Juried Student Exhibition 2015

Spring 2015

45th Annual Juried Student Art Show

March 29 - May 3, 2015

The 45th Annual 缅北强奸 Juried Student Art Exhibition is on display March 29 - May 3, 2015 in the McCutchan Art Center/Pace Galleries at 缅北强奸. Matthew Neil Gehring, a special juror in honor of 缅北强奸's 50th Anniversary, selected the artworks for the exhibit. He is an Evansville native who graduated from North High School and 缅北强奸, (BS, Art, 1998). He currently is the Chair of the Visual Arts Department and Director of the Flecker Gallery at SUNY Suffolk, Long Island, New York. He chose 148 works of art created by 缅北强奸 art students in the past year from the 445 submitted for the show jurying.

Over $9,000 in merit awards, scholarships and purchase awards, generously donated by area businesses and individuals, were announced at a free public reception for the artists on from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, March 29. Fifty-one awards were given. Please see the list of award winners below. 缅北强奸 students, faculty, staff and community members are cordially invited to view the exhibition.

The McCutchan Art Center/Pace Galleries hours are Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. It is located in the lower level of the Liberal Arts Center on the 缅北强奸 campus.

Awards

Award	Awardee
Best of Show $750	Ryan McKain Plaster, foam, wood
Drawing Merit Award $200	Jessica Cook Faded Rainbowz Pastel on paper
Illustration Merit Award $200	Charis Law Nonconforming Swarm Mixed media on canvas
Jewelry Merit Award $200	Kelsey Allison Skeleton Chic Recycled tin, chain, metal charms
Photography Merit Award $200	Melinda Scott Stained Glass Inkjet print
Sculpture Merit Award $200	Matthew Perez Wire, steel, yarn
Woodworking Merit Award $200	Alex Greer The Chair of All Chairs Repurposed chair parts
Senior Merit Award $150	Lacey Wolford Grandma Kill Oil on canvas
Sophomore Merit Award $150	Christian Smith Live Cut Walnut Table #1 Walnut, cherry, white oak
Art Club Member Award $150	Rachel Burianek In Plain Sight Graphite on paper
Merit Award $125	Paige Knowles Rooster Ferric chloride raku-fired stoneware
Merit Award $100	Ashley Hamilton Indigenous Mask Acrylic on canvas
Merit Award $100	Megan Elleser Are We Naturally Passive Aggressive? Pine, n scale miniatures, inkjet prints, chalkboard paint
Merit Award $100	Janelle Howell 52-inch Wrench Charcoal on paper
Merit Award $100	Tylie Robertson Katherine Batik
Junior Scholarship $500	Vincent Cullison Under Dust Charcoal drawing
Sophomore Scholarship $500	Alec Huff Life After Death Wood, rice paper, plastic jaw bone, sand, candles
Excellence in Graphic Design Scholarship $500	Amanda N. Morrison Body of Work
Purchase Award $600	Adam Rakestraw Wood, metal, acrylic, polyurethane
Purchase Award $300	Jessica Steenbergen Tugboat Ink jet paper
Purchase Award $150	Kyra Schmidt The Self Ink jet print
Purchase Award $75	Brakston Farrar Spring Awakening poster Digital print
Purchase Award $40	Amanda Morrison Bodoni: A Modern Romantic Digital printed book
Academic Achievement Award in Graphic Design $50	Amanda Morrison
Academic Achievement Award in Illustration $50	Zachary Wehner
Academic Achievement Award in 2D Studio Art $50	Lacey Wolford
Academic Achievement Award in Art History $50	John Roy Litwiler

Award	Awardee
Ceramics Merit Award $200	Paige Knowles Spring High-fired stoneware
Graphic Design Merit Award $200	Erin Hicks Digital print
Interactive Media Merit Award $200	Shelby Bruick External Beauty Single channel video
Painting Merit Award $200	Tanna Carman Small Acrylic on canvas
Printmaking Merit Award $200	Evan Boyer Lost Love or Love Lost Lithograph
3D Printed Design Merit Award $200	Matthew Koewler Cubical Confinement Chess Set Design 3D printed PLA
Degreed Student Merit Award $200	Jennifer Niswonger The Surgeon Oil on canvas
Junior Merit Award $150	Ryan McKain His Determination Acrylic on canvas
Freshman Merit Award $150	Bryan Nelson ForUSt Creek Farm Acrylic on board
Stephen Herron '81 Memorial Award $180	Eva Zollars The Jewelry Thief Mixed media
Merit Award $125	Kelcie Davis Move On Clay
Merit Award $100	Lacey Wolford Reality Oil on canvas
Merit Award $100	Adam Rakestraw Tower of Aristocracy Wood, metal, spray paint, enamel, U.S. dollar
Merit Award $100	Kelcie Davis A Little Bit Charcoal on paper
Merit Award $100	Michael Miller Handicap Clay
Sophomore/Junior Ceramics Scholarship $500	Matthew Wargel Insomnia High fired stoneware, willow wood
John W. McNaughton Award for Excellence in Woodworking $500	Adam Rakestraw Body of Work
James W. Parrent '77 Memorial Freshman Scholarship $500	Bryan Nelson Transformation Through Doubt Mixed media
Dean's Purchase Award $300	Debra Pellant Micro-Metamorphosed Mammals Carpenter graphite pencils
Purchase Award $250	Rachel Burianek In Plain Sight Graphite on paper
Purchase Award $100	Alex Greer Personality #7 Charcoal on paper
Purchase Award $75	Matt Wargel Wood-fired stoneware
Academic Achievement Award in Interactive Media $50	Amanda Brinkman
Academic Achievement Award in Art Education $50	Tylie Robertson
Academic Achievement Award in 3D Studio Art $50	John Roy Litwiler

缅北强奸 the Juror

Matthew Gehring attended 缅北强奸 on a Society for Arts and Humanities Scholarship, earning a bachelor鈥檚 degree in studio art in 1998. He participated in the Skidmore College Summer Program and the University of Delaware Master of Fine Arts Program on a full graduate assistantship. After completing his graduate degree in 2001, he relocated to the Northern California coast, teaching sculpture at Humboldt State University. In 2003, he accepted a faculty position in the Art Department at Syracuse University. In 2007, he relocated to Brooklyn, New York, where he currently lives and maintains an active studio practice and exhibition schedule.

He has exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions, including recent one-person shows at the Dishman Art Museum at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, and at the Islip Art Museum in East Islip, New York. Gehring's recent group exhibitions include Abstraction and its Discontents, Eight Painters and Family Style, all in New York.

His work has been featured or reviewed in publications including The New Criterion, Art Journal, Art Review and ArtWeek. He is currently an associate professor of visual art at SUNY Suffolk where he is head of Visual Art and the director of the Flecker Gallery.

Read Gehring's Juror's Statement.

缅北强奸

45th Annual Juried Student Art Show

Awards

缅北强奸 the Juror

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