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Spring 2014

The 44th Annual USI Juried Student Art Exhibition
March 3 - May 4, 2014

The 44th Annual USI Juried Student Art Exhibition will be on display March 31 through May 4, 2014 in the McCutchan Art Center and Pace Galleries. This year's juror, Lisa Petrulis, is an artist and the former Director of Collection and Exhibitions at the Swope Art Museum in Terre Haute, Indiana. She selected 165 works of art created by USI art students in the past year from the 351 submitted for inclusion in the show. The artworks displayed include drawings, paintings, sculptures, prints, graphic designs, jewelry, ceramic works, interactive media, illustrations and video art. Over $8000 in merit awards, scholarships and purchase awards, generously donated by area businesses and individuals, were presented to student artists.

MERIT AWARDS SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

BEST OF SHOW
$750

Emily Nonte
Vintage Circle
Raku-fired stoneware

JUNIOR
SCHOLARSHIP
$500

Lacey Wolford
Ugly Truth
Oil on canvas

CERAMICS
MERIT AWARD
$200

Natasha Lewis
Disfunction
Stoneware 

SENIOR
SCHOLARSHIP
$500

Casey Noonan
Down by the Water
C-Print

DRAWING 
MERIT AWARD
$200

Bailee Chilman
The Journey to Om
Conté on paper

JIM PARRENT ’77
MEMORIAL
FRESHMAN SCHOLARSHIP
$700

Carlos Baquerizo
Hands
Charcoal on paper

GRAPHIC DESIGN
MERIT AWARD
$200

Robert Smith
New Year New You
Digital print

SOPHOMORE/JUNIOR CERAMICS STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP
$500

Alexis Dahl
Order of the Octopoda
Salt-fired white stoneware

ILLUSTRATION
MERIT AWARD
$200

Meagan Patterson
Underwater
Pen on illustration board

STEPHEN HERRON ’81  MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
$500

Daniel Clawson
Oak Dining Table
Re-purposed barn wood

INTERACTIVE MEDIA
MERIT AWARD
$200

Ryan Evancoe
Real Life Pokemon Adventure
Video

JEWELRY
MERIT AWARD
$200

Elizabeth Belt
Chopsticks
Silver, Black Onyx, Astrophylite

PURCHASE AWARDS
PAINTING
MERIT AWARD
$200

Lacey Wolford
Ugly Truth
Oil on canvas

PURCHASE AWARD
$100

Alexandria Greer
The Placebo Effect of an Elusive Gate Keeper
Reclaimed wood, found objects

PHOTOGRAPHY
MERIT AWARD
$200

Brakston Farrar
Beatae Vitae Dicta Memoriae
Silver Gelatin Print

PURCHASE AWARD
$100

Stephanie Blankenberger
Kaleidoscope
Digital print

PRINTMAKING
MERIT AWARD
$200

Isabella DeVoy
Sleep
Silkscreen, sand, watercolor, found photos

PURCHASE AWARD
$100

Matt Wargel
Thrill of the Kill
Cedar, mock sinew, salt-fired clay

SCULPTURE 
MERIT AWARD
$200

Megan Miller
Sweet Dreams Little One
Wood, light components, and metal

PURCHASE AWARD
$725

Jennifer Niswonger
Free Will
Oil on canvas

WOODWORKING 
MERIT AWARD
$200

Michael Miller
Antelope with the Scorpion Spine
Wood

MERIT AWARD
$100

Megan Badger
Life.
Cardboard, wood, spray paint, wire, glue, staples

DEGREED STUDENT
MERIT AWARD
$150

Jean Haseman
Living and Loving Life from East to East: Travels with my Kids
Acrylic on wood

MERIT AWARD
$100

Amanda Schmitt
Ex Nihilo
Digital print

SENIOR
MERIT AWARD
$150

Jennifer Niswonger
Free Will
Oil on canvas

MERIT AWARD
$100

Adrienne Eades
Together
Willow charcoal, compressed charcoal, graphite, colored pastels

JUNIOR
MERIT AWARD
$150

Justinne Moore
Paint it Black
Digital print

MERIT AWARD
$100

Melissa Kinswa
Logan
Black and white

SOPHOMORE
MERIT AWARD
$150

Kenneth Cave
Emotional Body
Stoneware

MERIT AWARD
$100

Matthew Koewler
Lord of the Fries
Charcoal

FRESHMAN
MERIT AWARD
$150

Tylie Robertson
Crying of a Rose
Charcoal, ink, watercolor on paper

MERIT AWARD
$100

John Litwiler
Cabinet with Drawers
Various woods, stained

ART CLUB MEMBER
MERIT AWARD
$100

Lacey Wolford
Life's Rhythm
Wood, wire, plaster

DESIGN
MERIT AWARD
$100

Colin Hildenbrand
King of the Jungle
Digital print