OCTC Spring Student Art Awards

by Bernie Hale

Owensboro, KY (05/07/2018) — Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) art students participated in the college's Spring 2018 semester Student Art Exhibition. The culmination of the exhibit is the student awards, including merit and purchase awards.

The first place Merit Award, went to Moneshia Harris, for Feathers. The second place Merit Award, went to Chloe "Link" Hall, for her prism color drawing Chase Me. The third placeMerit Award, went to Angel Higdon, for Mystic Mushrooms.

The firstplace Purchase Award, and Best in Show honors went to Zach Roberts for his drawing entitled Wine. The second-place purchase award went to Hai Soe for his sculpture, Ba O Gi. The third place Purchase Award went to Alli Fogle's drawing, Brooms. The winning purchase award pieces will become a part of OCTC's permanent collection.

The Juror for the exhibit was Justin Cecil. Cecil is an Owensboro Community & Technical College alumnus and was awarded the Efroymson Bridge Year Fellowship from the University of Southern Indiana (USI). The Efroymson Bridge Year Fellowship is a competitive award program for a graduate of USI's Art and Design Department. He earned his Associate in Fine Arts Degree from OCTC in 2015 and transferred to USI earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in studio arts in 2017. The fellowship includes a stipend for two consecutive semesters to allow him to expand his work, office space to work on his craft, a faculty mentor, and allows him to serve as a teaching assistant. The fellowship concludes with an exhibit of his body of work.

Faculty members Monty Helm, Lou O'Leary, and John Schartung will teach studio classes in painting, drawing, ceramics, and 3D design in the Fall 2018. 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.

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.

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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