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Huntington
announces student art exhibit winners
FOR RELEASE April 20, 2007
HUNTINGTON, IN—Huntington
University recently announced the winners of the 17th Annual Juried Student
Art Exhibit to be held until April 24 in the Robert E. Wilson Gallery of the
Merillat Centre for the Arts.
Artist Mee Kyung Shim
served as guest juror. Shim earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Wayne
State University in Michigan in 1999. She has exhibited widely in the
Midwest since moving from South Korea to the U.S. Locally, her work has been
shown at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Artlink, and Avant-Garde and Kachmann
galleries in Fort Wayne. In addition, she has been awarded fellowships and
artist-in-residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and at Anderson Ranch
Arts Center in Colorado.
Shim selected the work for
the student art exhibit as well as award best of show, first place, second
place, third place and special achievement recognitions.
The pieces for the exhibit
were created by Huntington University students, freshmen through seniors,
who are enrolled in one or more art courses. This was the first exhibition
for the work. All types of media were represented.
An artist reception and awards ceremony was held
on April 14 in the Wilson Gallery. The following students received
recognitions:
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Recipient |
Award |
Title of Work |
Medium |
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Trista Watson, a junior visual arts education major from Chambersburg, Pa. |
Best of Show |
“Classic Teapot” |
ceramics |
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Justin Wentz, a freshman graphic design major from
Greencastle, Pa. |
1st Place Overall |
“Drapery on Chair” |
drawing |
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Keri Badenhop, sophomore graphic design major from Archbold, Ohio |
2nd Place Overall |
“Forest Glen” |
drawing |
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Trista Watson, a junior visual arts education major from Chambersburg, Pa. |
3rd Place Overall |
“Rape Whistle” |
design |
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Daron Short, a senior graphic design major from Whiteland, Ind.
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Robert E. Wilson Purchase Award |
“Chrome and Rust”
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photography
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Jimi Bonogofsky, a freshman digital media arts major from Montgomery
Creek, Calif.
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Outstanding Achievement |
“Swirls” |
drawing |
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Justin Wentz, a freshman graphic design major from
Greencastle, Pa. |
Outstanding Achievement |
“Evolutionary Pattern” |
drawing |
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Janna Larimore, a freshman graphic design from Elizabeth, Ill.
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Outstanding Achievement |
“Lost and Found”
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drawing |
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Jimi Bonogofsky, a freshman digital media arts major from Montgomery
Creek, Calif.
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Outstanding Achievement |
“Figure of a Young Woman”
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drawing |
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Trista Watson, a junior visual arts education major from
Chambersburg, Pa. |
Outstanding Achievement |
“Self Portrait ’06”
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drawing |
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Courtney Schwerin, a freshman digital media arts major from
Flanagan, Ill.
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Outstanding Achievement |
“Shoes”
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drawing |
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Ben Hopper, a junior graphic design major from
Huntington, Ind. |
Outstanding Achievement |
”Linerar Dam” |
photography |
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Joshua Watson, a senior film studies major from Annapolis, Md.
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Outstanding Achievement |
“Mysticism”
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photography |
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Ben Hopper, a junior graphic design major from
Huntington, Ind. |
Outstanding Achievement |
“Chicago”
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photography |
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Elaine Hollaar, a sophomore graphic design major from Oakville,
Ontario, Canada
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Outstanding Achievement |
“Series on Trees #1”
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photography |
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Elaine Hollaar, a sophomore graphic design major from Oakville,
Ontario, Canada
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Outstanding Achievement |
“Study of Line”
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design |
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Jamie Thurston, a freshman graphic design major from Van Wert, Ohio
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Outstanding Achievement |
“Chuck Taylor High Tops”
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design |
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Rebekah Raby, a freshman graphic design major from Arcanum, Ohio
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Outstanding Achievement |
“Popping Star” |
design |
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Cassandra Lehman, a sophomore graphic design
major from Decatur, Ind. |
Outstanding Achievement |
“Goblet”
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ceramics |
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Nora Majors, a sophomore visual arts education
major from Roachdale, Ind. |
Outstanding Achievement |
“Piglet”
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ceramics |
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Patrick Davis, a junior graphic design major from
Huntington, Ind. |
Outstanding Achievement |
“Ocean Landscape”
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printmaking |
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Patrick Davis, a junior graphic design major from Huntington, Ind.
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Outstanding Achievement |
“Grasshopper”
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computer illustration |
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Johnathan Enck, a junior fine arts major from Warsaw, Ind.
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Outstanding Achievement |
“Twas the Night 1”
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graphic design |
Huntington University is a comprehensive
Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate
programs in more than 70 academic concentrations.
U.S.News & World Report
ranks Huntington among the best colleges in the Midwest.
Founded in 1897 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Huntington
University is located on a contemporary, lakeside
campus in northeast
Indiana. The University is a member of the
Council for Christian Colleges
and Universities (CCCU).
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