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New KSU Painting Society visits Chicago and KC

The KSU Painting Society was formed in the Spring of 2002 by advanced painting students Carol Sprawka, Adam Hayes, Anna Lambert and Jenny Meyer under the guidance of Professor Xuhong Shang. The society sponsored and organized a three day trip to Art Chicago last spring. The trip gave ten art students an opportunity to visit one of the largest art centers in the country. They saw contemporary work from many of the top galleries from around the globe as well as masterworks in Chicago’s museums. The society’s goal is to give art students an opportunity to interact with each other outside of class, show their work, share ideas and learn about different methods of making art. They will learn to develop their skills and conceptual abilities as artists through society-sponsored events, trips and get-togethers. This year the society held two shows (one on and one off campus), brought in one visiting artist from Illinois, and traveled to Kansas City to visit the Kemper and Nelson Art Museums. The society is currently planning for the K-State Open House events, and other visiting artists and a possible second trip to Art Chicago.

A Fine Evening for the Annual Awards Dinner

The Annual Awards Dinner, April 3, 2003, was hosted at the new K-State Alumni Center and was a great success. Besides the excellent buffet from Cox Brothers Bar-B-Q, the place was packed with well over one hundred guests and award winners in attendance. Great community and historical support turned out. Barbara and Jay Nelson of Strecker-Nelson Gallery initiated a new institution as graduate award donors, honoring Donna Cole, graduate student in ceramics with a cash award, exhibition and representation at the gallery. Penny Cullers represented Varney’s Bookstore, a figure in both scholarship and material awards every year. Mary Helm Pollock, one of our Art Department Patrons, joined the party from New York City. Very welcome were departmental emeritus faculty members Oscar Larmer, Jack O’Shea, Carroll Winegardner, Rosella Ogg and Gary Woodward, who has been moonlighting as a graduate recruitment officer for the department. Students who received scholarships in the Fall 2002 semester were announced and recognized as well as those students who received awards for the Commerce Bank juried Comprehensive Exhibition. Commerce Bank provides a venue for an exhibition of the juried pieces, and presents monetary awards to the top student each year.

Set Awards

Walker - Randy Regier
Hagan Graphic Design - Breanna Doll
Hagan Graphic Design - Amber Balluch
Hagan Graphic Design - Melanie Stokka
Dunn (FR) - Kyle Wilson
Dunn (SO) - Lise Zerbe
Dunn (JR) - Helen Brazzle
Dunn (SR) - Crystal Tarwater
Garzio Studio Pottery - Justin Liberty
Larmer - Anna Lambert
O’Shea - Lindsay Richards
Savage Art Ed - Monique Quinton
Outstanding Photo Student - Leigh Alcorn
Outstanding Photo Student - Laura Bott
Bookwalter Illustration - Shawn Dryden

Materials Awards (Made possible through Penny Cullers, Art Supply Manager, Varney’s Bookstore)

MacPherson - Natalie Oswald
MacPherson - Rachel Ehart
MacPherson - April Alcorn
Winsor Newton - Jenny Meyer
Grumbacher - Yancy Young

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