Each spring, current College of Charleston students are eligible to submit their recent work to the “Young Contemporaries” annual, giving them an opportunity to have their work chosen by a nationally recognized juror and exhibit in a professional gallery setting. Concurrent with “Young Contemporaries 2011” is the “Salon des Refusés” exhibition to be shown in the Hill Gallery within The Marion and Wayland H. Cato Jr. Center for the Arts. The Studio Art Department faculty curates this exhibition from the released “Young Contemporaries” submissions. These annual exhibitions are jointly produced by the Halsey Institute, the Studio Art Department, and the Student Visual Arts Club at the College of Charleston School of the Arts.

The 2011 Young Contemporaries Juror will be Amy Mackie, Independent Curator.