Spring 2023 Student Art Awards

by Hailey Ballard

Owensboro, KY (05/01/2023) — The Spring 2023 Owensboro Community & Technical College Student Art Awards and Skylark reception occurred on April 28, 2023.

The Skylark is the college's literary magazine featuring written pieces and photos of art created by faculty, staff, and students. The editor of Skylark is English Professor Matt Branham.

The art awards, which included work completed during the semester included, Best in Show to Heather Maas for her wire sculpture, "Yearning"; the first place merit award to Joni Heep for her oil painting, "Thanks for Being Here"; the second place merit went to "View from Foot of Bed," a pastel, by Martha Bratcher; the third place merit award to "Those Who Came Before" a ceramic sculpture, by Erynn Hill.

Purchase awards become part of the college's permanent collection, displayed on OCTC campuses. The first-place purchase award went to Heather Maas for her sculpture, "Angry Uterus"; the second-place purchase award went to Roxy Richards for her mixed media drawing entitled "Self-Titled"; the third-place purchase award went to Rose Richards for her oil on canvas, "Cassie's Thimble."

Grae Greer, adjunct instructor and director for Oak Island Theatre, served as a juror for this year's exhibit.

Greer commented, "This year's variety in the OCTC art show made it very hard to select "winners".

Those interested in exploring an Associate in Fine Arts Visual Arts degree or joining the OCTC Art Club should contact Meredith Skaggs, meredith.skaggs@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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