Those who wish to see the multimedia gallery, Making Home -- at home and abroad, have until Saturday evening to view it before it moves to Syracuse University next week.
The gallery, on display in the Sparks Gallery, 7 Sparks Building, is a collaborative effort between Penn State art student Elody Gyekis and Syracuse University art student Stasya Panova, a senior majoring in painting.
"El and I had always made work that somehow related," Panova said. "Over our multitude of conversations the theme of home seemed to float to the top of it all."
The gallery features paintings and drawings of objects at home that are important to the two, Gyekis (senior-ceramics and painting) said.
Panova said there are photos and videos of family and friends who inspired the artists. Ceramics and sculptures of what Panova calls "collectibles" from around their homes are also featured.
The two artists met at the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts at 16, Gyekis said. They met up again afterward and started to develop a close relationship, she added.
In 2006, Gyekis encouraged Panova to take an internship with her doing murals in Harrisburg, Gyekis said.
"We lived and worked together there," Gyekis said. "That's when we came up with the idea to do this show."
The show deals with the concept of home and the things it is comprised of, Panova said. The two organized a trip together to visit Panova's extended family in Moscow and Gyekis's family in China before working on the gallery to explore the idea of home, Gyekis said.
"But our topics are more about the idea of home than about traveling," Gyekis said. "One project features objects that have personal value to us and includes paintings by Stasya and a collage of small drawings I did."
They also explored the things that made their own homes important to them, she added.
The multimedia exhibit includes works of photography, drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramic, video and installation, according to a press release from the College of Arts and Architecture.
"So many of these works were influenced and inspired by family and friends," Panova said. "Even sometimes by strangers, architecture and the idea of travel."
The theme of home is vast and includes many things that spark people's likes, their hatreds, the things they lose and also experiences people grow through and what they want for their future, Panova added.
