Kellogg Community College recognized student artists with $3,900 in awards and scholarships during an April 17 ceremony honoring outstanding work exhibited as part of the College’s annual KCC Student Art Exhibit.
The exhibit, featuring 169 works from 66 student artists, was on display at the Eleanor R. and Robert A. DeVries Gallery in KCC’s Davidson Visual and Performing Arts Center April 15 through May 1. Exhibit art can be viewed online at rosep9.wixsite.com/kccstudentartexhibit.
Every spring, KCC Art, Photography and Multimedia and Graphic Design program students from the current academic year are invited to submit entries for consideration for the KCC Student Art Exhibit and awards. A faculty committee reviews and organizes all submissions and the bulk of the work is juried independently by an art professional chosen from outside of the College. The juror selects the major media category awards and honorable mentions, with cash prizes made possible through a generous donation made to the KCC Foundation by the artist Kimiko Petersen and her husband Sherman Petersen.
Awards listed below include these Kimiko Petersen Fine Art Awards – including one Best of Show ($500), one First Place ($250), four Best of Media ($200 each), 14 Honorable Mention ($100 each) and seven Distinguished Acknowledgment awards ($50) distributed across categories at the juror’s discretion – as well as additional miscellaneous arts awards.
Kimiko Petersen Fine Art Award winners this year were selected by juror painter and photographer Martin Hubbard, who taught art for many years at KCC.
KIMIKO PETERSEN FINE ART AWARDS
$3,300 in total awards, selected by juror
Best of Show
- John Kramer II, of Battle Creek, “High Top,” Digital Print (pictured above)
First Place
- William Howard, of Battle Creek, “Trophy Room,” Digital Composite
2D Fine Art
- Best of 2D Fine Art: Asher Cronk, of Albion, “Personal Time,” 2D Mixed Media
- Honorable Mention Drawing: Annabelle Taylor, of East Leroy, “Drapery,” Charcoal
- Honorable Mention Painting: Brooke Lowder, of Homer, “Snack Stop,” Acrylic Paint
- Honorable Mention 2D Mixed Media and Printmaking: Audreia Lower, of Battle Creek, “Scarlet Specimen,” Linoprint
- Distinguished Acknowledgment Drawing: Mya Rivera, of Battle Creek, “Deep in Space,” Charcoal
- Distinguished Acknowledgment Drawing: Dillon Strang, of Battle Creek, “Polymita,” Charcoal and Pastel
- Distinguished Acknowledgment Painting: Ellie Smith, of Bellevue, “Munising Lakeshore,” Watercolor
3D Fine Art
- Honorable Mention Ceramics: Shelby Collins, of Portage, “KILL THIS,” Ceramics
- Honorable Mention Sculpture and 3D Mixed Media: Tiffanie Wensauer, of Battle Creek, “Under the Sea,” Mixed Media
- Distinguished Acknowledgment Sculpture and 3D Mixed Media: Dustin Bailey, of Battle Creek, “Insulin Junkie,” Mixed Media
Photography
- Best of Photography: Colum Shea, of Albion, “Self Portrait,” Archival Inkjet Print
- Honorable Mention Black and White Photography: Lauren Davis, of Battle Creek, “Holding It In,” Gelatin Silver Print
- Honorable Mention Digital Photography: Isabella Elliott, of Kalamazoo, “Weathered Silence,” Archival Inkjet Print
- Honorable Mention Digital Photography: Gerald King, of Battle Creek, “Lee Source Photo,” Archival Inkjet Print
- Honorable Mention Digital Composite: Adrianna Duff, of Battle Creek, “Path Through the Woods,” Archival Inkjet Print
- Honorable Mention Alternative Photography Print Process: Landon Wyman, of Battle Creek, “Bicentennial Self-Portrait,” Wetplate on Glass
- Distinguished Acknowledgment Digital Composite: Robert Beech, of Battle Creek, “Svinafellsjokull Glacier,” Archival Inkjet Print
Digital Design
- Best of Digital Design: Anthony Prill, of Battle Creek, “Sprint Car Poster,” Digital Print
- Honorable Mention Digital Illustration: Abby Spenelli, of Battle Creek, “Be Weird,” Digital Print
- Honorable Mention Graphic Design: Ellie Smith, of Bellevue, “Enthused – Band Poster,” Digital Print
- Distinguished Acknowledgment Digital Illustration: Katie Godbey, of Battle Creek, “Greely,” Digital Print
Time-Based Digital Media
- Best of Time-Based Digital Media: Dustin Bailey, of Battle Creek, “Fly Vs. Guy,” Video
- Honorable Mention Animation: Jinx Frye, of Battle Creek, “Prom Night,” Video
- Honorable Mention Video: Amey Little, of Quincy, “Million Moments,” Video
- Distinguished Acknowledgment Video: Rayna Crane, of Battle Creek, “Honey,” Video
ADDITIONAL AWARDS
In addition to the above art exhibit awards, the following students were recognized during the awards ceremony with the respective awards as listed.
- Art League Award: Jasmine Cook, of Battle Creek
- Bryan R. Thomas Memorial Scholarship: Lauren Davis, of Battle Creek
- Excellence in Art – Binda Award: Landon Smith, of Jackson
- Graphic Design Scholarship: Lynn Hale, of Clarksville
- Instructor Recognition Award: Dani Jaeger, of Battle Creek
- Instructor Recognition Award: Brianne Rhodes, of Nashville
- Outstanding Achievement in Art: Ellie Smith, of Bellevue
- Outstanding Achievement in Photography & Multimedia: Samuel Case, of Bellevue
- Outstanding Graphic Design Graduate Award: Audreia Lower, of Battle Creek
Additionally, the following students were awarded scholarships from Olivet University:
- Rachel Anderson, of Augusta
- Cierra Casterline, of Battle Creek
- Adrianna Duff, of Battle Creek
- Katie Godbey, of Battle Creek
- Dani Jaeger, of Battle Creek
- John Kramer II, of Battle Creek
- Anthony Prill, of Battle Creek
- Ellie Smith, of Bellevue
- Tiffanie Wensauer, of Battle Creek
- Emily Willard, of Battle Creek
Also awarded were the President’s Awards, awards of $100 each to works selected by KCC President Dr. Paul Watson. This year’s President’s Award winners were:
- Fine Art: Reanne Renae, of Battle Creek, “Growth”
- Graphic Design: Audreia Lower, of Battle Creek, “Kitten and the Tonics”
- Photography and Multimedia: Samuel Case, of Bellevue, “Still Devotion”
For more information about KCC’s student art award winners, contact KCC Graphic Design Professor and Art Exhibits Director Penny Rose at 269-565-7961 or rosep@kellogg.edu.
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