kan.; Alex Diaz, Winfield, Kan.; Isabela Diaz, Oklahoma City; Denzel Dixon, Newark, Del.; Emma Evans, Lawrence, Kan.; Justin Foster, Yale, Okla.; Isaiah Gayden, Longmont, Colo.; Rachel Geyer, Oxford, Iowa; John Henson, Fort Worth, Texas; Gracie Higgins, Tacoma, Wash.; Sean Holness, Stevenage, U.K.; Lauren Hurd, Morrison, Colo.; Adalstein Kristinsson, Kopavogur, Iceland; Tristan Lewis, Glenn Heights, Texas; John Llamas, Sweeny, Texas; Jenna Mahoney, Gardner, Kan.; Arthur Mahrer, Accra, Ghana; Morgan Marsh, Lawrence, Kan.; Meehlia Mendiola, Tumwater, Wash.; Fatima Nemi, Lima, Peru; Anna Northcutt, Gardnerville, Nev.; Azriel Perez, Lakewood, Colo.; April Powls, Garnett, Kan.; Karen Ramos, Ennepetal, Germany; Courtney Spriggs, Rochester, Wash.; Jalyn Todd, Oklahoma City; Vanessa Torres, Dallas; Jaquelle Tucker, Columbus, Ga.; Mariah Vallejo, Fort Worth, Texas; Charles Walker, Roanoke, Texas; and Aubrey Williams, DeSoto, Texas.

Former students with work on display are Grace Anderson, Amani Bouldin and Andrew Schunn.

Bethel art faculty are David Long, professor of art, Rachel Epp Buller, professor of visual art and design, and Kathy Schroeder, instructor of painting.

Bethel is a four-year liberal arts college founded in 1887 and is the oldest Mennonite college in North America. Known for academic excellence, Bethel ranks at #14 in the Washington Monthly list of “Best Bachelor’s Colleges,” and #24 in the U.S. News & World Report rankings of “Best Regional Colleges Midwest,” both for 2022-23. Bethel is the only Kansas college or university to be named a Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Center. For more information, see www.bethelks.edu