FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - April 14, 2005
CONTACT: Sarah
Lingenfelter,
Media Relations (585) 567-9559
HOUGHTON HONORS STUDENT ARTISTS
HOUGHTON,
N.Y.
—
Nine Houghton College students were honored recently for their artwork at the
16th Annual Student Juried Art Exhibition awards ceremony.
Following are the award winners with their year and hometowns:
Best of Show
(The Ortlip Memorial Award) – HiUan Kang (Junior/ Loures, Portugal)
Sculpture titled
“Sphaera,” an unusual piece that hangs from the ceiling of the gallery,
consisting of about 60 ceramic balls suspended from a disc.
First Place
(The Paul Maxwell Memorial Award) – Ian Kanski (Senior/ Jersey Shore, Pa.)
“Selfish
Portrait,” a self-portrait drawing in graphite.
Second Place
(Alumni Award) – Josiah Harling (Senior/ Spring Valley, Calif.)
"Untitled"
triptych, a series of three beautiful and sensitive abstract drawings in
graphite containing portions of the human figure and other shapes.
Third Place
(The Moss Award) – Mary Gibson (Junior / Grosse Point Park, Mich.)
Photography
series titled "Unmotion," pictures of the human body taken close up that they
look like abstract shapes.
Honorable
Mention:
1. Amanda Benton (Junior/ Wilson, N.Y.) for "Catch and Capture,” an abstract
painting displayed in a shadowbox.
2. Rachel Brask (Junior/ Seekonk, Mass.) for "Still Life," an oil painting
containing oranges, a purple cloth and other objects.
3.Jonathan
Hnatiuk (Senior/ Preston, Conn.) for his five piece textured ceramic piece
"Nesting Bowls.”
4.Sandra Hodgins
(Junior/ Belleville, Ontario, Canada) for her triangular side table that she
built in a furniture-making class.
5. Sarah
Richards (Junior/ Ithaca, N.Y.) for “Dimensions of Quiet,” a very large
abstract oil painting.
David Higgins,
painter and art professor from Corning Community College, judged this year’s
event.
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