Ten artists, countless ideas. Wire, paint, copper, cotton, medicine bottles, videos, photographs, yarn, ink – an amalgamation of mediums used by Western Washington University students to express themselves in the new “I Remember Being an Egg” art exhibit. The B-gallery exhibition opened to the public on March 2, 2026.
The art students of the primarily student-led Advanced Studio Seminar have spent the last ten weeks dedicating themselves to creating an entirely new body of work to be seen by the public.
Upon entering the gallery, viewers embark on a rich sensory experience. The soft, vibrant textures of the fabric artworks, the shimmering reflections off the metal pieces, the deeply saturated colors of the paintings and the dynamic projections moving on the walls all invite people to explore and interpret the art.
“Vulnerable and personal” is how visitor Jacob Romero described the artwork in the gallery. The common themes in the art are identity, gender, reflection, emotional attachment and an underlying sense of the human experience, presented in a wide variety of mediums.
Lucy Law’s body of work is comprised of ceramic sculptures depicting the beauty of hands and their ability to communicate stories.
“We as artists speak to others through the hands that we use to tell our stories in creation,” Law said in her artist statement. “My hands have helped me connect to the world, so I’ve learned to let them do the talking.”
Fourth-year art student Leo Miller utilizes printmaking and copperplate etchings to explore the connection between human and avian nature. Miller’s print series titled “Flock Behavior” explores concepts of identity, desire, relationships and social isolation through bird and text artwork.
Miller explained how the group of artists came up with the exhibition’s title, “I Remember Being an Egg.”
“There’s a double meaning. It’s a nod to the imagery within the gallery, the art with birds or eggs, for example.” Miller said. “It’s also a tongue-in-cheek reference to the transgender experience. Egg is a slang term used within the trans community to refer to someone who hasn’t realized that they’re trans yet.”
The tight-knit seminar is made up of artists across diverse art disciplines, including photographers, printmakers, painters, fabric artists and sculptors, many of whom have known each other for over four years.
“There are people in this seminar that I have had classes with since freshman year,” Miller said. “We all know each other in one way or another, so it’s really fun to be working with each other in such close proximity all quarter.”
Professor Garth Anderson, the adviser of the seminar, allows the class to be student-directed to give artists the chance to independently curate a professional body of work meant for exhibition.
“Making a professional body of work is very valuable to experience as early as possible in an artistic career,” artist Judy Kushner said.
The teacher’s assistant of the seminar, Avery Roberston, explains the organization of the seminar.
“This class prepares artists to go out into the real world and make an exhibit. Students are responsible for creating this exhibit from the art itself to installation, branding, advertising, everything,” Robertson said. “We only have ten weeks to make this thing come to life.”
The artists behind “I Remember Being an Egg” have put in a lot of effort building their bodies of work in time for gallery viewing. There are more than 20 pieces on display for the exhibit.
“If someone were to take anything away from this exhibition, it would be the amount of effort all of us artists put into these pieces,” Kushner said. “Myself and other artists were there into the late hours of the night and early hours of the morning working on the art that is in the gallery.”
Denver Art Museum representative Andy Sinclair explained that there is no singular criteria that a piece of art must meet to be considered suitable for exhibition. "It is the artist’s personal investment of effort and perspective in their piece that deserves to be acknowledged and appreciated.”
“I Remember Being an Egg” will be open to visitors until March 12. More information can be found on the gallery’s website.
Katherine Rogers (she/her) is a reporter on The Front’s campus life beat. This is her first quarter on The Front. She is a second-year visual journalism major. Outside of the newsroom, she does concert photography for local artists. You can reach her at katherinerogers.thefront@gmail.com.
