When Phildelphia artist Erika Risko's work was exhibited at the 2008 Moore College of Art & Design's Senior Art show, it hung as the artist intended and as shown to the left. When it was included in the curated show "Early Look," which took place recently at the Longview Gallery in Washington, DC, it was also displayed in the same form. "Early Look" was an exhibition (curated by this writer) that showcased undergraduate art students......

Because I'm in the process of curating a traveling exhibition of undergraduate art student work, in the last few months I've seen a lot of student art from schools and universities along the Mid Atlantic... a lot of student artwork. And at the risk of sounding too harsh, I've been unimpressed with most of the artwork I've seen, and its presentation. But within a few minutes of walking into the Moore College of Art &......