The 65th Annual Undergraduate Art Exhibit opened Sunday in the galleries at Bowling Green State University. Participating were 89 student artists.
Prizes awarded were:
FACULTY AWARDS
Art Glass Travel Award: Chelsea Tatkowski
Candace “Candy” Ducat Book Scholarship: Andriana Nativio
Charles & Carol Harper Book Award-Art Education: Jordan Hector
Charles & Carol Harper Book Award-Art History: Victoria Cope
Charles Lafosky Art Award: Emilie Frazier
Craig A. Schnuth Memorial Glass Scholarship Award: Emily Cale
Doris Marie Herner Award: Jack Rollin
Elizabeth S. & Gary L Cole Scholarship Art: Leslie Reichert
Eugene Fenn Endowed Scholarship: Victoria Nuss
James W. Strong 2D Tuition Scholarship: Cara Taylor
James W. Strong 3D Tuition Scholarship: Kai Lee Liu
James W. Strong Art Education Tuition scholarship: Andrea Hama
James W. Strong Art history Scholarship: Kellie Sheridan
James W. Strong Digital Arts Scholarship: Alex Zolciak
James W. Strong Gaphic Design Tuition Scholarship: Vanessa Flory
James W. Strong Outstanding Undergraduate Scholarship: Hailey Ameling
James W.Strong SACI Scholarship: Paige Apkarian
John and Norma Richards Design Award: Emilie Frazier
Silvia Passerini Davenport Award: Victoria Nuss and Kalia Johnson
Thomas Hilty Scholarship: Joshua Bellas
Tom and Jane Vanden Eyeden Art Education Award: Regina HiltonTom and Jane Vanden Eynden Photography Award: Zachary Tadijanac
PURCHASE AWARDS
Arts & Sciences Dean’s Awards: Regina Hilton and Jaqueline Polofka
Bowen Thompson Student Union Award: Leslie Reichert
EXTERNAL JUROR AWARDS
Alumni Association Award: Madison Walsh and Mark Cooper
Main Street Photo Award: Cara Taylor
Marietta Kirschner Wigg Print Award: Anastasia Baker
Medici Circle Best of Show Award: Kai Lee Liu
Ringholz Art Supply Award: 2D Madison Walsh
Ringholz Art Supply Award: 3D Alexis Hartel
Animation, Electronic, & Video
1st Place: Molly Radigan, “Void”
2nd Place: Serena Sadowski, “Washed Away”
Ceramics
1st Place: Kai Lee Liu, “Time Is Passing Because Of People”
2nd Place: Laura Jane Dirksen, “Series #2”
Honorable Mention: Joshua Naimy, “Shape Vase”
Digital Imaging
1st Place: Joshuah Naimy, “The Journey”
2nd Place: Heather Monaghan, “Beakaway”
Honorable Mention: Amanda Glass, “Inner Ursa”
Drawing
1st Place: Katherine Allen, “Inevitable Fear”
2nd Place: Megan Miazgowicz, “Zodiac”
Honorable Mention: Jen Forsythe, “The Drips” Cara Taylor, “The Aftermath” Kelsey Escue, Peanut Butter and Jelly”
First Year Program
1st Place: Morgan Gale, “Outside Inside”
2nd Place: Alyssa Pine, “Reaction Piece”
Honorable Mention: Jill McClurg, “Walking W/OCD” and Jesamie Houghtby, “Video Montage”
Glass
1st Place: Jaqueline Polofka, “Seascape”
Honorable Mention: Keegan O’Brien, “The Main Course” and Kai Lee Liu, “A Second Horizon”
Graphic Design
1st Place Emily Frazier, “Grillet Family Tree”
2nd Place Vanessa Flory, “Conscious Creations”
Metals/Jewelry
1st Place Erica England: “Emergency Wishes”
2nd Place Erica England: “Deer Brooch”
Painting
1st Place: Cara Taylor, “Alison”
Honorable Mention: Paul Verdell, “Complexion”
Photography
1st Place: Cara Taylor, “Canoe”
2nd place: Adriana Nativio, “Spectacle of A Woman”
Honorable Mention: Jay Robert Dean, “Portrait of A Watchdog”
Printmaking
1st Place: Allison Kuhr, “Holofernes”
2nd Place: Lauren Holcomb, “Phoenix Barn Swallow”
Honorable Mention: Anastasia Baker, “Drive Slow/Kanye West”
Sculpture
1st Place: Alexis Hartel, “Passage”