Please join Sandra Osip at the Elaine L. Jacob Gallery on Dec. 6 at 10am. Sandra will walk around the gallery explaining her work, processes, and time at WSU.

This event is in partnership and hosted by College of Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts and Wayne State University Alumni Association.

Light refreshments provided.

Please contact April Hazamy with any questions ahazamy@wayne.edu or 561-860-3297

FLORESCENCE
works by Sandra Osip
Elaine L. Jacob Gallery

October 24 through December 19, 2025

Florescence highlights the work of Sandra Osip, a Detroit-based sculptor. Osip was born in Detroit, Michigan and received a BS from Wayne State University, and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. She has received two Michigan Council of Arts awards, and a commission titled “Progression”, for the Detroit People Mover at the Fort/Cass Station. Osip’s artwork was represented by the Hill Gallery in Birmingham, MI., and Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, with work in various art collections including the Detroit Institute of Arts, Robert and Karen Duncan, Ray-O-Vac, Cranbrook Academy of Art, and 1st National Bank of Chicago.

Osip moved to New York City in 1990, where she had work exhibited in Tiffany Windows on 5th Avenue and 57th Street, and received a prestigious New York Foundation of Arts Award. In 1992, she spent time at the McDonald Residency in Peterboro, New Hampshire. Osip relocated back to Detroit in 2019 and currently holds a studio at Russell Industrial Center. Her work was featured in Ocean Body at Wasserman Projects in 2021 and in a solo exhibition at University of Michigan Research Center in 2021. Osip’s work has been included in various exhibitions in Detroit as well as nationally.

POV: 2025 BFA Thesis Exhibition
Art Department Gallery

December 5 through December 19, 2025
Reception: Friday, December 5, 2025

Students enrolled in Professional Practices II come together to showcase their work. The interdisciplinary seminar, a capstone course for Bachelor of Fine Art students, encourages them to examine contemporary issues in visual art, including history, art criticism and art making. This exhibition celebrates their outstanding achievements during their undergraduate studies at WSU and features approximately 100 works created by 27 students through a variety of disciplines and approaches.

Works by the following students are included in the exhibition: Michael Badoo (BFA, Digital Art), Jordan Barnhart (BFA, Digital Art), Julia Baryo (BFA, Painting), Amaya Conaway (BFA), Elizabeth Daugherty (BFA, Digital Art), Antonio Dawson (BFA, Painting), Asia Dobbins (BFA, Sculpture), Bianca Gibson (BFA, Digital Art), Alexis Harrison (BFA, Digital Art), Leah Jones (BFA, Drawing), Chris Linton (BFA, Drawing), Shyiida Lugo (BFA, Photography), Mena Mahone (BFA Painting), Maryclaire Mansfield (BFA, Drawing), Ashley Nelson (BFA, Photography), Mo Osborne (BFA, Ceramics), Lauryn Payne (BFA, Fiber), Cameron Petty (BFA, Digital Art), Sam Postula-Stein (BFA, Painting & Sculpture), Ashley Roark (BFA, Photography), Zeina Said (BFA, Digital Art), Trevor Sampson (BFA, Digital Art), Darin Stanford (BFA, Digital Art), Maddie Sulecki (BFA, Digital Art), Olivia Thibodeaux (BFA, Ceramics), Kaila Tailor( BFA, Digital Art), Leo Tribia (BFA, Sculpture).