Spectators view the artwork at the Student Art Show opening that took place on March 7. Adeline Griffith | Washtenaw Voice
By Danny Villalobos
Staff Writer
WCC students again demonstrated their artistic skill to the public last Thursday. One hundred and thirty works of art by students are currently on display on the second floor of the Student Center for viewing. The displays will be up until April 6.
Categories of artwork included 2D design, 3D design, graphic design, animation, and photography.
Prizes were awarded to winners of the art show. The prizes consisted of “Most Promising Award” (one given in each category), “Dean’s Choice Award,” “President’s Choice Award,” and traditional third, second, and first place awards.
Third place award were art supplies, second place prize was campus bookstore credit, and first place prize consisted of tuition reimbursement.
“It’s a good place for students to present their works in an open environment,” said Jill Jepsen, an art faculty member in charge of the event. “As artists we work in confined spaces, but these events give the students an opportunity to present their work out in the open.”
The guest juror for this year’s art show was Sandra Murchison, the director for the School of Art and Design at EMU. Murchinson was in charge to pick all the “Most Promising” awards, as well as first, second, and third place awards.
“All my work is monochromatic,” said Robert Roming-Fox, “I use three applications to get the color I want, which is on the level of the golden era of black and white photography… everything is toned, so not completely black and white.”
Roming-Fox is a current photography student at WCC whose work is on display. He’s inspired by his photography heroes such as Yousef Karsh, Mario Testino, and Joyce Tenneson; Tenneson being the photographer whose process philosophy is a part of Roming-Fox as well.
“I don’t tell my process, it’s a part of my style,” Roming-Fox said.
Third place award went to Irene Mokra for her self portrait drawing.
The second place award went to Therese Jarjoura, who won for her sculpture, “Seeing Eye.” Last year, she won top prize for her painting, called “Bridging.”
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- Edie Ostapik poses with her piece, “Surface Movement Blues.” She won first place for her work. Sara Faraj | Washtenaw Voice
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- President of WCC, Dr. Rose B. Bellanca (left) passes out award certificates to Student Art Show winners with Jill Jepsen, a WCC faculty member. Sara Faraj | Washtenaw Voice
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- Gina Hewitt’s “Neutraface Book” that was made for GDT 100: Typography. Sara Faraj | Washtenaw Voice
Edie Ostapik won first place for her drawing, “Surface Movement Blues.”
Murchinson commented on Ostapik’s piece, saying, “This is a stunning display of a bold, confident web of lines handled in a most gentle and delicate matter. There is a lovely range of indigo blue values and clear sense of movement. Excellent!”
“It’s a pen and ink drawing where you’re trying to get your eyes to move in and out of the cage from the thickness of the lines… it’s called surface movement” said Ostapik.
She developed her techniques over the summer through experimenting various colors. She said, “It’s a meditative process, I like to be in a meditative state when I draw the same way I’m swimming.”
Ostapik won the “Most Promising Award” last year for her 3D sculpture “Escape.”
Heather Accurso, an art professor who teaches a drawing class at WCC, commented on Ostapik’s piece “I think it is a very strong piece, very 3D on a flat surface. A masterpiece of breathing line.”
Amanda Goodge, 18, is a current student at WCC. She submitted her drawing at the art show, which she called “Ornate Boxes.”
“I created this piece with wet paint and held it down vertically. I used charcoal and graphite to do the drawing,” she said.
Goodge won the “Most Promising Award” for 2D Art, this her first art show and she plans to continue her artistic works further in the future.
“I want to create characters be an illustrator and create stories and do some animations too, but also while still playing around with other art mediums,” said Goodge.
