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2023 Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition Awards Announced

CLEVELAND, Miss.— The Art Department at Delta State University recently presented 30 awards to students during the 2023 Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition. The exhibition is on display at the Fielding L. Wright Art Center through April 20.

The Annual Juried Student Exhibition allows the department to highlight the work students have produced in the past year and affords students an opportunity to gain professional experience by preparing work for exhibitions and submitting it to a jury process. Students submitting work are eligible to win monetary awards in a variety of categories. The awards are made possible through the generous support of art patrons from the Cleveland community.

This year’s juror was Greely Myatt, a professor of sculpture at the University of Memphis and a DSU alumnus. He has exhibited widely across the United States, Europe and Japan. In 1994 he was awarded the Mississippi Arts and Letters Visual Arts Award. In 2009, a twenty-year retrospective of his works was exhibited across Memphis in nine museum and gallery venues.

The President’s Purchase Award was won by Sophia Waddingham for her painting, “Pink Day.” The President’s Cabinet Purchase Award was won by Sarah Elliott for her painting, “Peanut.” Following the conclusion of the exhibition, both paintings will be on display in the President’s Office in Kent Wyatt Hall and will become part of the Wright Center Permanent Collection. The McCarty’s Purchase Award was won by Steve Huber for his “Iron Heron” sculpture.

The Wright Center is open Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The gallery is closed on weekends, holidays, and during semester breaks.

For further information visit www.deltastate.edu/art/wright-center-art-gallery/ or call 662-846-4720. For updates and announcements of upcoming events follow Delta State Art Department on Facebook or join our email list.

 

Full list of awards:

2023 Annual Juried Student Exhibition
Donor Designation Recipient Medium Title
Robin Williams Jay Edwards Animation Roscoe
Charlene B. Graham Alice Mullins Digital Media Meanings
Charlene B. Graham Will McCluskey Mixed Media Moment in Time
Stephen and Jamie Smith McCarty’s Purchase Award Steve Huber Sculpture Iron Heron
Dave Alford Ad-Venture Frames Mars Kirby Video Deface
Ronald Koehler In honor of Catherine Koehler Steve Huber Sculpture Cutlery Bird
Ronald Koehler In honor of Mary Sally Fredric Turner Digital Print Coral Reef (Digital Print)
Kayla and Jeremiah Matthews Kayla and Jeremiah Matthews Awards for Graphic Design Charlene Graphics Lone Outlaw Posters
Maurean and Bucky Brooks Lauren Gardner Printmaking False Prayer
Danny Whalen-Cleveland State Bank Graphic Design Jilian Honeycut Graphics Crystals
Marcella Small Ceramics Katie Wadkins Ceramics Giraffe
Carol Tatum In honor Allegra Tatum Jay Edwards Ceramics Pondering Orb
Carol Tatum In honor of Ky Johnston Laken Templeton Fiber The Washcloth
Cetin Oguz Awarded to MFA Student Geoff Latham Watercolor On the Half Shell
Cetin Oguz In honor of the Oguz Family Video or Animation Tabatha Ott Animation Claymation
Cetin Oguz In honor of the Cooper Family Hope Redden Drawing Cross Contour
Cetin Oguz Awarded to MFA Student Bonnie Jean Dillon Photography Orange Wedge
Cetin Oguz Awarded to MFA Student Tasha Huerta Digital Print Cornflower
Cetin Oguz Awarded to MFA Student Sara Wilkerson Digital Print Masked 9
Cetin Oguz Awarded to MFA Student Gunner Sizemore Digital Print Untitled 2
Cetin Oguz Awarded to MFA Student Angie Cole Mixed Media
Kendra J. Whitehead In honor of Ms. Diane McCall Angel Poole Drawing Magenta Haze
Kendra J. Whitehead In honor of the Johnson/Williams Family of Shaw Chyanne Hewitt Mixed Media Water Falling for You
Kendra J. Whitehead In honor of Mrs. Mary Walker Catherine Milford Digital Print Rin’s Bugdex
Kendra J. Whitehead In honor of the Whitehead Family Jovany Guerrero Sculpture Oak Tension
Kendra J. Whitehead In honor of the Whitehead Family Kimberly Moton Digital Print Learning By Myself
Katie Cofer Cotton House Hotel Lauren Gardner Ceramics Creatures
Dr. Ellen Green Arts and Sciences Award Steve Huber Sculpture Need a Backbone?
President’s Cabinet Purchase Award Sarah Elliott Painting Peanut
Pres. Caston Purchase Award Sophia Waddingham Painting Pink Day
Dr. Robert C. Tibbs, III, MD Alexis J. Jarrell Drawing Voidwyrm Cut List
Christian Marquez (Cash) In honor of the Marquez Family of Belzoni, MS Katie Wadkins Ceramics Whiplash
Christian Marquez (Cash) In honor of the Domino Family of Belzoni MS Max Steuer Photography Among the Trees
Stephen J Huber Salon de Refuses
Gunner Sizemore Salon de Refuses