Campus Connection

Annual All-Student Exhibition opens Friday, March 23

[caption id="attachment_10758" align="alignright" width="400" caption="“Broiler” (Ceramic Chicken) by Erin Rademacher, Carol Hutchins Winther Award"][/caption] A variety of student artwork will be featured inUW-L's University Art Gallery. The annual All-Student Juried Exhibition opens with a reception from 5-6:30 p.m. Friday, March 23, in the Gallery. The exhibit is an opportunity for all students across campus to enter creative works for judging and submission into the exhibition. This year, 72 student artists submitted 172 works for possible inclusion. Judges were Carol Lee Chase, a professor of painting at Saint Catherine University in St. Paul, Minn., and Jody Williams, a faculty member of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. The judges selected 36 pieces from 27 students. The included: Kelsey Bauer, Jill Bagniefski, Kirk Benson, Amber Brader, Mellissa Buss, Megan Danahy, Seth Forecki, Erin Fraundorf, Clinton Grabhorn, Allecia Kruser, Angela McMahon, Dani Mejchar, Pat Moriearty, Zachary Morin, Andrew Musil, Analese Nechvatal, Adam Oldre, Ellen Pfeffer, Sam Posso, Erin Rademacher, Julie Sieracki, Mike Spicer, Amanda Noel Strover, Harmony Szarek, Clint Tudahl, Dani Wallace and Kristina Warner. [caption id="attachment_10759" align="alignright" width="400" caption="“Crow” by Pat Moriearty, All-Students Art Exhibition Award"][/caption] In addition to selecting work for the exhibition, the judges selected 12 works for recognition and awards. The awards and their recipients included:

• Betty L. Kendrick Award, Clint Tudahl: Drapery
• Richard Koehler Award, Kirk Benson: Ham Steak
• James Quillin Award, Zachary Morin: Moth
• Marion Beihn Award, Clint Grabhorn: One for the Road
• Catherine Crail Award, Adam Oldre: 1912 Atwater Kent System, Type K
• Carol Hutchins Winther Award, Erin Rademacher: Broiler
• RuthAnn Knapp Award, Julie Sieracki: Whale Tale Pendant
• Ray Sherin Award, Dani Mejchar: Edward Jump
• Bill Fiorini Award, Kelsey Bauer: Belt Buckle
• Louise Drumm Award, Dani Mejchar: Urban Shadows
• Bill Kader Award, Erin Fraundorf: Chromosome Explosion
• All Students Art Exhibition Award, Pat Moriearty: Crow

The exhibit and other events are free and open to the public. The show runs through Saturday, April 14. Regular gallery hours are noon-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, noon-5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and during Toland Theatre events. Admission is free. The gallery opens for appointments by calling the UW-L Art Department 608.785.8230. The University Gallery staff thanks the UW-L Foundation and individual donors for support of the visual arts at UW-L, as well as the UW-L Student Association, which generously funds this event. If you go— What: All-Student Juried Exhibition When: Opens with a reception from 5-6:30 p.m. Friday, March 23. Runs through April 14 Where: University Art Gallery, Center for the Arts Admission: Free Gallery hours: noon-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, noon-5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and during Toland Theatre events.