Juried Student Exhibition 2014 - University of Southern Indiana

Spring 2014

The 44th Annual USI Juried Student Art Exhibition
March 3 - May 4, 2014

The 44th Annual USI Juried Student Art Exhibition will be on display March 31 through May 4, 2014 in the McCutchan Art Center and Pace Galleries. This year's juror, Lisa Petrulis, is an artist and the former Director of Collection and Exhibitions at the Swope Art Museum in Terre Haute, Indiana. She selected 165 works of art created by USI art students in the past year from the 351 submitted for inclusion in the show. The artworks displayed include drawings, paintings, sculptures, prints, graphic designs, jewelry, ceramic works, interactive media, illustrations and video art. Over $8000 in merit awards, scholarships and purchase awards, generously donated by area businesses and individuals, were presented to student artists.

Installation View, Gallery 2
Senior Merit Award, Free Will by Jennifer Niswonger, Oil on canvas
Best of Show, Vintage Circle by Emily Nonte (right) pictured with USI President Linda L. M. Bennett. Raku-fired Stoneware
$100 Purchase Award, Kaleidescope by Stephanie Blankenberger, Digital Print

MERIT AWARDS		SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
BEST OF SHOW $750	Emily Nonte Vintage Circle Raku-fired stoneware	JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIP $500	Lacey Wolford Ugly Truth Oil on canvas
CERAMICS MERIT AWARD $200	Natasha Lewis Disfunction Stoneware	SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP $500	Casey Noonan Down by the Water C-Print
DRAWING MERIT AWARD $200	Bailee Chilman The Journey to Om Conté on paper	JIM PARRENT ’77 MEMORIAL FRESHMAN SCHOLARSHIP $700	Carlos Baquerizo Hands Charcoal on paper
GRAPHIC DESIGN MERIT AWARD $200	Robert Smith New Year New You Digital print	SOPHOMORE/JUNIOR CERAMICS STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP $500	Alexis Dahl Order of the Octopoda Salt-fired white stoneware
ILLUSTRATION MERIT AWARD $200	Meagan Patterson Underwater Pen on illustration board	STEPHEN HERRON ’81 MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP $500	Daniel Clawson Oak Dining Table Re-purposed barn wood
INTERACTIVE MEDIA MERIT AWARD $200	Ryan Evancoe Real Life Pokemon Adventure Video
JEWELRY MERIT AWARD $200	Elizabeth Belt Chopsticks Silver, Black Onyx, Astrophylite	PURCHASE AWARDS
PAINTING MERIT AWARD $200	Lacey Wolford Ugly Truth Oil on canvas	PURCHASE AWARD $100	Alexandria Greer The Placebo Effect of an Elusive Gate Keeper Reclaimed wood, found objects
PHOTOGRAPHY MERIT AWARD $200	Brakston Farrar Beatae Vitae Dicta Memoriae Silver Gelatin Print	PURCHASE AWARD $100	Stephanie Blankenberger Kaleidoscope Digital print
PRINTMAKING MERIT AWARD $200	Isabella DeVoy Sleep Silkscreen, sand, watercolor, found photos	PURCHASE AWARD $100	Matt Wargel Thrill of the Kill Cedar, mock sinew, salt-fired clay
SCULPTURE MERIT AWARD $200	Megan Miller Sweet Dreams Little One Wood, light components, and metal	PURCHASE AWARD $725	Jennifer Niswonger Free Will Oil on canvas
WOODWORKING MERIT AWARD $200	Michael Miller Antelope with the Scorpion Spine Wood	MERIT AWARD $100	Megan Badger Life. Cardboard, wood, spray paint, wire, glue, staples
DEGREED STUDENT MERIT AWARD $150	Jean Haseman Living and Loving Life from East to East: Travels with my Kids Acrylic on wood	MERIT AWARD $100	Amanda Schmitt Ex Nihilo Digital print
SENIOR MERIT AWARD $150	Jennifer Niswonger Free Will Oil on canvas	MERIT AWARD $100	Adrienne Eades Together Willow charcoal, compressed charcoal, graphite, colored pastels
JUNIOR MERIT AWARD $150	Justinne Moore Paint it Black Digital print	MERIT AWARD $100	Melissa Kinswa Logan Black and white
SOPHOMORE MERIT AWARD $150	Kenneth Cave Emotional Body Stoneware	MERIT AWARD $100	Matthew Koewler Lord of the Fries Charcoal
FRESHMAN MERIT AWARD $150	Tylie Robertson Crying of a Rose Charcoal, ink, watercolor on paper	MERIT AWARD $100	John Litwiler Cabinet with Drawers Various woods, stained
ART CLUB MEMBER MERIT AWARD $100	Lacey Wolford Life's Rhythm Wood, wire, plaster
DESIGN MERIT AWARD $100	Colin Hildenbrand King of the Jungle Digital print