Art majors from two-year colleges in the state of Mississippi had their artwork showcased at Jones College during the Mississippi Community College Art Instructor Association’s Student Art Competition.
The competition is held at a different two-year college each year. This year the
competition was hosted at Jones in the Eula Bass Lewis Art Gallery located in the Visual Arts building. The event was held March 7 through April 1.
There was a variety of mediums used in the students’ artwork. The categories
showcased included drawing, painting/mixed media, 2-D design, 3-D design, digital/computer art, photography, printmaking and ceramics.
“It’s just a showcase of what all the two-year colleges are doing in the field of Art,” Mark Brown, art instructor at Jones, said. “All the work must be totally original.”
Bryce Speed, painting instructor at the University of Alabama, judged the competition.
Speed has judged seven other art competitions in the past. However, this was his first statewide college competition.
“You always want to recognize the work that has gone into the pieces that you are
seeing,” Speed said.
The closing reception and awards presentation was held April 1 at 10 a.m. Each
category had a first, second and third place winner, as well as several honorable mentions. The competition also included one winner for the overall best of show.
by Shannon Barbin
MCCAIA Awards by Category Best in Show
Darryn Coney, Bessie, SMCC
Painting/Mixed Media:
1st: Mandy Zhang, Brick #2, Holmes Ridgeland
2nd: Theresa Ho, Nightscape, Holmes Ridgeland
3rd: Mia Cossin, Cooper Dyes His Hair, ICC
HM: Theresa Ho, Bricked, Holmes Ridgeland
Why Hewitt, Cupcake, NWCC
Drawing:
1st: Kaitlin Stegall, Plum Tea, ICC
2nd: Jamiah Smith, Decoy, Hinds/Raymond
3rd: Bryanna Davidson, Teeth, Jones
HM: Carly McInnis, Untitled, Jones
Aryn Cox, The Backyard, Jones
Peyton Barr, Self-Portrait, NWCC
Colton Miller, Converse Desktop, Co-Lin
Rebekah Lawless, Untitled 2, Jones
Megan Jeter, Self-Portrait, NWCC
Ella Bowen, Paper Bag, EMCC Golden Triangle
Kaitlin Stegall, Caleb’s Sunset, ICC
2D Design:
1st: Peyton Barr, Gas Masks/Emphasis, NWCC
2nd: Peyton Barr, Balance, NWCC
3rd: Olivia Reed, Self-Portrait, MGCCC
HM: Megan Jeter, Untitled, NWCC
Mia Coggin, Eye, Eye, Captive, ICC
Colton Miller, Local/Expressive Color, Co-Lin
Erin Gullet, Globes on Table, Hinds
Catherine Milford, Void, Holmes
Quinton Chapman, Untitled, Jones
Inya Kirkland, Excitement, Hinds/Raymond
3D Design:
1st: Carly McInnis, Untitled, Jones
2nd: Peyton Barr, Surveillance System, NWCC
3rd: Alissa Ladner, Linear Design Project, Co-Lin
HM: Elliana Parker, Patterned Gogh, ICC
Hailey Hardy, Bumpy Ride, East Central CC
Digital/Computer Art:
1st: Brian Lummus, November Prince, Meridian
2nd: Colton Miller, The Great Daltoni, Co-Lin
3rd: Viskiyya Muhammed, Viskiyya, Meridian
HM: Gabby Ladd, Social Medusa, Co-Lin
Photography:
1st: Nicolas Boerema, Spake Motion, Hinds
2nd: Anwar Alhanshaly, Peace and Quiet, Hinds
3rd: Nicolas Boerema, Revelry, Hinds
HM: Nicolas Boerema, Heaven Wave, Hinds
Anwar Alhanshaly, Antique Boutique, Hinds
Printmaking:
1st: Colton Miller, Oscar, Co-Lin
2nd: Honor Brown, Grammy, EMCC Golden Triangle
3rd: Ella Bowen, Honey, EMCC Golden Triangle
HM: Sarah Barnes, Butterflies, EMCC Golden Triangle
Ceramics:
1st: Gabby Ladd, Chaos and Serenity, Co-Lin
2nd: Morgan Rogillio, Crystal Turquoise Bowl, Hinds/Raymond
3rd: Katherine Witsberger, Like Blades of Grass Returning, Hinds
HM: Drew Winter, Brainstorm, Hinds