A free public reception on Friday, December 2, will celebrate the closing of Awkward (in) tension – the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts graduate group exhibition, now on display in the LeBel Building’s Project Gallery.

Participating artists include Teresa Carlesimo, Jillian Fergusson, Arturo Herrera and Lindsay Whalen. Friday’s reception begins at 7 p.m.

Students in the School of Visual Arts will also join artists worldwide in observing World AIDS Day with a Day Without Art on Thursday, December 1. The event is meant to focus attention on the profound impact the loss of artists to the disease have had on the world arts community.