127th Annual Adult Student Exhibition

For 127 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. Prizes are awarded to students in a wide spectrum of mediums including fiber arts, drawing, painting, ceramics, printmaking, sculpture, and photography.

 

Support is provided by The F. McCarthy Memorial Fund.

Exhibition: December 1, 2025 – January 30, 2026

Artwork drop off: November 3 – November 14, 2025

Virtual Awards Ceremony: Friday, January 23, 2026

Closing Reception: Friday, January 30, 2026

 

Please fill out the submission form for inclusion in the Student Exhibition. We will include your one (1) masterpiece created in your Fleisher class during the 2025 calendar year, so please don’t forget to bring your art by Friday, November 14, 2025.

Please reach out to Gerard Silva, Director of Exhibitions if you have any questions or need assistance with the submission form: gsilva@fleisher.org

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126th Annual Adult Student Exhibition Awardees (2025)

Drawing

First Place: Lori Bruce, Repose

Second Place: Tracey Halsey, Karma Chameleon

Third Place: Kayla Bunting, Self Portrait


Still Life, Landscape and Figure Painting

First Place: Sheila Cavanaugh, Thru Our Window

Second Place: Janice Hudes, Green Apples

Third Place: Morgan Cichewicz, Portrait Session 5


Abstract Painting

First Place: Clif H. Anderson, Bridge Over Water

Second Place: Roger Rubin, Lucy II

Third Place: Danielle Boccelli, Roots


Ceramics

First Place: Justin Jain, Apo’s Water Jug

Second Place: Sarah Hicks, Crayfish

Third Place: Penny Bernick, Conversation


Sculpture

First Place: Lizabeth Cutler, Portrait, Three-Color (Sāncǎi) Inspired, #1

Second Place: Ariana Familiar, Ad Infinitum

Third Place: Doug Benton, Blue Deng


Fiber Arts & Crafts

First Place: Emma Ringness, Candlestick

Second Place: Rebecca Fox Gean, Corpse Flower

Third Place: Nina Isaacson, Wheel of Fortune


Printmaking

First Place: Elizabeth Shores, Between Asylum and Exile…

Second Place: Matthew Palin, Gold Crown

Third Place: Kris Gallup, Untitled

 

Works on Paper

First Place: Sarah Scholz, Miscellany I

Second Place: Craig Howarth, Phoenix

Third Place: Elliot Cooperman, Lilies


Photography

First Place: Maddy Kates, Anytown USA

Second Place: Amy Trompeter, Untitled

Third Place: Sanjana Sen, My Own Worst Enemy


Student Advisory Council Award
Catherine Zimmerman, Setas de Sevilla


Francis McCarthy Drawing Award
Stacie Bumgarner, Vacant Chambers

FAQ

  • Students who had enrolled in a class from Winter 2025 – Fall 2025 are eligible to participate.

  • From November 3 – November 14, 2025 11am and 8pm Monday to Thursday, and from 10am to 3pm on Fridays.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • You can pick up your artwork after the Closing Reception, Friday, January 30, 2026.

  • It’s best if you can narrow it down to the following categories so that the juror can make the appropriate decisions (the number of prizes and the award amounts are predetermined by category):
    – 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, 2025
    15″ x 22″ – size of artwork, not frame
    Works on paper
    $150

Annual Student Exhibitions