Annual undergrad art exhibit awards students |
Christy Schicker |
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The $500 Friends of Art Purchase Award was presented to Nathan Murrell for his ceramic, wood and found-object piece "Canopic Dolls." This was the largest monetary award given. Murrell's piece includes a shallow, wooden box hanging upright against a wall. Three multicolored ceramic dolls hang from wires inside the box, while one doll hangs outside the box from an overhanging wooden beam. The term "canopic" refers to the urns or jars that were used in ancient Egypt to preserve internal organs of the dead. This theme is suggested by small, colored-glass jars with rust-covered rims positioned at the top and bottom of the box. Several of the dolls also have indentations in their torsos filled by various objects. A piece of meat lies in the stomach opening of one doll, while a patch of brown fur comes out of the heart of another. A piece titled "Organic Armature," by Jeffrey D. Sickles, is made of iron and steel. This piece resembles the skeletal remains of some human or animal creature. Rugged forms of metal that look like vertebrae are connected to form one continuous S-shaped line. The spine, with a pointed dagger-like end, rises up from its base and extends into the air. Thin, sinewy rib-like structures emerge from the metal spine in smooth, falling curves. The intricacies of metalwork to portray something that is both rigid and fluid is the striking aspect of this piece. Christine Heinrich received a $125 Friends of Art Award for her piece "Tea for Me." A small bowl made of thin, copper strips wrapped in copper wire is set atop a mesh-like table mat also made of copper. A $100 Friends of Art Award was presented to Amber Price for her silk-screen on fabric titled "Circuitry." The format of the piece is long and horizontal. Bold, bright colors are used throughout. Irregular red oval shapes are connected to spindly red lines that intertwine among other shapes and colors. Multicolored squares are overlaid by a network of smaller dark-red lines, conveying a feeling of movement and energy. Other undergraduates who received awards for their works are Brenda Elfgen, Kathryn Lawrence, Ann Miklovic, Katherine Nelson, Catie Stricker and Susie Stancil. Other undergraduates who have work in this show are Keva Bloomfield, Bruce Burton, Mary C. Ciebien, Rebecca A. Eilering, Jessica Elliott, David B. Etlins, Tracy R. Gerber, Chenoa Glenn, Aaron Gondek, Annette Hartzel, Celeste Henning, Gene Kelly, Brian Knoblock, Cynthia Lynn Kruchten, Hyun-Jin Lee, Amber Marshall, Laura Meyer, Megan Mitchell, Curt Muskopf, Jessica Neal, Ashley Newcome, Craig Osborn, Jason Potter, Sean Reilly, Nikki Rodgers, Jill Stevens, Michael G. Trefzger and Elizabeth Williams. Along with the awards given to students for individual artworks, three Friends of Art Awards were given to students with the highest grade-point average in each art field. The awards went to Bruce Burton, Art Studio; Sharlene Helton, Art Education; and Christine Schicker, Art History. The Undergraduate Exhibition will be on display through Feb. 18 in the New Wagner Gallery. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call Dan Anderson, exhibitions coordinator at 650-3619 or the art office at 650-3071. | |
The annual Undergraduate Exhibition is on display in the New Wagner Gallery of the Art and Design Building. Juror Ken Botnick, an associate professor of art at Washington University, chose works in all media by 38 art students. Nine of these students received awards for their pieces.