Exhibit to feature work of 2016 Efroymson Bridge Year Fellow

The University of Southern Indiana's McCutchan Art Center/ Pace Galleries will feature "PROCESS:  Jenna (Citrus) Rueger, The 2016 Efroymson Bridge Year Fellowship Exhibit" from Wednesday, December 7 through January 16, 2017. A free and public reception for the artist will be held at 7 p.m. December 7.

Rueger is a December 2015 USI honors graduate in art with an emphasis in graphic design. As the 2016 Efroymson Bridge Year Fellow, she has spent the past year creating photographs, fabric designs and digital products to perfect her portfolio for graduate school application.

In her artist statement, Rueger says, "As an artist I am driven by process and continuation of the image. With a recent series, I would begin painting, but stop to photograph my piece as the wet paint shifted into unique shapes. From the session I would emerge with a completed painting, a variety of images captured throughout the process, and a digital manipulation that could be continued as a pattern for different products. With these images I began to explore surface design and experimented with what different final images could look like."

The Efroymson Bridge Year Fellowship is a competitive funded award program that provides a highly motivated and talented recent graduate of the University of Southern Indiana's Art and Design Department with a post-undergraduate year to significantly expand their artistic vision. The Fellow works alongside a mentor while researching graduate programs and creating artworks for Master of Fine Arts applications.

"This exhibition showcases my pieces as works of art for material in the form of clothing. I've worked with several online companies and a fashion designer to achieve a variety of looks," said Rueger. "With the continuation of my
education in a master's program, I intend to utilize multiple types of surface design for furthering the reach of photography and not limiting myself to the edge of the canvas."

Funding for the fellowship comes from the Efroymson Family Fund of the Central Indiana Community Foundation.

The McCutchan Art Center/Pace Galleries, located in the lower level of the Liberal Arts Center on the USI campus, is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Please note that the McCutchan Art Center will be closed December 19, 2016 - January 4, 2017 for winter break. For more information, call 812-228-5006.