The College of Design has partnered with Mainframe Studios in Des Moines through a series of exhibitions that are open for all students to apply. The theme for February 2025 is “Within the Layers.”

Work accepted for the show, curated by College of Design Gallery Manager Rachel Connell, spans different media including ceramics, collage, digital illustration and design, drawing, interactive art, painting, photography, poetry, printmaking and sculpture. The exhibition will run from Feb. 6–25, with a reception from 5–8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, in conjunction with Mainframe Studios’ First Friday event.

Featured students include:

• Brenna Akason, junior, industrial design
• Tasha Ayers, junior, biological/pre-medical illustration
• Micha Fessler, senior, graphic design
• Lily Heppler, pre-graphic design student
• Emily Hodges, graduate student, graphic design
• Robert Katseres, senior, integrated studio arts
• Madelyn Leo, pre-graphic design student
• Hannah Litterer, senior, graphic design
• Eric Lynch, senior, industrial design
• Kennedy Meyer, junior, integrated studio arts
• Erin Musselman, junior, graphic design
• Rao Ibtisam Najam, graduate student, graphic design
• Boluwarin Ojo, junior, industrial design
• Elian Oropeza Gutierrez, senior, industrial design
• Sebastian Sanchez-Falero, graduate student, physics
• Shalini Singh, graduate student, English
• Maria Super, pre-interior design student
• Amara Tilley, junior, integrated studio arts
• Ryan Willison, graduate student, architecture