Ball State School of Art 88th Annual Juried Student Art Show

ARTSHOW FEB15–MAR16,2023

88THANNUALJURIED STUDENT

CONTENTS

LETTER FROM THE INTERIM DIRECTOR

CERAMICS

INTERMEDIA

Pushing Too Far Chayton Davidson

Worm on a Train Grace Gallagher

October Alexa Gebhardt

GO LIVE Jaxson Kidd

Letter to Majesty Jenna Liesman

METALS & JEWELRY

Friends with Horned Beasts Arielle Birk

Modern Viking Turtle Brooches Jacqueline Craft Protective

Things I Reflect on Often Lauren Pontenberg

Where’s My Toast Lauren Pontenberg

Lil Nas X Kaden Sebastian

Untitled #1 Riley Sims

Untitiled #4 Riley Sims

2023 AWARDS

AREA AWARDS ($100)

ANIMATION Adriel Scott Sewer Scuffle

CERAMICS Erica O’Connor Hierarchy of the Midwest, The Fox

DRAWING Alyssa Ven Self Portrait

ANDREW SIMMS MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONS AWARD Nicole Tucker Reflection

GLASS Kat Pendleton Used

INTERMEDIA Jenna Liesman Letter to Majesty

METALS & JEWELRY Arielle Birk Friends with Horned Beasts

MIXED MEDIA Jaxson Kidd It’s awfully cold to be walking right now

PAINTING Riley Sims Untitled #4

PHOTOGRAPHY Hailey Byall Tranquil Abode

PRINTMAKING Sunnie Berning Insects Gradients

SCULPTURE Lauren Bond Amorphous Beast

VISUAL COMMUNICATION Lydia Rang The Cup

GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD ($100)

Teresa Frisch Meditative Thoughts Glass

MUNCIE ART STUDENTS’ LEAGUE

($100 EACH AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT TO MUNCIE STUDENT ART LEAGUE)

Gerald Bass Garden Buddy Pepe! Glass

Jacqueline Craft Modern Viking Turtle Brooches Metals & Jewelry

Shelby Douglas Self-Destruction Photography

COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS DEAN’S SELECTION SCHOLARSHIP AWARD ($350)

Michelle Pokorny Untitled Glass

Lydia Rang The Cup Visual Communication

PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP AWARD ($500)

Chayton Davidson Working Five to Nine Photography

1st PLACE ($500) Amren Klingaman The Other World Drawing

2nd PLACE ($250) Morris Gibbons Up and Down Painting

3rd PLACE ($150) Anika Gaska Taste and Sea Ceramics

LETTER FROM the Interim director

Welcome to the 88th Annual Student Art Show. This is my first involvement with the Ball State University School of Art’s Student Art Show. Wow. 88 years. A tradition to be celebrated in its own right—not to mention the acknowledgement of the legacy of those who have participated for the nearly nine decades of this annual exhibition that has occurred yearly since 1935.

Respectfully, before commenting about the 88th Annual Student Art Show, this exhibition didn’t happen without the motivation and encouragement provided by the school’s dedicated and exceptionally talented art faculty. The presentation and installation of these works of art is the result of the work of the School of Art Student Show Committee and more specifically the efforts of Professor of Art in Printmaking, Ken Preston, our supervisor of The Ned and Gloria Griner Art Gallery. Savannah Calhoun, School of Art Photography Resources Specialist, photographed the works for our digital catalog, and the visual communication students in Studio 165+, led by Professor Shantanu Suman, designed the catalog and show promotional materials.

This exhibition is many things—an opportunity to ‘show off’, a demonstration of technical skills, the representation of things, as well as an expression of time, and space and emotion—in essence a dialog between the artist and the viewer. What isn’t at the forefront of this exhibition is a simple fact…Art is Hard! To become an artist takes a lot. The learning of skills and techniques, the use of materials and methods, the combining of acquired knowledge and experiences, all lay bare the intent and meaning in the creative process to produce objects and images that speak to the viewer. Art is hard. Nonetheless, the works presented in this exhibition are representative of what takes place in the School of Art daily. The artwork on display reflects the knowledge, skill, and understanding of our students as they aspire to, and become, practicing professional artists.

