Mon, Mar 18, 2024, 9 am –Sat, Apr 13, 2024, 6 pm Main Gallery Gallery Exhibition Image Opening Reception and Award Ceremony: Friday, March 22, 6:00–8:00 p.m. This annual juried exhibition features the best work submitted by current MCAD students pursuing all degrees in design, fine arts, media arts, and entrepreneurial studies. Participants have a chance to win five $250 cash prizes. Design juror: Kimberly Rashad, Graphics Lab Lead, Juxtaposition Arts. Fine Arts juror: Kylie Linh Hoang, Assistant Curator at The M. Made at MCAD Information and Submission Form Juror’s Choice Awards Mikha Dominguez (Junior, Fine Arts Studio) Santa Maria Mixed media “This multimedia work is incredible in its depth. The embellishments emphasize the materiality and create a beautiful frame for the moody, overlapping portraits. The multiple rosaries and dripping candle wax juxtaposed with the flower crowns and the embroidery invite contemplation on representations of both religion and femininity historically” - Kylie Hoang, Fine Arts Juror Sophia Groves (Senior, Fine Arts Studio) My mother loved chickens Charcoal on paper “Through both the title and imagery of this work, I felt the artist was able to convey a whole world in a few lines of charcoal: I can feel the warmth of an older sibling's embrace, I can hear the gentle cluck of a content chicken. I imagine the animals were brought inside regularly and can feel their familiarity. My mother loved chickens is a work that I have thought about often since our first encounter.” - Kylie Hoang, Fine Arts Juror Julia Meles (Junior, Sculpture) Icon table Walnut wood “The end table because it is an exemplary example of craftsmanship. The creation of a fluid and abstract form with such a traditionally stoic material is a great example of breaking barriers and thinking outside of the box.” - Kimberly Rashad, Design Juror Cindy To (Sophomore, Illustration) Hometown Digital, photoshop “It’s always important to draw inspiration from your culture. The colors and details throughout paint an amazing picture and successfully immerse the viewer into the piece.” - Kimberly Rashad, Design Juror President’s Choice Award Katherine Bockelman (Senior, Drawing and Painting) Untitled (3501) Photogravure on mulberry, graphite Each year MCAD President Sanjit Sethi selects the President’s Choice Award that exemplifies MCAD’s vision to “embolden creative leaders to collaboratively transform society through equity, empathy, and imagination.” Participating Artists Malini Basu Gaby Beilke Katherine Bockelman Roman Buck A. Simone Hannah Rae Butala Emma Crosby Jocelyn De Lange Julian Deyo Mikha Dominguez Nori Donais Charlie Douglas Melanie Dowding PJ Fossen Richard Flores Sophia Fox Connor Gibb Taylor Goetsch Sophia Groves Maz Hawj Stella Coyle Healey Gabriella Heath Brenna Hickmott Bri Lage Sarah Longfield Avery Luthardt Quinn McOwien Julia Meles Ella Moomey Mya Moua Jay Newman Randy Papesh Audrey Pike Max Paulin Benji Salinas Kay Shook Calvin Stoeger Alex Stoner Francesca Taylor Ricki Terry Cindy To Lily Tug Sofia Vasquez Yi Wang Victoria Wendrick Katie Weston Roman Zych