Caroline M. and Patrick W./Staff

On September 13, Columbus Academy’s Fine Arts department welcomed the Loyal exhibition for its annual fall showcase. The exhibition includes 37 photographs that use landscape to depict familial and friend relationships.

Since its opening in fall 2016, the Morris Hall Gallery showcases student art and work from outside artists to “serve as a space for student inspiration.” The arts department plans two outside art exhibits every year, with this year being the first photography exhibition since 2016.

The photographs showcase a variety of scenes one would find in typical small town America, such as traffic lights, farmland, and water towers. The pictures, taken in Loyal, Oklahoma, hence the exhibition’s name.

Organized by Ms. Tursich, the showcase, she says, had “a lot that went into it . . . . We’re looking for ways to keep the gallery fresh all the time.”

The images, developed by Lauren Garms and Kayla Suzanna Holdgreve, capture Oklahoma’s landscape in different ways. Holdgreve’s views resemble a spectator, while Garms’s represent exposure to “generational memories.”    

Garms and Holdgreve began the project on a trip to Garms’s family farm in Oklahoma. The pair stayed with Garm’s aunts, who guided them while they shot the photos of the fields and oil rigs, using film rather than electric cameras.

Their artwork will be on display until October 18. Students and faculty are encouraged to check it out. Flyers are posted around the school for more information.