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“This sculpture emerges from my ongoing exploration of displacement, war, and the fragility of belonging,” Fadaei said. “Combining concrete, fabric, and thread, the piece embodies the tension between weight and suspension, permanence and rupture.” 

Cassandra Jeffries’ painting, “We’ve got 3 minutes before the sun goes down,” was voted Best in Show for Undergraduate Students.  

“My work is inspired by the environment and its ever-changing landscape,” Jeffries said. “I use landscape as a conduit for internal social anxieties, relating them to the sublime and systems in nature.” 

Jeffries also explained that during hikes, she creates watercolor studies which inspire the shapes of her artwork and ground her to her environment.  

This year’s student annual art exhibit was sponsored by the Richard S. and Alita Rogers Family Foundation. The exhibit was juried by the School of Arts Gallery Committee and awards were chosen by internationally exhibiting and local artist Moema Furtado. This year’s awards were sponsored by the Richard S. and Alita Rogers Family Foundation, All Media Art and Supply, Professor Emeritus Janice Lessman-Moss and Director of Exhibitions and Collections Anderson Turner and his partner Professor Aoife Mooney.

Congratulations to Our Student Winners: 

Gallery Directors Award – Echo Davis

1st Runner Up, Graduate – Caroline Perkison

1st Runner Up, Undergraduate – Carla Wagner 

Textiles Award – Berend Hawks