76th Annual Student Art Competition Awards
Congratulations to the winners of the 76th student art competition. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 76 years, wherein countless works of art of every form have been displayed and applauded by the university and Knoxville community. The competition included Academic Papers, Graphic Design work, and Fine Arts.
Academic Papers Winners
Dille Award for Best Paper – Aya Rutherford
Second Place – Caroline Dickson
Third Place – Sarah Kenney
Graphic Design Winners
Dille Award for Graphic Design – Lily Caldwell, Design Manifesto
Juror’s Award for Branding – Jacqueline Juneau, Bellechasse Bakery Branding
Juror’s Award for Typography – Julie Ann Simpson, Short Phrases and Funny Words
Juror’s Award for Poster – Jessica Taylor – Tower Trail
Juror Award for Most Likely to Make Me Learn How to Play Chess – Jake Hirschmann – Eco Chess
Fine Arts Winners
Dille Award for Best Undergraduate Work: Brandon Pham, Flowers for Celine
Dille Award for Best Graduate Work: Haley Takahashi, Family Ties #1
Jerry’s Artarama Gift Certificate: Nicole O’Connor, Breakfast for Dinner
Jerry’s Artarama Gift Certificate: Phi Phillips, In Second Grade
Student Union Purchase Prize: Gaby Hurtado-Ramos, Blue Gaze
Printmaking Award: Gino Castellanos, Desired Release II
Sculpture Award: Abigail Rose Hedley, Converse
Ceramics Award: Alyssa Naudin, Fountain
Painting and Drawing Award: LaKesha Lee, Kinetic Space
Photography: Adam Kreider, Look me in the eye
4D/Time Based Media award: Casey Wolhar, Hunger
Juror Award for Mixed Media: SB, Haibun
This exhibition was jurored by Kay Dartt, Clinical Assistant Professor of art at Shepherd University; Rachel Bush, Associate Professor of Graphic Design at Austin Peay State University, and Najung Kim, Visiting Assistant Professor of Asian Art at University of Richmond. The gallery would like to thank Jerry’s Artarama and the University of Tennessee Student Union for sponsoring prizes.