2008 Woodie Awards
Senior Art Show
In the absence of a gallery this year, the Cornell Campus Center hosts the annual Senior Art Show, showcasing all of our graduates' finest accomplishments.
Erica Tibbetts
Issue date: 4/29/05 Section: News
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Earlier this semester the art department had its first art auction, and there have been numerous visiting artists and events in the Cornell Fine Arts Center, which is located near the museum.
Last week the 2005 Senior Art show was held to honor and display the work of 15 graduating Studio Art majors. The event was held in the Cornell Campus Center, and pieces were displayed in the Darden Lounge, Dave's Down Under, and the Bierbach and Reid Conference rooms. There was free food and a great atmosphere. As part of the event, professional artists were brought in to judge all of the work and award prizes.
The exhibit consisted of all different kinds of artwork, from digital photography to sculpture to oil to paint. The artwork displayed represented a variety of media and genre classifications. Trisha Chhaganlal, John Greenawalt, Kirstin Guillot, Anthony Hearn, Briggs Jones, Tiffany Kuhn, Samantha Lopez, Nicola MacGeoch, Samuel Scharf, Yoselin Sosa Sanchez, Ashley Stempler, Sarai Thiel, Jennifer Watts, Richard Way, and Sally Woods are this years graduating seniors and they are a talented and noteworthy group.
Yoselin Sanchez, who hails from Venezuela, made use of her heritage by depicting South America, but didn't stick to geography. One of her other works was a rather original representation of Fallopian tubes. Hmmm.... interesting.
My personal favorite was "Battleships," a painting of a pseudo naval war scene. Instead of real carriers, the artist depicted the soldiers and patrol boats like little plastic men and boats that are used in board games, which was very amusing and thought-provoking.
Sally Woods' paintings were good, too--a little Frida Kahlo-esque, with women trailing intestines and dogs in suits. Very playful, but very detailed and visually pleasing (in my opinion anyway). She won one of the juror awards.
Tiffany Kuhn also had some graphic design work that was a little different from the rest of the pieces, while Samantha Lopez had a three-dimensional "scene" set up that I almost walked into, not realizing where the art began.
Oh, and not to forget the artwork downstairs, Briggs Jones had an amazing painting of sailboats on a stormy day, a favorite among the sailing team members.
All in all I thought the work was great, and coupled with the free food it was an awesome experience. The exhibit will remain up until May 15, so for any of you who haven't seen it, I say, "Go now, or you're missing out!"