With the onset of COVID in March of 2020, the Mercer Gallery was effectively shut down and the Annual Student Exhibition was cancelled. The following year, a virtual Student Art Exhibition was held. While the Virtual event was fun, it lacked the excitement of having actual work hanging in the gallery, and the enjoyment of an opening reception and award ceremony. I am so pleased that this year has allowed us to return to the physical space of the Mercer Gallery.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A special thank you to all the student who submitted their work to this exhibition. The collection of work is really stellar, and I am honored to hang your work in the gallery. Thank you also to Maria Friske for her wonderful job of jurying the exhibitions awards.<\/p>\n This exhibition features the work of the students from MCC\u2019s Commercial Illustration, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Photography, and Video programs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n\n Awards of 44th Annual Student Art Exhibition<\/b><\/p>\n President\u2019s Award in Honor of Kathy Farrell $500.00 — <\/b>Zazie Weldgen, Sempiterninty<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Tom Mercer Award $250.00 — <\/b>Grahm Balcomb, Landscape<\/p>\n Robert (Smitty) Smith Illustration Award $200.00 \u2013 <\/b>Daniel Holdridge, Aliens With knights Riding Them<\/p>\n Julianna Furlong Williams Painting Award $200.00 \u2013 <\/b>Deaven Westbrook, Sunshine<\/p>\n The Deans Award for Excellence in Film and Video. $150.00 \u2013 <\/b>Miricle Montressant, Memory Lane<\/p>\n Mercer Gallery Award $100.00 \u2013 <\/b>Jackeline Rivera, Self-Reflection<\/p>\n Juror\u2019s Choice $100.00 \u2013 <\/b>Arin Fogarth, Fabric of Time<\/p>\n Bartkovich Technology Award $100.00 \u2013 <\/b>Indigo Santos, Transition\/\/Trans Men Exist<\/p>\n Christian Monacelli Snell Award For a Drawing by a Female Artist $100.00 \u2013 <\/b>Michelle Tores, Recreation of the Pieta<\/p>\n Space 86 Award for Advancement $100.00 \u2013 <\/b>Celeste Hadel, Alice<\/p>\n The Katherine Vollmer Award for Outstanding Photography $100.00 \u2013 <\/b>Summer Rodriguez, Untitled<\/p>\n Weldgen Family Award Comic Etc. $100.00 \u2013 <\/b>Michael Martin, Castle of Ruin<\/p>\n Rochester Art Supply $25.00 \u2013 <\/b>Eian-Gabriel Sinclair, Self Portrait in Charcoal<\/p>\n Rochester Art Supply $25.00 \u2013 <\/b>Nick Duggs, Thirsty Gear-Linked Lemon<\/p> 44th Annual Student Art Exhibition May 12 through June 3rd, 2022 With the onset of COVID in March of 2020, the Mercer Gallery was effectively shut down and the Annual Student Exhibition was cancelled. The following year, a virtual Student Art Exhibition was held. While the Virtual event was fun, it lacked the excitement of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":696,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2324","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/mercer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/mercer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/mercer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/mercer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/696"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/mercer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2324"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/mercer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2332,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/mercer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2324\/revisions\/2332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/mercer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"