City College students may have seen some impressive art on campus, but no one has had the opportunity to see it all in one place — until now.

This spring, from Feb. 27 to March 27, the Atkinson Gallery will show a selection of ceramics, photographs, sculptures, and works on paper at an exhibition entitled “Gifted.” The presentation will consist of the quality art donated to City College over the years.

Dane Goodman, the director of the gallery, came up with the idea to exhibit a selection of this art in the same room for the first time. He has chosen some works he believes “represent the collection as a whole,” and some because of their great quality.

“I’m just trying to pick out a range of things and a range of materials,” he said. “I want people to know that we have really well-known artists.”

Among those are Charles Arnoldi, Lynda Benglis, Fletcher Benton, Don Gummer, Mary Hambleton, David Reed, Richard Ross, Millard Sheets, Italo Scanga, Rick Stich, and John Walker. The exhibition will also show two newly donated sculptures by Roland Reiss. There will be two subcategories for the art on display: geometric and recognizable images, according to Goodman.

He expects most people on the opening reception to be college students, even if they have invited people from the community. “The mission of the gallery is to work as a learning laboratory,” Goodman said. But it is also, “an opening spot of dialogue.”

City College has been offered many works of art over the years, although it does not actively encourage people to donate, Goodman said.

One reason for donating art to City College is that the donator wants others to have a chance to appreciate it, Goodman explained. However, there is a committee that decides if the college will accept each suggested gift.

According to Goodman, many works found in the Luria Library have been donated by Garner Tullis. In a workshop here in Santa Barbara, he helped artists make mono types, a one of a kind print. Tullis is one of four major donators of artworks at the exhibition, together with the Berkus Family, the Luria Family, and J.W.& Suzanne Colin.

“The trouble is that the gallery is small and all are going to fit there,” Goodman said. “It’s going to be very full.”

The reception will run from 5 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 27 at the Atkinson Gallery, located in the Humanities Building on East Campus.