Open to students across all majors at the University, the Juried Student Exhibition fosters student preparation for professional art settings and processes, provides feedback from art professionals in the community, and exposes student artwork to a wide range of viewers.
For the first time, the Juried Student Exhibition will be themed. 2024’s theme is holding space. Holding space can look like thinking of a loved one, thinking of community, or holding space for one’s own experiences. A loose interpretation of the theme for artworks submitted is encouraged as each artist sees fit. The theme is a loose one; submitted work need not adhere. Rather, it is meant to spur your creativity.
We award cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-place Best in Show. Judges are selected for their diversity of backgrounds and expertise in a variety of media. New for 2024, we will also offer a Palette of Identity Award, sponsored by the Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Community Impact. Artists interested in that award will find more information below.
The Gallery would like to give a special thank you to this year’s sponsors, University Credit Union, Artist & Craftsman Supply, Portland, Casco Bay Frames & Gallery, and Hunt’s Photo & Video.
This Year’s Award Winners:
![Rose Dimuzio, “Embracing Memory”, 2023-2024, Stoneware, glaze, Approx 15 in. wide x 26 in. high x 15 in deep. 1st place winner.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1204-copy-843x1140.jpg)
![Maddox Cahill, "EGOMAINA", 2023, Acrylic paint and oil marker on canvas,36 in. x 48 in. x 1 ½ in. 2nd place winner](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1202-copy-913x1140.jpg)
![Claire Richardson, “Untitled”, 2023, Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. 3rd place winner](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1201-copy-848x1140.jpg)
![Christina Ann White, “Untitled #1”, 2023, Mixed papers, acetate, thread, photograph, 5"w x 7"h x 1.5"d. Honorable Mention and Casco Bay Frames gift card winner.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1169-copy.jpg)
![Isabella Deep, “Cabin of Memories”, 2022, 120mm 1950's KODAK Verichrome film, darkroom print on ILFORD fiber paper, dry mounted on archival matboard, 11 x 14 in. Katie Riley, “Void and Chasm”, 2023, Plaster, cardboard, acrylic paint, hot glue, 29.5 in. tall. Honorable Mentioned & Hunts Photo&Video gift card winner.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-04-at-6.14.46 PM.png)
![IZ Johson, “Silenced”, 2023-2024, Ceramics, metal wire, feathers, and bones, 13 in. x 18 in. x 12 in. Palette of Identity Award winner.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1196-copy-835x1140.jpg)
All Featured Student Work:
![Maddox Cahill, "EGOMAINA", 2023, Acrylic paint and oil marker on canvas,36 in. x 48 in. x 1 ½ in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1202-copy-913x1140.jpg)
![Maddox Cahill, "Pink Vol. 1", 2023, Acrylic paint and oil marker on canvas 30 in. x 40 in. x 1.875 in](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-04-at-5.40.06 PM.png)
![Lillian Duda, "Laundry", 2023, Oil on Paper, Approx. 18 x 24](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1131-copy-1140x802.jpg)
![Noor Abdujaeel, “Noor”, 2024, Acrylic Paint on white canvas, 8 x 10 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1132-copy.jpg)
![Claire Richardson, “Untitled”, 2023, Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1201-copy-848x1140.jpg)
![Emma Estes, “Self-Portrait Bag”, 2023, Yarn, 48 1/2 in. wide x 12 in. high x 6 in. deep](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1133-copy-678x1140.jpg)
![Molly Rea, “Onward”, 2023, Ceramic, under 12 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1134-copy-954x1140.jpg)
![Alyssa Letendre, “Sentience”, 2023, Ceramic stoneware and glaze, 7 in. wide x 7 1/2 in. high x 6 1/2 in. deep. & “Facing”, 2023, Ceramic Stoneware and Glaze, 10 1/2 in. wide x 7 in. high x 6 1/2 in. deep](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1135-copy-1140x739.jpg)
![Audrey Hall, “Bleeding Hands Still Grow”, 2023, Mixed Media, 13 in. wide x 37 in. high x 2 in. deep](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1136-copy-748x1140.jpg)
![Solomon Goldstein, “Boychik”, 2024, Mixed Media (watercolor, ink, collage) on watercolor paper, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1137-copy.jpg)
![Rose Dimuzio, “Growing Pains”, 2023, Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1138-copy.jpg)
![Arun Devon, “Beautiful Bugs”, 2024, Glass, Wire, Shadowbox, 8 in. x 8 in. x 1 5/8 in.; 8 in. x 8 in. x 1 5/8 in.; 12 in. x 12 in. x 2 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1139-copy.jpg)
![Crystal Reynolds, “Lucky Lady”, 2023, Ink Pen on Bristol Paper, 12 x 12 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1140-copy.jpg)
![Crystal Reynolds, “The Bright Side”, 2023, Painted ceramic on wire, 47 1/2 in.wide x 80 in. high x 48 in. deep](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1142-copy-782x1140.jpg)
![Audrey Hall, “Mushroom Adventures”, 2023, Gouache, mixed media on Bristol, 12 x 12 in. each](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1143-copy-1140x423.jpg)
![Katie Clark, “Clothespin”, 2023, Wood and Steel, 27 1/2 x 4 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1144-copy-760x1140.jpg)
![Kait, “Gathering”, 2023, Stoneware Clay, 1 1/2 in. x 16 1/2 in. x 12 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1145-copy-1140x730.jpg)
![Molly Rea, “Who are you now?”, 2024, Plywood, Stain, Fragments of You, 18 in. x 36 ft.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1146-copy-1140x849.jpg)
![Madeline Twombly-Wiser, “Whale Shark”, 2023, stoneware with glaze, 13 1/2 in. wide x 11 in. high x 3 1/4 in. deep](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1149-copy-900x1140.jpg)
![Emma Estes, “Murder Mystery Party (Cake will be served)! 2023-2024, Wool roving, felt, hot glue, polymer clay, acrylic paint, wire, beads, fabric, brown paper, & wooden dowels, 6 in. wide x 6 1/2 in. high x 7 1/2 in. deep](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1150-copy.jpg)
![Tabitha Burgess, “Pine Point”, 2024, Film Photograph on Arista Print Paper, 18 3/4 x 14 3/4 in](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1147-copy-870x1140.jpg)
![Katie Riley, “Void and Chasm”, 2023, Plaster, cardboard, acrylic paint, hot glue, 29.5 in. tall](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1148-copy-1140x735.jpg)
![Isabella Deep, “Cabin of Memories”, 2022, 120mm 1950's KODAK Verichrome film, darkroom print on ILFORD fiber paper, dry mounted on archival matboard, 11 x 14 in.
