Ceramics Win Big at 12th Annual SPC Student Art Show

P.A. Kushner took top honors at the . More than 100 people crowded the Crossroads Gallery for the reception and awards ceremony Wednesday night. Kushner won $500 for her narrative totem, “Tipping Point.” A western-hat wearing woman sits laughing atop a book, a piece of cheese and a block of wood. She is holding a multi-colored hulahoop in her ceramic hands.
“It’s about transformation and change,” Kushner said about the piece.

Other winners include:

Brittany Cantrell,  juror's purchase, $400, “Christi," photography

Merrill Kramer, first place, $200, “Tower II,” stoneware 

Keith Parsons, second place, $150“Eat Your Vegetables,” C-41,

Emily Silvis, third place, $100, "Mykonos,” linocut

Aleisha Prather, merit, $50, “Wear it don’t tear it,” paper, cloth, glue, tape, third place,

Ceenan Calzadilla, merit, $50, untitled, photography

Slawek Kozub, merit, $50, “Woe to those who put this on, for they truly will become blind,” wood, metal

Patrick Smith, merit, $50, “Greet Death,” digital print

Angelika Graca, merit, $50, “Carefree Oblivion,” silkscreen print

Joseph Donnelly, merit, $50, “Dante’s Inferno,” pop-up book

Jaci Salisbury, merit, $50, “A Shoe For All Seasons,” porcelain