The College of Southern Maryland art faculty members announced the awards of the Annual Student Juried Art Show during a gallery talk and awards reception on April 16. The show, which was hung in the Tony Hungerford Memorial Art Gallery at the college’s La Plata Campus, featured 61 student pieces that had been accepted into the show. Winning artists were Alan Frampton with first prize for his stoneware “Twisted Form,” Barbara Hance with second prize for her digital photograph “Shadows on the Bay” and Laura Kasko with third prize for her gouache on paper “Admixture Study.” Honorable mention was presented to Amber Hance for her untitled charcoal drawing and to Kyle Weaver for Film Photography “Mad as a Hatter.” The permanent members of the CSM art faculty had John Morrell, associate professor and chair of the department of art and art history at Georgetown University, to decide the winning artists. According to CSM Professor George Bedell, who teaches graphic design and photography, this process ensures unbiased judgment on the submitted work and will likely become the standard process for the award selections. “This is great training for the real world skills an exhibiting artist needs,” said Bedell. In his judge’s [...]
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