TOP AWARDS ANNOUNCED FOR KAPPA PI ANNUAL JURIED STUDENT ART EXHIBITION AT UNK

The awards for the Kappa Pi Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition at the University of Nebraska at Kearney have been announced this week.
    
The show, which is on display in the Walker Art Gallery now through March 17, includes works by 25 students. The works were placed into one of the following six categories for judging: graphic design, paper, canvas, ceramics, sculpture and glass. Only works created during the spring of 2005 through the spring of 2006 by a UNK undergraduate student were eligible.
    
This year, the competition was juried by Ben Sum, an assistant professor of art at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas.
    
Awards for the Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition are listed below:

Best of Show – Kyle Mossman from Monument, Colo., for his artwork titled
Complete Contrast
    
On Paper
     Gold Award – Ben Kuhl from Grand Island  for Professor
     Silver Award – Jared Rawlings from Grand Island  for Born to Die
     Bronze Award – Ashley English from Kearney  for Eiffel Tower

On Canvas
     Gold Award – Cherry Neu Stevens from Lisco  for Freeflow of Frustration
     Silver Award – Ben Kuhl from Grand Island  for Self-Portrait
     Bronze Award – Katrina Florell from Elm Creek  for Confrontation

Graphic Design
     Gold Award – Janai Robinson from Kearney  for Words of Wisdom Postcards
     Silver Award – Steve Valish from Schuyler  for Teatime Packaging
     Bronze Award – David Beach from Misawa, Japan  for Puncture Movie

Sculpture
     Gold Award – Cherry Neu Stevens from Lisco  for The Other Side of Reason
     Silver Award – Jeff Kenney from Omaha  for Character
     Bronze Award – Nadine Fahrlander from Minden  for The Dissenters Song

Ceramics/Glass
     Gold Award – Ashley English from Kearney  for Flowering
     Silver Award – Shane Kruse from Gothenburg  for The Hunter’s Teapot
     Bronze Award – Nadine Fahrlander from Minden  for Pregnant, Thinking     Students with work in the exhibition are listed below, alphabetically by hometown:

NEW MEXICO
         Albuquerque – Gabe Re