Displaying one's art in the HUB-Robeson gallery is a prestigious opportunity for any Penn State student. This fall a couple is sharing the opportunity together.

The newly installed exhibit was created by Anne Heisey (senior-art education and fine arts) and Matt Gordon (senior-art education and fine arts).

Completed over a nine-month period, it is both Heisey and Gordon's final exhibition at Penn State.

When asked what students should look for in the exhibit Gordon said, "Most can probably see Anne and I are dating."

Gordon then emphasizes that the art should not be taken too intellectually.

"Art is about finding yourself," he said.

The exhibit is part of a joint effort from Heisey and Gordon. The self-portrait paintings were done by Heisey, and the photos were taken by Gordon. The collages were done by Heisey and Gordon together.

Most of Heisey's self portraits are very minimal.

"Adding a window behind me was a big step," she said.

Gordon's photo contributions took a long time to set up with the type of camera he uses.

Gordon also painted the table and chairs picture.

"I really like that it looks like something just happened," he said.

Heisey especially liked the joint collages as it gave her more freedom.

"I could always count on Matt covering up things that looked bad," she said. Even coffee that was spilled on one painting was left to add to the collage.

"The collages were a mess by the time we were finished passing them back and forth between each other," Gordon said.

The collages transformed in between households.

"I remember looking at the portrait Anne made of herself and thinking that she looked really sad, so I thought painting red blood cells would reinforce this," Gordon said.

Heisey said she and Gordon would get into many disagreements over the collages, but it is all trivial now and both are happy with the end result.

Brenton Stewart (sophomore-psychology) believes that the gallery is a great opportunity to see what students are doing at Penn State.

"I thought the paintings were really interesting, and I'm glad to see students here are being so creative," he said.

The inspiration for the pieces comes from Leonardo da Vinci's exploration of the human body.

"We took a lot of ideas from medical journals," Heisey said.

Another main influence was a photographer from the middle part of last century named Weegee. Parts of his photographs can be seen in the collages.

"Most of the time I would only understand a part of Weegee's photos. With the collage I could use any part I wanted," Gordon said.

Both Gordon and Heisey love Penn State's art community and because they are both student teaching this semester away from campus and miss it a lot.

"I think the professors are all really supportive and open to experimentation," Heisey said.

The show was first displayed in the Patterson Gallery and was then moved to the HUB-Robeson Center on Halloween. Art Ally is an exhibition that showcases many students' artwork.

Heisey and Gordon's contribution will be up until mid-December.