By Lucia Grijalva
Photo from Pima Arts’ website
On April 16, students from across all five of Pima Community College’s campuses gathered together for the Annual Juried Student Exhibit’s Reception. Awards took place at 4 p.m.
This annual exhibition ran from April 7 to May 9 and was featured in the Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery of the West Campus.
According to the Pima Arts website, “Each student was allowed to enter up to three works in any category. This year, jurors accepted 71 entries by 51 students from a total of 198 entries by 92 students.”
“The jurors also designated 24 awards for works ranging from painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, photography and digital arts. More than $6,000 in certificates, gifts and financial donations were given to the Bernal Gallery for the awards,” the Pima Arts website shared.
Recognitions this year included:
- Best in Show to Minha Castle for works “Self Portrait”, “Glory” and “Let Go”. The hindmost also receiving the “Best in 2D and PaperWorks Award”
- Best in Painting and Southern Arizona Arts Guild (SAAG) Award for Julia Faith’s “Does the Swallow Dream of Flying”
- Best of Drawing and PaperWorks Award to Michael Kissell, “Still Life”
- Best is Ceramics and SAAG Award to “Adventure Duck” by Lisette Fuentes
- Best in Photography and PaperWorks Award for Marguerite Kieninger’s “Double Portrait”
- Best in Alternative Process Photography to Kate Dawes for “Damen Street Silo #2”
- Best in 3D and SAAG Award to Rebecca Coffman for “Leaf Cutter Ant”
- Best in Sculpture and SAAG Award to Chi-Vas White for “Sit Ubu Sit”