Campus Gate Art Gallery Hosts 2023 Student Juried Art + Design Exhibition
YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. – Young Harris College’s Campus Gate Art Gallery is hosting the 2023 Student Juried Art Exhibition featuring artwork by YHC students. The exhibit opened on Monday, March 20, with a reception at 6 p.m. in the gallery. The student work will be on display through Thursday, March 30. The exhibit is free and open to the public!
The Student Juried Art + Design Exhibition is an annual spring art show sponsored by the Young Harris Art Department and the Campus Gate Art Gallery. The exhibition was developed to showcase, award, and celebrate all creative achievements of Art and Graphic Design major and minor students as well as non-majors who have taken an art course at YHC.
“This annual exhibition showcases a variety of artwork in the categories of Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media, Printmaking, Graphic Design, Illustration, Video, 3D Sculpture, Ceramics, and Installation,” said Becky Miller, Director of the Campus Gate Art Gallery. “This gives our YHC students the opportunity to ‘place their work in the world’ and be recognized. We would like to give a special thank you to this year’s exhibition juror, artist, educator, and writer Marea Haslett from Cummings, Georgia. who did an excellent job. We would also like to thank the sponsors and generous donors of the show, Wendy Slaton and Stan Anderson.”
Juror Marea Haslett graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with an MFA in Painting in 2016 and has taught art for over 22 years. Her artwork is in private collections nationwide. “Thank you for this opportunity to view and comment on all of your hard work,” said Marea. “I also want to extend my congratulations to all of you and your professors for a job well done. You are on your way. This path takes courage, commitment, and willingness to push through failure. Success can be fleeting, but the quest for Mastery will never disappoint.”
Drawing/Painting
1st place award: Luke Harvey, Hebdomadal Conglomeration (painting)
2nd place award: Abram Miller, Falling Scales (drawing)
3rd place award: Chris Say, Perched (drawing)
Honorable mention: Catarina Marcko, Self Portrait (painting)
Mixed Media/Printmaking
1st place award: Caleb Camus, Oil Spill (mixed media)
2nd place award: Tanner Redmon, Person A, Person B (printmaking)
3rd place award: Gracie Nix, The Teddy Bear Dress (mixed media)
Honorable mention: Corissa Pritchett, Capturing the Great White (printmaking)
Graphic Design/Illustration
1st place award: Lilly Black, We Shall Overcome Series of 2 (graphic design)
2nd place award: Abram Miller, Run Away (illustration)
3rd place award: Taylor Wyatt, Yellow Lines (graphic design)
Honorable mention: Simon Mercer, Masks (graphic design)
Photography/Video
1st place award: Makennah Cobb, Unsaid Things Series of 7 (photography)
2nd place award: Kyla Rivers, The Hungry Magic Boy (video)
3rd place award: Taylor Wyatt, Grandfather (photography)
Honorable mention: Rebecca Kelly, Shifting Gears (photography)
3D Sculpture/Ceramics/Installation
1st place award: Karah Shea, Unity (installation)
2nd place award: Estanfania Perez, Universal Declaration of Human Rights: LUGARES
SEGUROS: Casa de Mi Tia Becky, Casa de Mi Tío Chuyin, Casa de Mi Abuelita (3D sculpture)
3rd place award: Jordan Campagnolo, Cleansing (installation)
Honorable mention: Tanner Redman, Duality of the Subconscious (ceramics)
Best of Show
Estefania Perez, Quetzalcoatl (sculpture)
The President’s Award
Karah Shea
The Richard Aunspaugh Art Award
Luke Harvey
The Birdie Bryan Miller Art Award
Will Jones
Kappa Pi Art Award
Karah Shea
Beauty Can Change the World, sponsored by YHC Religious Life
Estafania Perez
The Campus Gate Art Gallery is located at 5149 College Street on the Young Harris College campus. Regular gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, contact the Campus Gate Art Gallery at (706) 379-5256 or [email protected].
About Young Harris College
Young Harris College is a private, baccalaureate degree-granting college located in the beautiful mountains of North Georgia. Founded in 1886 and historically affiliated with The United Methodist Church, Young Harris College educates, inspires and empowers students through the highest quality liberal arts education. The College currently has more than 1,200 students across five divisions—Education, Fine Arts, Humanities, Mathematics and Science, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. The historic campus in Young Harris, Ga., is currently undergoing major campus improvements to accommodate the College’s growth. Recent LEED-certified campus improvements include the 121,000-square-foot Rollins Campus Center, new residence facilities, and a 57,000-square-foot recreation and fitness center. In 2014, the College was granted active membership in NCAA Division II and is a fierce competitor in the prestigious Peach Belt Conference. YHC is among fewer than 300 colleges and universities nationwide named to the 2015-2016 list of Colleges of Distinction. For more information, visit yhc.edu.
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