Ashley Umstead, Rachel Marcincavage and Ariana Ortega won cash prizes
for their artwork.
Juried Student Art Show winners announced
Mar 20, 2013
Winners of the first annual Juried Student Art Show were announced
at the opening reception Tuesday, March 19, in the Padnos Art Gallery,
in the Calder Art Center.
Two Purchase Award winners, Ashley Umstead and Rachel
Marcincavage, each received $300 and will have their work on permanent
display at Grand Valley. Ariana Ortega won the $150 Faculty/Staff
Award for a student in the Art and Design Department. Additionally,
there was one honorable mention for each category, including ceramics,
graphic designs, paintings, sculptures, drawings, illustrations,
photographs, mixed media and electronic works, film and video, metals
and printmaking.
Students were able to enter artwork from the past two years of
classes in the Department of Art and Design and the School of
Communications. More than 350 entries were judged by three artists
from different teaching institutions: Johanna Pass, associate
professor at Central Michigan University, Kate Silvio, a teacher at
the Kendall College of Art and Design, in Grand Rapids, and Mike
Rebholz, a photographer and teacher from Madison, Wisconsin.
The exhibition, ongoing through March 28, is open to the public
with free admission. For more information, contact Bill Hosterman in
the Department of Art and Design at [email protected].
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