The College of Design has announced the first spring semester art gallery exhibition. Prominent works from the faculty of the Design College will be displayed on the ground floor of the atrium in the College of Design building.

Artists in the annual Faculty Profiles are picked randomly from all the design departments: art and design, architecture, community and regional planning and landscape architecture.

This year’s showcase includes projects from Mira Engler, associate professor of landscape architecture, who spent some time in Tel Aviv for her four part piece titled “Four Gestures for Hiraya.”

Engler’s work builds off of four metaphors linked to garbage mountains which include Mausoleum of entropy, Museum of rejects, Archive of subconscious depositories and Monument of unpleasant necessities.

Ingrid Lilligren, associate professor of art and design, whose projects include an interactive approach to art has an innovative and interactive work, “Measure for Measure.”

But her part of the exhibit also includes drawings which were done with three elements in mind, photograph, object and rubbings from linoleum.

“My works are autobiographical, while working with ambiguous space and using pencil and charcoal,” Lilligren said.

Mitchell Squire, temporary assistant professor of architecture, will show the thoughts and sketches that went into the culmination of the Jacobsen Athletic Building.

“I want to expose the part of architecture that may be hidden from the average eye,” Squire said. “This is intended to lead to a better understanding of the process and thinking that goes into a project like the Jacobsen Building. I would like to show the smaller, possibly alternative steps of work.”

Squire’s work was created while practicing with Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck Architecture of Des Moines.

Mark Stankard, adjunct assistant professor of architecture, will show some of his work done while teaching Rome studies, a plethora of objects and projected images that display the spatial and visual relationship between three Roman monuments and the city of Rome.

“I want those that see it to realize that the professional architectural work was done while teaching Rome studies, and to pay attention to the spatial distance displayed in the works,” Stankard said.

Finally, Chuck Evans, professor of art and design, will display his latest in metalsmithing.

The gallery will also host talks in Gallery 181 in conjunction with the exhibition. The first talk takes place today at 4 p.m., with additional talks scheduled for 4 p.m. Jan. 27 and Feb. 3.

The public is welcome to attend and walk among the displays every Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday until February 3. The event is free of charge.