About ArtFest
ArtFest is annual student art competition and exhibition sponsored by the Memorial Student Center’s Visual Arts Committee. Student submissions are displayed in the James R. Reynolds Student Art Gallery for the duration of the exhibit. The top three winners of ArtFest will receive a cash prize. The winners will be announced at the exhibition’s opening reception on March 8, 2018.
ArtFest 2018 will be on display March 7 – April 21, 2018.
Limited to 3 submissions per person. Submission fees are $5 per entry (maximum $15 for 3 entries). Submission tickets will be available from the Box Office in Rudder Tower, date TBA. Bring this ticket when you submit your piece.
All media is accepted except food. All submissions must be ready to hang (with hooks, picture wire, brackets, or other hardware on the back). 3-dimensional submissions must be freestanding, or you must provide some form of support. Animation / Video files must be in a shareable format.
2018 Winners
First Place
Phoenix of Immortality (pen and ink, chalk pastel, white charcoal)
Artist: Julie Choi
Class: Freshman, Visualization
Hometown: Coppell, TX
Second Place
Amsterdam
Artist: Amanda Skluzacek
Class:Senior, Environmental Design
Hometown: Midlothian, TX
Artist Statement: Amsterdam is based off of a photograph I took while I was in Amsterdam. The scene holds special meaning because I had a long day of visiting art museums. In this location I took a break and laid in the leaves. I was enjoying the fall weather as we rarely get the stereotypical fall weather in Texas.
Third Place
Sugarloaf Bridge and Milky Way
Artist: Manuel Salgado
Class:Graduate Student, Geography
Hometown: San Antonio
Artist statement: 4 photo composition to capture historical Sugarloaf Bridge against the night sky. I wanted to get the Milky Way with a different foreground than in normally used with this subject.
