Looking for inspiration, along with a fun, free social event?  Come out to the public reception for “Unveiled,” the end-of-the-year exhibition of works by first-year students of Visual Arts and the Built Environment (VABE).

The reception takes place Friday, March 7, from 5 to 8 p.m., in Veterans Hall at the north lobby of the Armouries, while the students’ models and sculptures are exhibited in the adjacent SoCA Gallery.

Participating students include Carter Schell, Lilian Ohia, Ethan Sly, Calvin Trudelle, Audrey Wybenga, Martin Kamensky, Emma Nieuwland, Sawyer Caranci, Rofida Abuelezz, Ruqayah Al-Hilfi, Rayane Karhani, Joe Fawzy, Sam Mirzaee, Alexa Scherer, Marlee Johnson, Mackenzie Sansom, and Sofia Rafaela Corral Campo.

“The name of our exhibition is ‘Unveiled’, which also describes our theme,” says Ohia, one of the organizers. “It also describes our experiences in our journey this year learning architecture. We are showing the world what we've created by unveiling it.”

The exhibition includes the students’ final project models created during the fall semester along with artwork they created in Prof. Lisa Baggio’s course, and sculptures created working with instructors Lucy Howe (wood) and Zeke Moores (metal). Moores is the sculptor who executed artist Teresa Altiman’s design for the Big Turtle sculpture installed in River Commons last September.

“I absolutely adore the program. I learned so much about architecture and spatial dynamics in a first semester. Something about our program that's amazing is we have a lot of hands-on learning experience,” says Ohia. “So, our first year is basically doing models by hand and learning a bit more about different programs like Photoshop and InDesign. It's amazing that we could work first with our hands.”

The Armouries is located at 37 University Ave. East. This event is free and open to the public.