(Click the icon to view the Justice's spread with pictures of various works by Post-bac students.)Brandeis' post-baccalaureate art students are back with a second installment of art. The show, named after the Prospect Street art studio where Brandeis' senior Studio Art majors and graduate students work, is the second show this spring of grad student art. (The first, Prospect I, closed March 28.)

This month, the Spingold Dreitzer Gallery hosts the work of Kimberly Clark, Elizabeth Davenport, Shira Espo '08, Youngsheen Jhe, Marta Kaemmer, Amanda Millis, Margaux Ogden, Jean-Jacques du Plessis and John Tronsor, all post-bac students in Studio Art here at Brandeis.

In an interview posted on BrandeisNOW, Prof. Susan Lichtman (FA) said of the division of the post-bacc showcase into two separate shows, "We've always had a show for the post-bac students. We used to have one show, and we felt the students couldn't fit enough work to show what they were doing."

The post-baccalaureate program provides an extra year (or more) of studio time and instruction for artists in different situations. Said Espo, "Many students participate in the program for the express purpose of building a strong portfolio to submit to graduate schools. Others use the program as a jumping-off point for starting their own studio practice in the art world, while still others use it simply to grow and learn about and with their chosen medium."

"I chose to come to the Brandeis post-bac program because I knew that I needed more time to develop my paintings before graduate school. This program has afforded me the time and space I've needed to grow. The level of commitment from the students is inspiring; we push ourselves and each other," Millis said.

Prospect II certainly reflects diverse artistic goals: Traditional figurative painting hangs on the walls next to geometric abstraction.

This year's post-bac exhibitions didn't include much sculpture, but John Tronsor's contribution certainly stands out as a mixed media "environment" of sorts, featuring wall drawings, televisions and a hanging sculpture formed from red wax.

The varied post-bac offerings will be onview in the Dreitzer Gallery in Spingold Theater Center until April 24.