This year’s Student/Faculty Show is open through this Sunday, March 1, when we’ll have a closing reception (come join us, 2:00–4:00 pm) and the announcement of awards.
The exhibit’s judge was Joseph C. DiBella, an artist and Distinguished Professor of Art at the University of Mary Washington. He selected a number of works among the hundreds in the show for special recognition:
DiBella also named 18 Equal Merit Awards, listed here along with the artist’s class and instructor:
- Harriet Westfall, Ocean Deep (Bryan Jernigan / Abstract Painting)
- Allison O’Shea, Fish Grotto/Portland Street View
(Patrick Kirwin / Trompe L’oeil and Photorealism) - Gerlinde Binder, Untitled (Delna Dastur / Abstracting with Acrylic Paints)
- Dominique Cooper, In Honor of Dorothy Height, Civil Rights Leader
(Renate Maile-Moskowitz / Advanced Felting) - Cheryl Roesel, Origami Bag
(Renate Maile-Moskowitz / Wet Felting: Expanding the Possibilities) - Stephen Sherwin, Snow Fall (Jimmy Powers / Stained Glass)
- Masami Bryant, Pinwheel (Kirke Martin / Ceramics)
- David Marquardt, Untitled (John Murray / Still Life in Oil)
- Robin Brown, Industrial Revolution (Beverly Ryan / Abstract Painting)
- Julie Sagatov, Eye of the Storm (Marsha Staiger / Abstract Acrylic & Mixed Media)
- Sharon Lienemann, Violets in Bloom – Shawl
(Andrea Blackmon / Projects and Advanced Weaving) - Monica Kruszka, Barbie: Deconstructed (Beverly Ryan / Abstract Painting)
- Betsey Goldberg, Roman Ruins (Rachel Collins / Watercolor From Start to Finish)
- Don Rubin, Path From Above (Marsha Staiger / Emerge: Advanced Acrylic and Mixed Media)
- Samantha L. Shelton, At the Door (Penny Barringer / Printmaking Projects and Techniques)
- Scott Van Domelen, Untitled (Lisa Semerad / Figure Drawing: Long Pose)
- Sung Ho Chung, Waiting For the Tide (Peter Ulrich / The Watercolor Experience)
- Ann Abercrombie, Riding Free (Jimmy Powers / Stained Glass)
We hope you’ll come see the show before it closes Sunday! For the judge’s statement and full exhibit program, see the exhibit page.