Student show full of surprises
STORY A N D PHOTOS BY ERIC CARLSON
HUMOR EDITOR
The Annual Clackam as Com m unity College
Student Art Show began at noon, May 14 with
students bustling around the entrance, enjoying
free refreshments while waiting for the show
to begin. Once the event started, the winners
were announced and the attendees hustled into
the Alexander Gallery to behold their peers’
hard work on display.
This year’kart show was very sculpture-heavy;
faculty member Catherine Dreer described it as
“ Everything is monumental, itts huge.”
Steven M ysinger’ s life sized, “ 21st Trojan
Horse” earned him an area award for sculpture.
This larger than life sculpture was crafted from
tw o-b y-fours and paper mache. Mysinger
described the shear size of his piece by and said,
“ Unless you walk up to that horse and look at
it for real, it’ s hard'to imagine it’ s that b ig .”
The Student Art Show was not without a
presence of 2D art pieces-as well. The largest
painting at the show “ 2019 Floridian Exhibit
AHM Mars 3050” was created by Renny Simon.
Not only was this painting large but it was
hoisterihg with extra tidbits hidden in the
details, each with a story of their own.
Ian Patterson received ah area award for
his illustration, “ The Opossum King,” which
featured a skeletal opossum draped in black
robes. Patterson expanded on his work saying
he got a lot of inspiration from Dark Horse and
Spawn Comics to develop his own style.
The “ Best in Show” was awarded to Abdul
Williams for his painting, “ Fallen Holiday;”
Guest judge Tabitha Nikolai praised the painting
on its “ Balance of technique and representation”
saying, “ It has these abstract moments in it,
where it’ s not exactly clear what’ s happening
but it still has an energy about it .”
Hailey McDonald’s sculpture, “ Archibald the
Birthday Cat” featured a fluffy cat body fitted
with a human face, hands and feet. McDonald
found her sculpture supplies at local thrift
stores and described her process in making
Archibald as, “ I need to run with the creepy.”
This creepy cat awarded her with first place at
the Student Art Show. McDonald encouraged
CCC students to come down and witness the
work of their peers. “ You’ re blown away.
Everyone has so much hidden talent/* McDonald
said.
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This year’ s Student Art Show was filled with
great works in all sorts of mediums and will be
open until June 6; students are encouraged to
stop byaAlexander Gallery io see the hard work
of their fellow classmates.
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May 29, 2019