WINONA LAKE - The Grace College Art Department recently announced the winners of the 35th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit, on display at the Art Gallery on the Grace campus.Sixty-three works were selected for the exhibition, which was open to all art majors, minors and students taking an art class at Grace this year. The top three pieces in each category received cash prizes, as did best of exhibit. Awards are fully funded by alumni of the art department.
Best of exhibit this year goes to senior Ryan D. Pickart, Lowell, for his oil painting "Sleeping Girl I."
Pickart also won best of photography with his black and white image, "Three of a Kind," and best of watercolor for "Orange Wedge."
Second place in photography went to senior Arley Binsack, Fremont, Ohio, for her black and white study of "Alaskan Rope."
The third-place winner was freshman Brooke Surgeon, Marion, Ohio, for her color portrait "Carleen."
Juniors rounded out the watercolor category: Jesse Dompier, Eagle River, Alaska, earned second in watercolor for his portrait "Sheilagh," while Tommi Alexis Sauder, Colorado Springs, took third with her Stonehenge landscape "Shadows."
Senior AmyLou Schroeder, Ottawa, Ohio, defended her title for best in drawing with a pastel floral, "Stargazer I."
Second place went to senior Amber Brady, Bourbon, for her conté drawing "Landscape." Pickart took third with a charcoal drawing, "Girl in Red."
Best in illustration was awarded to senior Caleb Sarver, Portis, Kan., for his oil animation "Louvel."
Senior Darren Wetzel, Winona Lake, earned second place for his watercolor portrait of "'Rocket' Ishmael-Autographed."
David Lepor, senior from Lapeer, Mich., took third for his mixed media "Illustration from LOST."
Wetzel also won best of printmaking with "Structure," a lithograph.
Both second and third place went to Anna Winter, sophomore, Wasilla, Alaska, for her "Self-Portrait" dry point etching and "Double Vision," a linoleum reduction print.
Best in pottery was captured by another sophomore, Kylie N. Wadsworth, Johnstown, Pa., for her lidded stoneware,"Unseen Strength."
South Bend senior Cheryl Dann-Barrick took second with her "Double-Lipped Bowl" while senior Mariana Azcárate Marcial, Mexico City, and Dublin, Ohio, was awarded third for her "Slip Transfer" pot.
Azcárate Marcial also earned second in graphic design for a promotional piece for Blue Mountain Coffee House.
Kathryn Joachim, Racine, Wis., took third for her "Quarterly" covers featuring the topics of politics, the environment, economics and research. Due to a limited number of entries, there was no first place awarded in this category this year.
Best in oil/acrylic went to sophomore Katelyn L. Mithoefer, Martinsville, for her knife painting "Boca Grande, Florida."
Stephanie Stembel, junior from Goshen, earned second for her "Monochromatic Still Life."
Third place went to Schroeder for her "Collection of Color" still life, which was also featured at the recent College Night at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art.
This year's Grace Purchase Award went to senior Cristina Hoyt for her lidded pottery vessel "Reef." This piece will become part of the department's permanent collection.
Other exhibitors include seniors Lindsay Anderson, Leesburg; Carmen Clark, Unalaska, Alaska; Jenna Machunas, Hicksville, Ohio; Molly O'Neill, Homer, Alaska; Elisha Ramey, Oakwood/Defiance, Ohio; juniors Mike Baker, Cincinnati, Ohio; Kathryn E. Stoll, Baton Rouge, La.; sophomores Jaime DeWeerd, Hudsonville, Mich.; Tara C. Fisher, Delaware, Ohio; Jules Pangborn, Grosse Pointe Park, Mich.; Drew Rochotte, New Bremen, Ohio; and freshmen Noelle Fink, York, Pa., and Stephanie Johnston, Phoenix, Ariz.
The Grace College Art Gallery is on the main floor of Mount Memorial Hall on the Grace College campus, between Kings Highway and College Avenue. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and Monday and Tuesday evenings until 10 p.m.
In conjunction with the Juried Exhibit, the 9th Annual Grace Art Club Exhibit also is being hosted by the Warsaw Community Public Library. Sixteen works are on exhibition there in celebration of National Library Month. Many works are for sale in both shows. Admission to both exhibits is free and both close May 8.
