Bluffton University will present an art exhibit "In the Beginning: The Creative Process Revealed," Monday, Nov. 9, through Friday, Dec. 18, in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of Sauder Visual Arts Center. The exhibit will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and is free and open to the public.

"In the Beginning: The Creative Process Revealed" is an exhibit of preliminary works by a very diverse group of artists in a variety of mediums. The works in the exhibit will reveal the intuitive creative process on its course to a formal, finished piece of art.

Working on a piece from the beginning gives an artist a chance to rethink their creative process and reformat their style. Many artists consider the preliminary work they do as the most important part of the creative process because it is the first stage of exploration in that medium.