Fashion merchandise design major Dasha Nsubuga in the studio on Feb. 2, 2026. Nsubuga hopes to continue his higher education in fashion at an Ohio institution after graduating from Western Kentucky University. He has a preference for silver jewelry and plans to get a new set of silver grillz at the 285 Atlanta Flea Market after saving enough money.

Senior art education major Dane Slayden holds a newly finished self portrait on Feb. 27, 2026. Many of Slayden’s portraits focus on his own face, distorted in multiple ways. He likes to fill the frame of his paintings with his face, as he feels that people do not see each other on such a close level in every day life. “People aren’t born with it, they are working on the skill over years and years…it’s learning a new way to see the world, learning about texture and the physicality of what they’re doing. Anyone can do this if they put the time in. People who think they’re incapable of doing creative things… haven’t been exposed to it. They haven’t tried to do enough creative stuff,” he said on the subject of art being perceived as a talent held by few people.

Jeena Carter, co-director of Fashion Inc. at Western Kentucky University, presents her nighttime attire at Chuck Crume Park in Bowling Green, Ky. on April 13, 2026.