The Art Galleries at Indiana State University have launched their Annual Juried Student Exhibition which celebrates a selection of work by undergraduate and graduate students from any major. A Juried Exhibition is a gallery competition where the juror selects the best expressive art to showcase.
Over 32 students submitted 78 artworks ranging from ceramics, photography, woodwork, drawing, and paintings. The 2024 visiting juror, Robert G. La France, Director and Chief Curator of the David Owsley Museum of Art at Ball State University picked 57 out of the 78 works to be included in the exhibition.
On Thursday April 4, a series of awards were issued to those who had been successful in exhibiting work. Scholarships for students in the department of Art and Design were also issued. The winners of the work were:
Juror Selection:
Best Undergraduate Award Scholarship sponsored by the Department of Art and Design: Mahal Wright (Control)
Best Graduate Award Scholarship sponsored by the Department of Art and Design: Bee Snow (Freedom and Connection Vs. Control)
Juror's Best Graduate Honorable Mention sponsored by the Department of Art and Design: Chloe Simma-Martin (Aging of The Sycamore)
Exhibition Scholarships:
Best in Show Award Scholarship sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences: Shanine Delph (Serendipity)
President's Merit Award Sponsored by ISU President Deborah J. Curtis: Kelbie Thompson (Lemon Cow), Kelbie Thompson (Blue Raspberry Cow), Mahal Wright (Control), and Mahal Wright (Together)
Provost's Merit Award Scholarship sponsored by ISU Provost Christopher J. Olsen: Aubrey Arms (Didn't Make The Cut), Stephanie Delph (Serendipity), Grace Dempsey (Wild Woman), Bry Evans (Joy), and Paul Harris (Winter Serenity)
Cunningham Memorial Library Purchase Award Scholarship sponsored by Cunningham Memorial Library: Grae Fulford (Change of Perspective), Nick Gambill (Bring on the Lightning), Stella Harrison (Fishy), Madison Rumler (Sunlight Jar), Bee Snow (Worth and Beauty In Spite Of…), Nickolas Strohm (Halloween Harvest), Freya Stroven (Childhood Friends), Kelbie Thompson (Lemon Cow), and Kelbie Thompson (Blue Raspberry Cow)
School of Music Merit Award Sponsorship sponsored by the School of Music: Madison Rumler (Lily)
New Media Merit Award Scholarship sponsored by the Department of Art and Design: Macanthony Evans (Whoop-Ass Rush)
Best 2D Merit Award Scholarship sponsored by the Department of Art and Design: Bee Snow (Worth and Beauty In Spite Of…)
Best 3D Merit Award Scholarship sponsored by the Department of Art and Design: Mal Gossett (The Day The Cicada Nymph Was Free From Its Shell)
Cognitive Area Art Education Award Scholarship sponsored by the Department of Art and Design: Abigail Canull-Beauchamp (Dreaming Of The Uncanny)
Yang Family University Art Gallery Award Scholarship sponsored by the Yang Family University Art Gallery: Grace Hughes (I Think You're A Painter)
Jonathan K. Baker Memorial Prize Scholarship sponsored by the Jonathan K. Baker Memorial Fund: Chloe Simma-Martin (Aging of The Sycamore)
Kraig A. Gibbons Memorial Prize Scholarship sponsored by the Kraig A. Gibbons Memorial Fund: Iris Zhao (I Almost Grew Out Of It)
Department of Art and Design Scholarships:
Elmer J. Porter Scholarship: Mahal Wright (Control)
Mark S. Hannig Scholarship in Art: Mal Gossett (The Day The Cicada Nymph Was Free From Its Shell), Chloe Simma-Martin (Aging of The Sycamore), Madison Rumler (Sunlight Jar), Iris Zhao (I Thought Yesterday Was Tomorrow)
Indiana Artist-Craftsman Talbot Street Art Fair Scholarship: Stella Harrison (Fishy)
Violet Helen Rich Scholarship: Monica Sanchez (Fool's Death)
Cory D. Lemon Memorial Scholarship: Izzy Elmore (Research paper: The Secrets of Bronzino's Allegory of Venus and Cupid)
Thelma Biddle Nolte and Elmer J. Biddle Memorial Scholarship in Art: Katelyn Potter (Rotoscope Skate Day)
Marian J. Frutiger Memorial Scholarship of Art: Mal Gossett (The Day The Cicada Nymph Was Free From Its Shell), Sally DeBaun (Life Cycles), Bee Snow (Freedom And Connection Vs. Control)
Yang Family Art Scholarship: Katelyn Potter (Rotoscope Skate Day) and Sophia Sanders (The Doctor)
Hildegard Pang Scholarship: Abigail Canull-Beauchamp (Dreaming Of The Uncanny)
James Sampson Memorial Scholarship: Bee Snow (Freedom and Connection Vs. Control)