Visitors view art show competition entries and winners at Ganton Art Gallery at Spring Arbor University (courtesy photo)
Spring Arbor University’s Department of Art & Design announced the results of their 2019 Fall Art Competition.
Students submitted their works to be judged by SAU alumna and Springport High School art teacher Heidi Rhodes. Ms. Rhodes selected works for the Fall Art Exhibition as well as award winners. In announcing the awards, Rhodes named creativity and complexity as key components of exceptional artwork. She presented top awards to student work that best exemplified those qualities.
The 2019 Fall Art Exhibition will be on display in the Ganton Art Gallery through Feb. 2.
Award Winners
1st Place
Noelle Immink | “Skully” (Pen & Ink)
2nd Place
Jamie Erickson | “Concrete Melody” (Mixed Media)
3rd Place
Emma Hale | “Adam” (Photography)
2D Design
Noelle Immink | “Lava”
Drawing
Taryn Kunze | “Grandpa’s Wrenches”
Painting
Emma Hale | “Pears & Jug”
Graphic Design
Atalie Baker | “Fits Almost Anywhere”
Photography
Emma Hale | “Hanging Plant”
Department of Art & Design Scholarship (Most Pieces in Show)
Emma Hale
Melayna Stuckey
Cole Color Awards
Hannah Chapel | “Three Bottles of Coke”
Christi Waldo | “Calla”
The Ganton Art Gallery is available for field trips and group tours. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Friday and 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Gallery hours are subject to SAU’s academic calendar. Admission is always free of charge. The Ganton Art Gallery is on Facebook and Instagram.