This exhibition is in keeping with the tradition of inviting an outside juror, a professional in a field of art, to select the works for the show. Not only did the juror select the pieces for the exhibition, but the juror also recognizes students’ individual achievements by awarding monetary awards to those students whose works the juror has selected as being exceptional. The juror’s decisions are independent of others’ input in the artwork selection process, as is the awards selection process itself. This mirrors and reinforces the processes that we that teach and those which professional artists experience throughout their careers. The awards don’t end there. Ball State University’s President, Geoffrey Mearns, selected his choice for the President’s Scholarship Award, and Dr. Seth Beckman, Dean of the College of Fine Arts selected works to receive the CFA Dean’s Scholarship Awards.

I invite you to enjoy the exhibition, to engage with the objects and images.

Respectfully,

Max S. Shangle

Interim Director of the School of Art College of Fine Arts Ball State University

juror’s statement

It was a pleasure and honor to be invited to be the juror of the 88th Annual Student Art Show here at Ball State University! As a university professor of 13 years, I’ve interacted with hundreds of art students and have experienced thousands of pieces of art of all mediums. I’ve also been on the other side of things as an artist presenting my work for adjudication for many exhibitions. Early on in my career, I experienced my fair share of not having my work accepted into exhibitions along with other successful entries. These early experiences gave me the feedback that I needed to move my work forward and to grow as an artist. My remarks in this statement are meant to be congratulatory and motivational.

The strongest pieces rose to the top pretty quickly for me in making my initial selections. For the works not selected, basic principles and elements were unresolved, they still needed work compositionally, and the craftsmanship was not quite up to the level of the accepted works. For the works that were accepted, the principles and elements of design were working together harmoniously. I was drawn to striking contrast, compelling compositions, eye catching imagery, and uplifting content.

The selection of the awards was a delightfully challenging process. The pieces that impacted me visually and emotionally, in combination with advanced techniques, craftsmanship, and compositions, were paramount in my decision-making process.

If your work wasn’t select for the exhibition, take this subjective criticism and use it as fuel to keep working as an artist! As a developing artist, I remember the feelings of rejection by having my work not accepted into exhibitions, but it also gave me the motivation to work harder and pay closer attention to details. It also motivated me to improve composition and craftsmanship and clarify my content and use of references. Making and practicing is what sets work apart from the rest. Spending time with your work in the studio is key and necessary for the development and growth of your ideas and your work.

In the exhibition, there is evidence of strong foundational instruction occurring in the School of Art as well as faculty who care about the growth and development of their students. There was a great representation from most of the media areas and I was overall impressed with the work submitted for the exhibition.

Congratulations to all that had work accepted into the exhibition! This experience for you is a drop in the bucket in the grand scheme of things. Entering work into exhibitions on the local, regional, national, and international levels time and time again is what will increase your chances of success as an artist. This process is a great way to receive critique on your work outside of your immediate sphere of influence.

Thank you for the opportunity and experience of jurying this exhibition!

Seth Green

Associate Professor of Ceramics Department of Art and Design Purdue University Fort Wayne

