Two art exhibits on campus, “Toppled” and “Unlimited Impressions,” have experienced differences in popularity this semester and will both wrap up on Dec. 18.

“Unlimited Impressions” premiered Oct. 23 at the Art Gallery in the Art and Sociology building. The exhibition features the work of Karen Kunc, Judy Pfaff and Brian Shure.

“It has been pretty popular; one of the most attended shows I’ve seen,” said John Shipman, the director of the art gallery.

Shipman was unsure of the exact numbers the exhibit attracted since it opened, but says it has been more popular than other shows in part because the artists are better known and produce a higher caliber of work.

Junior history education major Danielle Shervin found “Unlimited Impressions” interesting.

“I especially enjoyed Judy Pfaff’s work. [It was] innovative and fresh,” said Shervin.

“Toppled”, which opened Oct. 14, features the work of Jessica Vaughn in the Stamp Student Union Gallery. Her work focuses on Jesse Owens ,a black athlete, at the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936.

Many of Vaughn’s pictures are layered, and the collages enforce the idea Owens’ performance in the Olympics was part of a political movement proving blacks were not inferior, according to the Stamp Gallery’s Web site.

“There have been 60 to 70 people, on average, viewing the exhibit daily,” said Alyssa Sanders, a junior history major who is an employee at the Stamp Gallery.

Sanders likes Vaughn’s pictures because they are alternative and different than other works she has seen.

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