Elizabeth Walker, Campus Carrier Reporter
For many students, the annual honors art show represents hours, days and weeks of hard work both inside and outside of class.
For the 2016 honors art show, 112 pieces were entered by 31 students who took Berry’s art courses during the 2015-2016 academic year. The pieces come from various art classes and even include a senior thesis and an independent study.
According to Brad Adams, associate professor of art and the director of the Moon Gallery, the honors show is the most important event of the year.
“We as a faculty are excited to see the work as it really showcases our program,” Adams said. “This is the big event of the year for the art program.”
Every year an artist, gallery owner or critic is chosen to judge the show and determine the winners. This year’s selections were determined by Tommye McClure Scanlin, an artist from Dahlonega, Ga. Scanlin had an exhibition of her art titled “Time Woven” on display in the Moon Gallery until April 8.
For senior Blake Trenary, the 2016 show represents much of her hard work from the year. She submitted six pieces, five of which are from her advanced studio problems class. The five are based off her research on the trinity.
“[My work is] based off the writing of the church fathers and how they describe the Trinity and the illustrations they used to talk about God,” Trenary said.
The honors art show is open not only to the art students, but also the Berry community.
“As an art student, it gives me the chance to have people see my work,” Trenary said. “For people to come and see that we’re doing really cool stuff acts as a great binding force for the community.”
The honors show is not restricted just to art majors and minors. Any student participating in an art class can submit their work. Senior Mary Curry, a religion major, was chosen to have one of her pieces displayed in the art show. Her piece, a raku fired sculpture of a human heart, was from Curry’s first studio art class at Berry.
“This has helped me see art as more than a class and as a hobby to continue for the rest of my life,” Curry said.
Sixty-five entries were selected out of the 112 pieces entered. The winners will be announced by Scanlin at the exhibition opening on April 12 at 5 p.m.
The exhibition will be featured in the Moon Gallery from April 12-21.