The Frist Center for the Visual Arts will feature “Mid-State Art Majors,” an aptly titled exhibit that will include works by eight MTSU art students, through Dec. 31 at the Nashville venue.

“I’ve been here four years and there’s never been a show put together like this,” said Erin Anfinson, MTSU assistant professor of art and liaison for the exhibit. “They came to us with the opportunity, and we were thrilled.”

Regarding the opportunity for students to show their art at the Frist Center, Anfinson said center staff had the time and space between exhibits and decided to show students’ work. Art professors nominated MTSU students to be featured in the exhibit, and then a panel of faculty chose students to represent each of the concentrations of the art department?namely, printmaking, paintings, ceramics, sculpture and graphic design.

Dale Meier, an art education major at MTSU, is among the local students whose work is featured at the center. Meier’s piece is an Italian etching.

“It is awesome to get my name out there,” said Meier, who participates in the National Art Education Association and plans to teach art at the high-school level upon graduation. “I definitely plan on doing art in my free time as well as teaching.”

The exhibit also will showcase the work of MTSU students Rachel Bonham, Beth Copley, Danny Greene, Dale Meir, Brandon Morgan, Caitlin Roston, Michelle Smalley and Sarah Sullivan. The exhibit also will include works by students from Appalachian Center for the Crafts/Tennessee Tech, Belmont, Austin Peay State, Fisk, Lipscomb, Tennessee State, Vanderbilt and Watkins College of Art.

The Frist is open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays; and 1 to 5:30 p.m. Sundays.

Bring a canned-food item for Second Harvest Food Bank on Mondays through Dec. 31 for free admission.

For more information about the exhibit or driving directions, visit fristcenter.org.