Wednesday, May 4, 2011

The State of State 2011






On Tuesday night April 26, 2011 Anthony Young received first prize for is entry 2nd Hope in The State of the State 2011 WVSU Student Juried Exhibition. Held in the Della Brown Taylor Hardman Gallery, Davis fine arts building on the West Virginia State University campus, students submitted works ranging from the traditional oil on canvas to more modern mixed media. Students had a chance to submit art that they had been working on this semester for a chance to have it hung in the gallery and possibly win one of four prizes.

Young’s winning entry was of mixed Media depicting a black male. The size of the piece was 30” by 40”. Taking home second place was a work titled “Revival in Fading Tethers” embossment on Somerset Velvet, by Katheryn Hawkins. The third place winner was Rosetta Smith “Downtown” oil on canvas. This was an architectural piece representing a portion of one of the buildings in Charleston. Rounding out the winners were Natalie Larson and Kaci Settle.

The exhibition runs from April 26, 2011 to May 11, 2011. Some of the artist that did not make it in to the Juried show, their art works can be seen in on of the art rooms located in Davis Hall.

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  1. On Tuesday night April 26, 2011 Anthony Young received the first prize award for is entry 2nd Hope in The State of the State 2011 West Virginia State University Student Juried Exhibition. The exhibition is located in the Della Brown Taylor Hardman Gallery, Davis fine arts building on the West Virginia State University campus. Students submitted works ranging from the traditional oil on canvas to modern mixed media. Students had a chance to submit art that they had been working on this semester for a chance to have it hung in the gallery and possibly win one of four prizes.
    Young’s winning entry used mixed media and depicted a black male. The size of the piece was 30” by 40”. Taking home second place was a work titled “Revival in Fading Tethers” embossment on Somerset Velvet, by Katheryne Hawkins. The third place winner was Rosetta Smith “Downtown” oil on canvas. This was an architectural piece representing a portion of one of the buildings in Charleston. Rounding out the winners were Natalie Larson and Kaci Settle.
    The exhibition runs from April 26, 2011 to May 11, 2011. Although some student artist’s work did not make it into the Juried show, their work is available in the art rooms in The Davis Fine Arts Building. .

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