Friday, April 30, 2010
The theme was set: Illusion Disillusion, Impression, Reality. The awards were ready: $200 for each of the five winners. The votes were tallied, and the winners of the second annual Juried Art Show were recognized for their talent.
Thursday’s Juried Art Show began with 150 student entries. That was narrowed to 27 pieces, which were showcased at the Spencer Museum of Art.
Cory Gene Mayer, a senior from Medicine Lodge, Kan., shows Grace Peterson, a junior from Denver, a piece that he created entitled “Monstro and the Perambulator.” Spencer Museum of Art’s Juried Art Show hosted art created by students.
Members of the Spencer Museum of Art Student Advisory Board and two curators of the museum judged and voted on their favorite pieces of art displayed at the opening of the art show Thursday night. The five winning artists received monetary awards of $200 and the prize money was only made possible by an anonymous donation.
Five student artists received $200 prizes for their submissions in the Spencer Museum of Art Student Advisory Board Juried Art Show.
Olivia Tedford
Senior, Printmaking
“Delightful Find”
Mushroom print, pencil, watercolor, found library card
Bethany Christiansen
Junior, English
“Hades”
Ink on Bristol paper
Mari LaCure
Graduate, Printmaking
“Spiral”
Watercolor, colored pencil and pen on paper
Rose Kopf
Senior, Textile Design
“War Mockery”
Textile printing
Matt Kuhlman
Graduate, Journalism
“Growth Patterns”
Intaglio and colored pencil
Chase Bray, a senior from Kansas City, Kan., and president of the Student Advisory Board, said the $1,000 the man offered to donate was a donation he planned to give every year. SAB didn’t want to allot the money to the winners in an unfair way.
“We’re trying to make it more democratic instead of having first, second and third place,” Bray said. “So we changed it to five winners so there’s no distinguishing within the five who got the most votes.”
Bray said the museum really advocates that there aren’t winners or losers.
Each piece of art exhibited was shown for its artistic quality and response to the theme. Students were to exemplify their talent to modify the perceptions of the things they see everyday.
Olivia Tedford, a senior from Olathe and one of the five winners, created a mushroom print with pencil, watercolor and a found library card. She said she went for something very natural.
“I like Martha Stuart and when I was thinking of a mushroom print something really intrigued me,” Tedford said. “I wanted to use something without toxic ink, something from nature.”
Tedford said it took her a few tries because the mushrooms have to be really mature for her to get a print with spore marks on it. She covered the mushroom with a big bowl and allowed the spores to release.
Cory Gene Mayes, a senior from Medicine Lodge, wasn’t one of the winners but managed to create a self-portrait on canvas without even meaning to.
“It was supposed to actually be a monster,” Mayes said. “When I finished and stepped back I realized it was a self-portrait.”
Sarah Bluvas, a senior from Roswell, Ga., and co-director of the Juried Art Show, said although this was the second year the Juried Art Show had happened, it was the first time students were able to display their artwork in the museum. Bluvas, also a Kansan copy editor, has been on the board for four years.
“As long as I’ve been on the board, getting student art in the museum has been a goal,” Bluvas said. “We’re so happy that it’s finally happened.”
Students’ artwork will be displayed in the Teaching Gallery at the museum until May 10.
— Edited by Megan Heacock
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