41st Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
The 41st Annual USI Juried Art Exhibition is open from April 3 - 29, 2011, at the McCutchan Art Center/Palmina F. and Stephen S. Pace Galleries.
The 154 artworks by 88 students were selected for the exhibit by juror Becky Alley, Curator of the Lexington Art League Gallery in Lexington, Kentucky.
Winners of merit awards, purchase awards and scholarship awards were announced at the opening reception on April 3, 2011. Community members and area businesses and corporations generously contribute to make these awards possible.
Everything Was Blurred, a screen print by Christopher Thompson, won the Best of Show Award.
About the Juror
Becky Alley is currently the Exhibitions and Programs Director at the Lexington Art League in Lexington, Kentucky. Ms. Alley earned a BFA in studio art from Washington University in 2000, and an MFA in studio art from the University of Kansas in 2005. Before joining the LAL staff in January 2010, Ms. Alley was the Director of University Galleries at Murray State University for nearly four years. She has organized over 100 shows and has curated several major projects including Think Tank, an international show of political art, and Creatures Great and Small, a touring exhibition of contemporary art featuring animals. She has also exhibited her artwork in several galleries across the United States, as well as in South Korea and China, and most recently had a solo exhibition titled COUNT at slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania.
MERIT AWARDS | |||
CERAMICS MERIT AWARD $200 |
Bryce Burnett Ceremonial Salt |
JUNIOR MERIT AWARD $150 |
Wes Dossett Spraycan #4 Art will Overcome |
DRAWING MERIT AWARD $200 |
Taz Petterson Butcher Piece |
SOPHOMORE MERIT AWARD $150 |
Eli Draughn Clippers |
GRAPHIC DESIGN MERIT AWARD $200 |
DeWayne Esson Senior Seminar Exhibition 2010 |
FRESHMAN MERIT AWARD $150 |
Adrienne Eades The Ascent |
ILLUSTRATION MERIT AWARD $200 |
Jared Cook Cigarettin |
ART CLUB MERIT AWARD |
Hannah Jay Bitch's Meals: Bitch's Lunch, Bitch's Side of Fries |
INTERACTIVE MEDIA MERIT AWARD $200 |
Daniel Osborne CrowdSolve.It Color Battle |
DRAWING OR MIXED MEDIA MERIT AWARD |
John Poelein Ink and Teeth |
JEWELRY MERIT AWARD $200 |
Christopher Wilke Doric Order Ring |
2D MERIT AWARD |
Hyeryon Park A Letter |
PAINTING MERIT AWARD $200 |
Jamie Williams Weren't They All Once Someone's Baby? |
MERIT AWARD | Annette Delaney Fire Crotch |
PHOTOGRAPHY MERIT AWARD $200 |
Kyle Kress City Grime on the Rise |
MERIT AWARD | DeWayne Esson Earth Squeeze |
PRINTMAKING MERIT AWARD $200 |
Nathan Pietrykowski The Build Up |
MERIT AWARD | Christopher Thompson Comfort |
SCULPTURE MERIT AWARD $200 |
Veronica Koester Detained |
MERIT AWARD | Roxanne Burton Estrangement |
WOODWORKING MERIT AWARD $200 |
Wes Dossett This Box is Hip Hop |
MERIT AWARD | Daniel Osborne Variations on a Cinder Block |
DEGREED STUDENT MERIT AWARD $150 |
Michael Below Petra Glide |
MERIT AWARD | Alicia Tatman Country Cornhole |
SENIOR MERIT AWARD $150 |
Veronica Koester Appropriation, Assimilation and Urban Expansion |
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PURCHASE AWARDS | SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS | ||
PURCHASE AWARD |
Jared Cook Cigarettin |
JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIP | Christopher Wilke Ned Ludd's Nightmare: An Enlightenment Pandora's Box |
PURCHASE AWARD | Christina Butler Untitled |
SOPHOMORE SCHOLARSHIP | Nicholas Jay F%$k PluTo |
JIM PARRENT '77 MEMORIAL FRESHMAN SCHOLARSHIP |
Laura Coval Striped Blanket |
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FRESHMAN SCHOLARSHIP | John Brothers Tele-Dragon |