45th Annual Student Art Exhibition
May 4th through April 2, 2023
Two days before the official opening of the 45th Annual Student Art Exhibition, Kathy Farrell texted me these words at 8:46 p.m. while I was in the gallery getting ready to install the show. “Yep – been there – this is a joyful and stressful time of year.” To put together an exhibition of this magnitude is both exhilarating and exhausting at the same time. But the payoff is worth it. The celebration of the completion of another semester, and the artwork created here at MCC, is worth the long nights and early mornings spent pulling this entire thing together.
A special thank you to this year’s juror, Jose Rivera. He had a very difficult job, and he handled it with the utmost professionalism.
President’s Award in Honor of Kathy Farrell $500.00
Rebecca Soriano, Among the Hidden Things
Tom Mercer Award $250.00
Zazie Weldgen, Help! I Don’t Like This Anymore.
Robert (Smitty) Smith Illustration Award $200.00
Brett Klafehn, Trail of Tears
Julianna Furlong Williams Painting Award $200.00
Michelle Loftus, Dragon Cape
The Deans Award for Excellence in Film and Video. $150.00
Jenna Blakeslee, Moon in the Afternoon
Mercer Gallery Award $100.00
Sparrow Hazen, Creation
Juror’s Choice $100.00
Romy Stoffel, Asclepius
Bartkovich Technology Award $100.00
Dylan Martin, Beautiful Mind
Christian Monacelli Snell Award For a Drawing by a Female Artist $100.00
Lindsey Caloroso, Staring Contest
Sho-Shin Dojo Award $100
Michelle Torres, Ophelia
Sho-Shin Dojo Award $100
Elliot VanLeewuen, Piranha FIGHT!
Space 86 Award for Advancement $100.00
Hanna Roman, In Control, Out of Control
The Katherine Vollmer Award for Outstanding Photography $200.00
Devon Stauch, Rockstar of Gold
Weldgen Family Award Comic Etc. $100.00
Michael Martin, Apocalypse Comic Cover- Harbingers
Switcharooney Award $150
Yussuf Abukar, Bird
Just in Case Award $100.00
Zhen Yi Lin, Freedom in Flames
The Link Family Award for Abstract and/ or Mixed Media Work $50.00
Arden Walls, Yogi and Boo Bear
The Link Family Award for Abstract and/ or Mixed Media Work $50.00
Hannah Denny, Searching for Home
Rochester Art Supply $25.0
Sam Ventura, Thank You for the Dialectics
Rochester Art Supply $25.00
Nadine Gagliardo, Grapes Not Wine
John’s Tex-Mex $25.00 and 2 t-shirts
Graham Balcomb, Empty Yet Solid