Entries for KCC’s Annual Student Art Exhibition due April 11

Kellogg Community College’s Annual Student Art Exhibition will be held this year from April 18 through May 2 in the college’s Davidson Visual and Performing Arts Center, located on campus at 450 North Ave. in Battle Creek.

All current academic year Kellogg Community College students are eligible to submit up to five entries of works produced between May 2011 and April 2012. Entries must be submitted at the office of the Davidson Center between April 9 and 5 p.m. April 11.

The annual student exhibition showcases the works of current visual arts students and includes 10 media categories, including ceramics, drawing, painting, 2D mixed media, sculpture and 3D mixed media, black and white photography, digital media, printmaking/alternative photography print processes, graphic design and animation/video.

The exhibit will be displayed in the Eleanor R. & Robert A. DeVries Gallery through May 2 and will be free and open to the public for viewing. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Works exhibited will be judged by arts professional Dar Davis and awards totaling $1,000 will be given to winners announced during a reception from 1 to 3 p.m. April 22 at the Davidson Center Auditorium. Honors in each category will include Best of Media and Honorable Mention awards in addition to a single Best of Show award and a single Instructor Recognition award, as well as several Art League awards and door prizes.

For more information about Kellogg Community College’s Annual Student Art Exhibition, contact Photography and Multimedia Program Coordinator and Gallery Director Ryan Flathau at 269-965-3931 ext. 2559 or email him at flathaur@kellogg.edu.

For more information about the arts and communication department at Kellogg Community College, visit www.kellogg.edu/artscomm.

The photo above shows the entrance to the college’s Davidson Visual and Performing Arts Center, where the exhibit will be located.