This exhibition gives students an incredible opportunity to experience having their art professionally juried and offers recognition along with cash prizes.

A diverse range of art from graphic design, fibers, photography, print, pottery, sculpture, painting, drawing, and more is on-view. Located within the Johnson Hall Rotunda, artists will have their work on display for the campus community and beyond.

2022 Award Reciepents:

Juror’s Choice Award – Safa Salahadeeh, My Grounds, My Bias

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Alyce Turner Award – Kristin Morin, It’s All Too Much

Cleta Johnson Award – Kayla Cooper, Mental Metamorphosis

Clover Family Award – Hannah Schneider, Untitled

Deb Laube Award – Kasey Vandenboom, Changing Hives

Eleanor Reuer Award – Lydia Gunn, Ascent

Louise Ruth Award – Arianne Gonzalez, Constance

Student Choice Award – Sara Rose Spann, Reflection

Art Department Purchase Award – Hannah Schneider, Pitbull Acivism Infographic

Stacey L. Kirby is a queer, white-bodied, self-appointed civil servant from North Carolina who creates socially-engaged interactive performance art. For over a decade, Kirby has combined installation and performance to create ‘performative interactions’ in alternative, private and public spaces. Creative embodiment and trauma-informed practices inspire Kirby’s engagements with students, community performers and participants. She views performance as service which is rooted in Kirby’s 15-year practice of yoga, mindfulness and meditation. She received her 200-hr certification in yoga teacher training and continues her education with teachers in the Embodied Social Justice program. Kirby strives to honor and amplify unique lived experiences and is committed to working alongside BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ collaborators to unpack the oppressive culture of racism, hatred and violence that divides us.

Photo credit: Photo by Eli Gray for Matrons and Mistresses.