Sewer Scuffle

ADRIEL SCOTT Animation

CERAMICS

Taste and Sea

ANIKA GASKA Ceramics

Floral Vase

KATHRYN HARMEYER Ceramics

Monarch Vase

KATHRYN HARMEYER Ceramics

Hierarchy of the Midwest, The Fox

ERICA O’CONNOR

Ceramics

40 Days

ADRIEL SCOTT Ceramics

DRAWING

Heavenly CYDNEY DAVIDSON Drawing

Drawing

Maria: Nature, Spirituality, Gender

MISTY FOX

Drawing

The Other World

AMREN KLINGAMAN Drawing

LAUREN PONTENBURG

Drawing

Drawing

Self Portrait

ALYSSA VENA

Breaking Barriers

CHLOE WEAVER

Drawing

Forged in Fury

CAITLYN SWOPE Foundations

Reflection

NICOLE TUCKER Foundations

Blue Vessel Experimental Set

MICHAEL CARSON Glass

Engraved Glass Plate Set

MICHAEL CARSON Glass

Smoke on the Water

MICHAEL CARSON Glass

Internal Conflict

ERICA O’CONNOR

Glass

Used

KAT PENDLETON Glass

intermedia

Worm on a Train

GRACE GALLAGHER Intermedia

October

ALEXA GEBHARDT Intermedia

GO LIVE

KIDD Intermedia

JAXSON

Letter to Majesty

JENNA LIESMAN Intermedia

Friends with Horned Beasts

ARIELLE BIRK

Metals & Jewelry

Modern Viking Turtle Brooches

JACQUELINE CRAFT Metals & Jewelry

Protective Locket

JACQUELINE CRAFT Metals & Jewelry

Dreaming of the Good ‘ol Days

MICKENZEE DAVIS

Metals & Jewelry

Hidden Fears

ERICA O’CONNOR Metals & Jewelry

American Traditional

VICTORIA STOUT Metals & Jewelry

Cicada Cathedral

VICTORIA STOUT Metals & Jewelry

mixed media

Transmedia Experience

KAMI GERON Mixed Media

My Body

EMILE GIFFIN Mixed Media

It’s awfully cold to be walking right now

JAXSON KIDD Mixed Media

Seasons

Of Wither KATELYN WADE Mixed Media

Rose Colored Glasses

ZAKE CAMPBELL Painting

Anatomy of a Love Undying: Edith & Thea

CYDNEY DAVIDSON Painting

Her Revenge

CYDNEY DAVIDSON

Painting

Consume

HANNAH FARBER

Painting

Through the Blinds

MISTY FOX Painting

Up and Down MORRIS GIBBONS Painting

No Swimming or Diving

ALEX M c NEIL Painting

Self Portrait of a Painter

ALEX M c NEIL Painting

Playground

OLIVIA MILLER

Painting

Not so Dead Mall

LAUREN PONTENBERG Painting

Things I Reflect on Often

LAUREN PONTENBERG

Painting

Where’s My Toast

LAUREN PONTENBERG Painting

Lil Nas X

KADEN SEBASTIAN Painting

Untitled #1

RILEY SIMS Painting

Untitled #4 RILEY SIMS Painting

Hand-made With Love

KATHERINE BREI Photography

Out-Of-Control

KATHERINE BREI Photography

Tranquil Abode

HAILEY BYALL

Photography

The Provider

CHAYTON DAVIDSON Photography

Working Five to Nine

CHAYTON DAVIDSON

Photography

Self-Destruction

SHELBY DOUGLAS Photography

Tangle

SHELBY DOUGLAS Photography

Too Much or Not Enough

Photography

LYDIA RANG

He’s in the zone

GABRIELLE SOPHER

Photography

printmaking

Printmaking

Garden Buddy Pepsi

GERALD BASS

Balloon Animals

SUNNIE BERNING

Printmaking

Insect Gradients

SUNNIE BERNING

Printmaking

Pinned Down

ARIELLE BIRK Printmaking

Memento Mori

PRESLEY COLE Printmaking

SABINE CROY

Printmaking

Art, The Clown

JOSEPH DILLON Printmaking

Self-Etching

MORRIS GIBBONS

Printmaking

We All Scream

JAXSON KIDD Printmaking

Ancient Text

KATIE LAUSE

Printmaking

Spring of Clarity

ISABELLA MCBRIDE

Printmaking

Tomato Fields

M c KINLEY OGDEN

Printmaking

Amorphous Beast

LAUREN BOND Sculpture

Metal Flower

LAUREN BOND Sculpture

Rwanda Cultural Booklet

SUNNIE BERNING

Visual Communication

A Christmas in Ukraine

CARLEE M c KENZIE

Visual Communication

3 Monkeys Pub on Wheels

GABRIELLE SOPHER

Visual Communication

graduate student art

