Fall 2019 OCTC Student Art Exhibition Awards

Owensboro, KY (12/16/2019) — Owensboro Community & Technical College art students participated in the college's Fall 2019 Student Art Exhibition. The culmination of the exhibit is the student awards, including Merit and Purchase awards. Larry Simpson served as juror for the exhibit.

Molly Eckstein earned a first place and a second place Merit Award in ceramics, for Tribal Vessel, and for Hieroglyphics respecitvely. J.C. White earned a third place Merit Award for his sculpture, Jonathan Tree.

The winning Purchase Award pieces become a part of OCTC's permanent collection. J. C. White, earned a first place Purchase Award for his oil painting, Norfolk Nocturne. Felice Finch, earned a second place Purchase Award in ceramics, for her piece entitled, Babylon. Eli Austin, earned a third place Purchase Award for his charcoal, Castle of Assortment.

Those interested in exploring an Associate in Fine Arts degree or joining the OCTC Art Club should contact Monty Helm via e-mail at monty.helm@kctcs.edu.

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Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.

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The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.

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