124th Annual Adult Student Exhibition
December 1, 2022 - January 27, 2023
Virtual Awards Ceremony: Friday, January 20, 6-8 pm
Closing Reception: Friday, January 27, 6-8pm
For 124 years, the Annual Adult Student Exhibition has celebrated the vibrant artwork created by Fleisher’s students. The exhibition provides students with the opportunity to show their work in a public gallery, with cash prizes awarded to students in a wide spectrum of mediums including fiber arts, drawing, painting, ceramics, printmaking, sculpture, and photography.
Join us for the Virtual Awards Ceremony on Friday, January 20th, and the Closing Reception on Friday, January 27th.
2022 Awardees
Drawing
First Place: Bernadette Sunner, Sprout, Children’s Book Illustration, Instructor: Andre Chaney
Second Place: Mary-Angela Papalaskari, Self Portrait in Recycling Bin (Perspective Study), Drawing with Confidence, Instructor: Barbara Zanelli
Third Place: Joy Wiltenburg, Clark Park beech , Drawing with Confidence, Instructor: Barbara Zanelli
Still Life, Landscape and Figure Painting
First Place: Taryn Gillies, Dumpsters, Intro to Portrait Painting, Instructor: Inga Kimberly Brown
Second Place: Louise Vallely, Model, 2022 , Portrait Painting, Instructor: Inga Kimberly Brown
Third Place: Daniel Van Dyk, Vienna, Portrait Painting, Instructor: Paul DuSold
Abstract Painting
First Place: Kathy Lieb, Collateral Damage, Critique Seminar, Instructor: Fran Gallun
Second Place: Judith Dutton, Houston Meadows II, Painting with Imagination, Instructor: Lara Cantu-Hertzler
Third Place: Ryan Myers, Fraternal Twins, Abstract and Intuitive Painting, Instructor: Chau Nguyen
Ceramics
First Place: Andrea Preis, Tra-la-la-tra-la, Ceramics Open Studio
Second Place: Rennia Rodney, Big Ass Pot, Nigerian & Ghanaian Pottery, Instructor: Robin Williams-Turnage
Third Place: Cynthia Bayer, Fig Newtons, Ceramics Open Studio
Sculpture
First Place: Julia Durand, Creatures at home, Ceramics Open Studio
Second Place: Mary Miraflor, Untitled, Portrait Sculpture, Instructor: Cathy Hopkins
Third Place: Carole Abercauph, Figure Study, Terracotta Figure Sculpture, Instructor: Cathy Hopkins
Fiber Arts & Crafts
First Place: Sheru Hoffman, Mosaic Collage, Mosaics, Instructor: Carol Stirton-Broad
Second Place: Francesca Lally, Sythie, Frame It Yourself, Instructor: Robert Stauffer
Third Place: Bonita Sklar-Friedman, The Wizard’s Secrets, Mosaics, Instructor: Carol Stirton-Broad
Printmaking
First Place: Peri Law, mishandled, Papermaking, Instructor: Anna Benjamin
Second Place: Phoebe Murer, Geyser Eruption, Screenprint, Instructor: Bill Brookover
Third Place: Ash Fritzsche, Billy’s Conex, Stone Lithography, Instructor: Peter Hartz
Photography
First Place: Olivia Davis, Wildwood Fog, Darkroom: Color Photography, Instructor: Ahmed Salvador
Second Place: Elise Harven, Peak into Paradise, Darkroom: Color Photography, Instructor: Ahmed Salvador
Third Place: Steve Schultz, Legacy, Darkroom Open Studio
Erick J. Dougherty Award in Photography
Jon Kriney, Folded House, Darkroom: Color Photography, Instructor: Ahmed Salvador
Student Advisory Council Award
Sarvelia Peralta-Duran, Venus Garden, Collage and Papercutting, Instructor: Henry Bermudez
Francis McCarthy Drawing Award
Diane Fredrickson, Le Petite Elephant, Introduction to Drawing, Instructor: Barbara Zanelli
FAQs
When should I deliver my artwork?
From November 9 to November 18 between the hours of 11AM and 8PM Monday to Thursday, and from 10AM to 3PM on Fridays.
Are there size limitations?
Students can submit one piece. It should be no larger than 36″ in any direction (including frame) to make sure there is room to display everyone’s work. For digital artworks, your instructor will collect the work for you to be displayed on our gallery screen.
Should my artwork be ready to hang?
Yes. This doesn’t mean that it needs to be framed, but there should be a way for us to display your work properly without causing damage to your work. Works on paper without frames will be hung using magnets.
When is the exhibition?
The exhibition opens on Thursday, December 1, 2022 and closes on Friday, January 27, 2023.
When is the Awards Ceremony?
The Awards Ceremony takes place on Friday, January 20 from 6-8PM on zoom. In addition, we will have a Closing Reception on Friday, January 27th at 6-8PM (in person at the gallery) to celebrate our adult student community.
When can I pick up my work?
You can pick up your artwork after the Closing Reception or between January 27-February 10 during Fleisher’s regular business hours.
What is my medium?
It’s best if you can narrow it down to the following categories so that the juror can make the appropriate decisions:
– Drawing
– Works on Paper (Collage & Watercolor)
– Representational Painting (Still Life, Landscape and Figure Painting)
– Abstract Painting
– Ceramics
– Sculpture (including mixed media)
– Fiber Arts & Crafts (Fabric Work, Book Arts, Mosaics, Framing, Jewelry)
– Printmaking (Screenprinting, Lithography, Etching, Woodcut, Pronto Plate Lithography,
Monoprinting)
– Photography (Digital, Darkroom)
– Digital (Photoshop, Animation, Video)
Here’s an example of an exhibition label:
Jane Doe
Fire Alarm, 2022
15″ x 22″ – size of artwork, not frame
Work on paper
$150