Seventh Annual Colleges of Worcester Consortium Art Exhibition

February 4, 2011 - March 3, 2011
ARTSWorcester Gallery at the Aurora

Seventh Annual Colleges

of

 Worcester Consortium Art Exhibition

 

 

 

 a juried group exhibition

 

February 4 through March 3, 2011

at the Aurora Gallery, 660 Main Street, Worcester, MA

       

Artist Reception:  Friday, February 4, 20011 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at ARTSWorcester’s Aurora Gallery 660 Main Street, Worcester, MA.  This event is free and open to the public and will feature refreshments and music.

 

Parking is available for a small fee at the Federal Square Municipal Parking Lot at 570 Main Street, Worcester - across from the Hanover Theatre.  The lot is open until midnight.   Street parking is discouraged because of the snow. 

 

Seventh Annual Colleges of Worcester Consortium Exhibition is a juried group exhibition culled from over one hundred emerging student artists from the colleges of the Worcester Consortium and will include works in mixed media, photography, works on paper, sculpture, computer art, and painting.  This exhibition, which began in 2005, highlights the wealth of artistic talent existing within the local college community.  Participating institutions may include Anna Maria College, Assumption College, Becker College, Clark University, College of the Holy Cross, and Worcester State University.  College participation is coordinated by Catherine Wilcox-Titus, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Art History at Worcester State College. 

 

This exhibition is supported in part by the Colleges of Worcester Consortium. The exhibition is free and open to the public.

  

Works for the show were selected by jurors Antonio Fonseca, accomplished artist and Director of Education at Sevengaits Studio School in Southbridge, MA and Liz K. Sheenan, independent curator of modern and contemporary art and former Assistant Curator of Academic and Exhibition Initiatives at Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston ME. 

 

 

Prize List:

First Prize:  

Stephanie Richardson          Clark College                                    Images….                             

Second Prize

Cory Mims                             College of the Holy Cross                Panacea                                           

Third Prize

Wilza Jean                             College of the Holy Cross                Shades of Ireland                 

           

Honorable Mentions:

Jennifer Rae Aballo              Clark University                                 Unseen         

Nina Haglund                         Clark University                                 Secluded                  

Amanda Kidd Schall             Clark University                                 Rolly Polly Monster

Kieran Padgett                      College of the Holy Cross                Untitled 21 Ska-doo

Monique Engel                      Worcester State University              Sculpture de Cordova

 

Artists Participating in the Exhibition:

Jennifer Rae Aballo, Kyle Allen, Haley Allen, Ariana Babigian, Taylor Blackwell, Brian Blum, Molly Burman, Phoebe Cape, Liama Carrico, Heidi Cassano, Kathryn Cody, Monique Engel, Emily Feigenberg, Kayla Feist, Karen Finnegan, Joseph Frorenza, Jessica Gain, Johanna Gavin, Nina Haglund, Anne Harris, Taylor Hopkins, Wilza Jean, Jonathan Kerr, Megumi Koyama, Alex Krasowski, Elizabeth Marshall, Jacqueline Martinez, Liz Mattarazzo, Ilir Mboria, Jack McAuliffe, Laurie McCrohon, Cory Mims, Cailin Nickerson, Joy O’Conner, Kieran Padgett, Marina Pithis, Riley Platt, Stephanie Richardson, Kathleen Rivers, Amanda Kidd Schall, John Wesley Small, Italina Abdo Vieira, Caitlin Ward, Miriam Westin, Sampson Wilcox, and Byranna Yazbak as of 2/4/2011.

 

Photo by Nina Haglund, Clark University, Honorable Mention, 2011 College Art Exhibition