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DUBUQUE, Iowa – “Mosaic of Moments: Storytelling by Students” contains a vibrant assortment of visible narratives from University of Dubuque college students within the ART 367 Digital Photography course, with every picture performing as a definite tile in a bigger mosaic of storytelling.

“Mosaic of Moments: Storytelling by Students” is free and open to the general public Monday, January 12, 2026, by way of Friday, February 13, 2026, on the artwork gallery inside Heritage Center, 2255 Bennett Street.

The exhibit contains a numerous vary of themes from intimate portraits and out of doors scavenger-hunt discoveries to dynamic motion photographs, meals narratives, and occasion storytelling. These images discover the ability of images to convey tales past phrases.

Each of the 12 college students within the course have been tasked with quite a lot of tasks together with Beyond the Selfie by which they created three distinctive self-portraits that instructed a narrative about their identification with out displaying their face and Moment in Motion by which they created 15 photographs that challenged them to seize the vitality, emotion, and dynamism of three dwell sporting occasions.

As a part of the course, college students had the chance to satisfy with skilled photographers who shared their experience. Those photographers have been Erin LaBelle, an adjunct artwork teacher at Divine Word College; Stephen Gassman, a workers photographer on the Telegraph Herald; Jimmy Naprstek, proprietor of Kodiak Creative; David Barba, government director of Dubuque Main Street; Adele Herman, proprietor of Adele Creative Co.; Briana Thompson, proprietor of Bri X Creative Studio; and James Sizer, proprietor of JA Creative Photo.

The scholar photographers have been from quite a lot of majors: digital artwork and design, aviation, enterprise, communication, information science, nursing, and sport advertising majors. They used the digital camera not simply as a software, however as a voice, capturing moments that evoke emotion, provoke thought, and rejoice the world by way of their eyes. Together, these works kind a compelling mosaic of views, creativity, and storytelling by way of the artwork of images.

“Watching these students grow as photographers has been an absolute joy,” stated Sheila Sabers, MAC, head of the Department of Digital Art and Design and affiliate professor of digital artwork and design. “The variety of projects pushed them out of their comfort zones – sending them across campus and throughout the Dubuque community – and it was inspiring to see how each challenge expanded their confidence, creativity, and technical skill. Having professional photographers visit our class or welcome us into their studios added another layer of insight, and I found myself learning right alongside the students as we explored new techniques and perspectives together. I am grateful to have been part of their learning journey as they discovered new ways to tell stories through their images.”

A free pre-show reception for “Mosaic of Moments: Storytelling by Students” shall be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday, February 6, 2026, within the artwork gallery. Jukebox Saturday Night along side the 2026 UD Jazz Festival will start at 7:30 p.m. that very same night time in John and Alice Butler Hall, Heritage Center. For extra data or to buy tickets to the efficiency, please go to www.dbq.edu/HeritageCenter.

Bisignano Art Gallery hours are midday to five:00 p.m. Monday by way of Friday in the course of the tutorial yr. The gallery can be open along side all main occasions in John and Alice Butler Hall, Heritage Center.