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HCC Announces Student Art Winners!

Heartland Community College's eighth annual Juried Student Art Exhibition features a wide range of media and styles with works by student artists created in studio art courses. Dave Wilson, an Illinois State graduate who serves as associate professor of Art and director of the President’s Gallery at Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota, judged the exhibition. The following Heartland students were recognized for their submissions:

  • Best of Show: Matt Drew, Untitled, archival digital print
    Prize: $200 gift certificate from Dick Blick Art Materials
  • First Place: John Pavlou, Values, archival digital print
    Prize: $100 gift certificate from Dick Blick Art Materials
  • Second Place: Catherine Kussman, Angler Days, pastel and charcoal on paper
    Prize: $75 gift certificate from Dick Blick Art Materials
  • Third Place: Amber Gravitt, Untitled, charcoal and pencil on paper
    Prize: $25 gift certificate from Dick Blick Art Materials
  • Honorable Mention: Harold Sheen, Untitled, urethane foam and spray paint sculpture
    Prize: $25 gift card from Barnes and Noble
  • Honorable Mention: Ben Smith, Untitled, archival digital print
    Prize: $25 gift certificate from JMC Digital and Photo Services
  • Honorable Mention: Ben Smith, Untitled, archival digital print
    Prize: $25 gift certificate from JMC Digital and Photo Services
  • Certificate of Merit Winners:
    - Dana Colcleasure, New Arrival, archival digital print
    - Melvin Du Mars, Still Life, oil on masonite
    - Brittany Heath, Just a Straight Razor, cherry and poplar
    - Roxanne Horath, A Stroll in the Park, mixed media collage
    - Matt Ohlendorf, Room Full of Mirrors, oil on canvas

Works will be on display through May 4 in the Heartland Community College Library, located on the first floor of the Student Commons Building on campus at 1500 W. Raab Road in Normal. For more information about Heartland Community College, visit www.heartland.edu.