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.