Meditative Thoughts

TERESA FRISCH Ceramics

Lotus Seed Pod Books

TERESA FRISCH Ceramics

Continuum Broach

SANDRA GAIER Metals & Jewelry

Terry SAMANTHA JOSLIN Sculpture

Dross

ELLEN LEIGH Sculpture

The Dissimulation of One’s Innermost Qualties

MICHELLE POKORNY Glass

Untitled

MICHELLE POKORNY Glass

Life Loss

SARAH ZIMMERMAN Ceramics

The School of Art at Ball State University includes exceptional facilities and faculty. Our superior art-making studios are competitive with the best in the country, and our faculty and staff are active nationally and internationally as artists, creators, scholars and designers.

The School of Art is united by a commitment to promote craft, advance technical skills, foster a mature scholarship, including art history and promote a strong foundation for teaching studio arts. Our programs (BA, BS, BFA, MFA) cover a broad range of opportunities, from the traditional to the cutting edge, from animation, art education, ceramics, drawing, glass, intermedia, painting, photography, printmaking, production printing, sculpture, visual communication (graphic design) and installation. All areas are augmented by a state-of-the-art wood shop. Our students enjoy over 57,000 square feet of superior art-making studios and classrooms in the Art & Journalism Building, over 9,000 square feet in the Marilyn K. Glick Center for Glass, as well as 7,250 square feet for the school’s Graphic Arts Management program housed in the Applied Technology Building.

Our curriculum is supplemented by an exceptionally active calendar of visiting artists, designers and scholars, and complemented by a full schedule in our beautiful exhibition space, The Ned and Gloria Griner Art Gallery. All School of Art students enjoy unfettered access to the David Owsley Museum of Art, among the finest university art museums in the country with over 11,000 objects from all across the globe and spanning five millennia. School of Art students love it here, they stay here to graduate.

WEBSITE

www.bsu.edu/art INSTAGRAM

@ballstateart

BENEFACTORS

Dr. Ned and Gloria Griner and Family

Dr. Seth Beckman Dean, College of Fine Arts

Geoffrey Mearns President, Ball State University

DONORS

Miller’s Flowers

Normandy Flowers

Foister’s Flowers

Art Mart

88TH ANNUAL STUDENT ART SHOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Ken Preston Committee Chairperson, Layout Designer and Installer of the Exhibition

Zach Craw Assistant Professor of Art and Graduate Advisor

Chet Geiselman 3D Studio Manager

Renmei Xu Associate Professor of Art

JUROR OF THE 88TH ANNUAL STUDENT SHOW

Seth Green Associate Professor of Ceramics at Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW), Fort Wayne, Indiana and Founder of the Indiana Clay Conference

INTERIM DIRECTOR

Max S. Shangle Ball State School of Art

CREDITS

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Studio165+, Ball State University, School of Art

STUDENT DESIGNERS

Sunnie Berning, Maddy Burton, Grace Engel, Breanna Fields, Aaron Franklin, Jaxson Kidd, Olivia McCauley, and Kyra Morgan

FACULTY MENTOR

Shantanu Suman

PHOTOGRAPHER

Savannah Calhoun Photography Intermedia Resources Specialist, Catalog Photographer and Still-Photo Views for the Virtual Show Gallery

CREATOR OF VIRTUAL SHOW GALLERY

Zach Craw

THE NED AND GLORIA GRINER ART GALLERY SUPERVISOR, SCHOOL OF ART

Ken Preston

This catalog in its entirety was completed within the Ball State University School of Art