How did you spend your summer vacation?

Chances are, you weren't designing recreations of Raphael, or making silkscreen portraits of American authors. But if you want a chance to view these works, you're in luck.

Pieces from six UD student artists are hanging throughout campus in locations ranging from Gardens on Stewart to ArtStreet Studio D. They are the work of participants in the 2010 summer student Artist in Residence program.

"It was literally the best summer of my life," Lisa Lorek, a junior majoring in visual communication design with a focus on graphic design, said in an e-mail interview.

Lorek and her collaborator, fifth-year senior Kelly Fine, recreated "The School of Athens," hanging in the middle lounge of Marycrest's fifth floor. Fine and Lorek used figures like the Dalai Lama and Princess Diana to show that Marycrest is the social justice learning-living community.

"The painting was split up into three panels, so Kelly painted the background of the center panel, while I did the two outside panels," Lorek said. "Then we split up the people we painted in order to intertwine our different styles of painting."

Aaron Joseph, a senior majoring in visual communication design, collaborated with senior Cara Miller on a photo collage and a mural for Roesch Library's first floor Flex Space, letting the space's color scheme influence their work.

"We wanted to break up the space without dividing it," Joseph said.

Joseph said the collaboration with Miller for Roesch was not difficult.

"It was not a sacrifice of our own approaches and styles," he said. "We could work in harmony."

Roesch Library was an enthusiastic and vocal client, according to Susan Byrnes, director of both ArtStreet and the summer Artist in Residence program.

"There's a give and take process between artist and client ... There's always a lot of input that comes from the clients, and students learn to deal with the limits," Byrnes said.

When not interacting with their clients, the student artists spent their summer working in the same studios and bouncing suggestions off one another.

Andrew Clavin, a senior majoring in visual communications design with a focus on graphic design, created pieces for Founders Hall and Stuart Complex without a partner. He originally preferred to work at night, but came to appreciate a common work schedule.

"I found myself able to get more work done working alone, but I got more perspective and feedback when working with others," he said.

The work created last summer is the focus of Art Hop, a free and open reception occurring at 5 p.m. in Roesch's first floor Flex Space Thursday. All six artists will be available to field questions and discuss their artwork.

In addition, maps highlighting the locations of all artworks will be available, and are also available at the ArtStreet office.

For Byrnes, the summer art being displayed in locations other than dorms is a more inclusive opportunity to see student-created art.

"I hope that [visitors to Art Hop] see the creativity of the students of the University of Dayton in their artwork in a way that unites campus and community alike," she said.