PHOTO: From left, Mars Carter of Arkadelphia, Alanna Koch of Scranton, Linsey Gjerstad of Branson, Mo., and Willow Passmore of Greers Ferry, award recipients in the 19th annual Arkansas Tech University Juried Student Competitive Exhibition.
RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas — An Arkadelphia student was among those who earned honors at Arkansas Tech University’s 19th annual ATU Juried Student Competitive Exhibition.
The competition winners were announced by Kris Waid-Jones, ATU assistant professor of art and gallery director, during a reception at ATU’s Norman Hall Art Gallery on Thursday, Nov. 6. There were 86 works of art submitted by 35 ATU students; of those, 30 pieces by 25 students were selected for inclusion in the exhibition.
Alanna Koch, of Scranton, took first place with a blank ink linocut “Star of the Sea”.
Linsey Gjerstad of Branson, Mo., earned second place with “Intro to Drawing” in charcoal. Willow Passmore of Greers Ferry captured third place with a piece entitled “Grasshopper” that utilized photography and soft ground intaglio.
Honorable mention prizes went to Mars Carter of Arkadelphia for a piece created in Adobe Photoshop entitled “Moon Watcher” and Luetisha Poindexter of Muldrow, Okla., for a ceramic creation entitled “January.”
Anna Stiritz, a painter based in Russellville with more than 25 years of experience, served as juror for the 19th annual ATU Juried Student Competitive Exhibition.
Through a separate judging process, the ATU Learning Center selected pieces from the exhibition by ATU students Jocelyn Dong of Harrison and Ella Dover of Mountain Home for its purchase award. As a result, their artwork will be on display in the tutoring center located at ATU’s Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center.
Additional ATU student artists featured in the exhibition were Caidense Anderson, Phoebe Arnold, Jessica Avalos-Reyes, Frey Bates, Emily Cousar, A’Marie Dukes, Dixion-Jean Harrell, Cristian Huerta, Grey Jenkins, Nichole Lawson, Kaylie May, Ezra McDole, Elonna McPeters, A.J. Rider, Rayne Stephens, Julia Trejo-Trejo, Antonio Walls Jr. and Xing Zhang.
Visit www.atu.edu/humanities/art to learn more about the ATU Department of Art.