Gallery applications for students interested in displaying their artwork at the Holmes Student Center Gallery for the spring semester are due at 4:30 p.m. Friday at the Campus Activities Board office, located at the Campus Life Building, Suite 160.

Student galleries are available to anyone who wishes to apply.

“Basically, they get to display any type of art in the glass galleries of the student center, and we help them set it up and promote it,” said CAB public relations coordinator Lydia Feliciano.

After students apply, the visual arts committee will look at pictures or slides of their work and see if it is good enough to present.

“Sometimes, people will set up their gallery in a group if they have similar pieces or a common theme, but other times we just do single shows,” Feliciano said.

The galleries tend to fill up quickly, she said.

“It is required for many art majors to have a senior show,” Feliciano said, “but we can only fit so many galleries into our budget.”

This past semester, CAB chose enough for nine galleries.

At the grand opening, teachers, family and friends can view the artwork. There also is a guestbook where people can write comments.

Coordinators try to display different media of art every week.

“We might have oil paintings one week and sculpture the next, so we can mix it up,” Feliciano said.

Past galleries have included ceramic vessels and slabs of clay, 3D terra cotta bowls and metal pieces.

For more information on the galleries, call 753-1580.