44th Annual Student Art & Design Exhibition Award Winners
President’s Award, Edna V. Baehre-Kolovani
Robert Smith
“So Beautiful, So Cruel”
Oil and mixed media
Smith’s portrait of his wife, Amanda, combines monochromic work with subdued values. “It sums up my wife’s personality in a positive way,” he said. The professional tattoo artist will earn his Associate of Applied Arts in Studio Arts this fall.
Visual Arts Center Purchase Award
Meghan Fee
“Longing”
Oil on canvas
Fee’s self-portrait captures the emotional longing of wanting something you cannot get. “I really love the color palette,” said Fee, working toward her Associate of Applied Arts in Graphic Design.
Other winners:
Vice President’s Award, Daniel DeMarte
Angelina Howard
“After Edward Weston”
Scratchboard
Director’s Award, Christina Rupsch
Tyler Greenwell
Untitled
Drypoint engraving
Provost’s Awards
Michelle Woodhouse:
Kevin McLeod
Large Bottle
Glass
Michael Summers:
Deborah Moses
“Savannah”
Charcoal
Lisa Rhine:
Shereece Penick
Where the Lava Meets the Sea
Glass
Jeffery Boyd
Eric Paredes
Coal
Clay
Jerry’s Artarama Award for Fine Art
Vanessa Kiriluk
“Michelangelo’s Creation of Man (style of Picasso)”
Oil pastel
Jerry’s Artarama Award for a Master Interpretation
Ryan Polesko
“La Morte de Marat”
Acrylic on board
John and Karen Kise Award for Graphic Design given in Memory of Dr. and Mrs. Mearl A Kise
Maxwell Allen
2015 Wu-Tang Clan Calendar
Computer generated
Ed and Deborah Gibbs Award for Photography
Amy Banks
“Caged”
Photograph
Jean Peacock Award for Expressive Content
Amber L.A. Borealis
Touch the Art: Stone Drums
Glass and mixed media
Shelley Brooks & Chrysler Museum of Art Award for Innovation
Aimelie Ronquillo
“Art History Lamp”
Mixed media
Darrell and Sally Craig Award for Drawing
Amanda Wood
“Vaulted Hallway”
Scratchboard
Richmond Camera & Portsmouth Museums Award for Photography
Drew Vincent
“Reflection”
Photograph
The Coffee Shoppe & Chrysler Museum of Art Award for Sculpture
Sage McCoy
Cabbage Patch
Glass
Lynne Hundley Award of Excellence for Mixed Media
Amy McGrath
“Homage to the Little Shop of Horrors”
Mixed media
Award of Excellence
For Photography
DaiJa Norman
“Intense Serenity”
Photograph
For Painting
Ivy Garrenton
“Fluvial”
Acrylic
For Graphic Design
Diane Graham
IPP Punjammie Ad campaign
Computer generated
For Glass
Jennifer Detlefsen
Squish
Glass
For Ceramics
Elizabeth McCoy
Tea Time
Clay
For 2-D Design/Fundamentals
Jung Mi Brambley
“Texture Study: After a Painting by Barbara Wood”
Acrylic
Hartung Gallery Award for Color
Kimberly Thebarge
“Tea Set”
Colored pencil