Katie Riley, “Void and Chasm”, 2023, Plaster, cardboard, acrylic paint, hot glue, 29.5 in. tall](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-04-at-6.14.46 PM.png)
![IZ Johson, “Silenced”, 2023-2024, Ceramics, metal wire, feathers, and bones, 13 in. x 18 in. x 12 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1196-copy-835x1140.jpg)
![Zaineb Hassan, “Arabian Nights”, 2024, Acrylic paint, 24 in. wide x 24 in. high x 1 1/4 in. deep](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1157-copy.jpg)
![Laima Vince Sruoginis, “The Cerulean Bird”, 2023, Oil on Canvas, 40 x 30 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1158-copy.jpg)
![Judy Jacobs Crosby, “No Room at the Inn, Portland Nativity”, 2023, Acrylic on Canvas, 20 x 16 in,](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1159-copy.jpg)
![Mena, “Evil Eyes”, 2022, Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1160-copy.jpg)
![Christina Ann White, “Untitled #3”, 2023, Mixed papers, mats, PVA glue, acetate, 10" w x 10' h x 1"d](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1167-copy.jpg)
![Christina Ann White, “Untitled #2”, 2023, Mixed papers, photograph, thread, acetate, 5" w x 7"h x 1.5" d](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1168-copy.jpg)
![Christina Ann White, “Untitled #1”, 2023, Mixed papers, acetate, thread, photograph, 5"w x 7"h x 1.5"d](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1169-copy.jpg)
![Danna Wiggins “Unstoppable”, 2023, Oil on canvas, 24 x 18 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1170-copy-1140x880.jpg)
![Audrey Hall “Pieces of Love”, 2023-24, Pen on mixed media paper, 9 x 12 in. each](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1171-copy-918x1140.jpg)
![Katherine Upham, “Do Your Worst”, 2023-2024, Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1172-copy.jpg)
![Jacob Singelais, “The Lighthouse”, 2024, Cannon t7 rebel, Diptych; 16 x 24 in. each](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1173-copy-1140x772.jpg)
![Laura Chavoustie, “Shaped and Framed”, 2024, Lithographic Print with Chine Colle on BFK Rives Paper, 13 x 19 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1176-copy-785x1140.jpg)
![Eliza Fowler, “Bug Off”, 2023, Acrylic paint, paper mache, plaster, wood, glass, plastic, yarn, 6 in. wide x 6 in. high x 10 in. deep](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1177-copy-2-1140x953.jpg)
![Lael Daigle-Costello, “Child”, 2023, Acrylic on paper, 24 x 30 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1178-copy-785x1140.jpg)
![Rose Dimuzio, “Connected”, 2024, Oil on Canvas, 24 x 20 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1179-copy.jpg)
![Rose Dimuzio, “Embracing Memory”, 2023-2024, Stoneware, glaze, Approx 15 in. wide x 26 in. high x 15 in deep.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1204-copy-843x1140.jpg)
![Lydia Lasalvic, “untitled figure”, 2023, Oil on paper, 14 x 9 ¾ in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1180-copy.jpg)
![Claire Richardson, “Untitled”, 2023, Oil on canvas, 11 x 16 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1181-copy.jpg)
![Laura Chavoustie, “tuhng”, 2024, Silver Gelatin Print Mounted on Wooden Panel, 8 x 10 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1182-copy.jpg)
![Ryan Guptill, “Schilling”, 2023, Inkjet on Fuji Crystal Archive paper, 12 x 18 in](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1183-copy-760x1140.jpg)
![Danna Wiggins, “Doubletop”, 2023, Book Art, hand-drawn, stitched, and assembled with watercolor, and gelli prints, 15 x 6 1/2 in. when open. Pick up and open freely](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1190-copy-1140x736.jpg)
![Clare Colburn, “Foundations”, 2023, Cone 6 stoneware, iron oxide wash, clear glaze, additive sculpture using recycled miscellaneous electrical wires, 5 in. wide x 12 in. high x 4 in. deep](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1151-copy-684x1140.jpg)
![Clare Colburn, “La Femme”, 2023, Cone 6 stoneware, various colored glazes, 5 in. wide x 10 in. high x 3 in. deep](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1152-copy-633x1140.jpg)
![Cecilia Drysdale, “Survival”, 2023, Ceramic, glaze - interactive, 3 in wide x 4 1/2in tall](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1156-copy-1140x943.jpg)
![Peter Nickell, “Fear and Wonder”, 2024, Ink on Paper, 9 x 11 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1161-copy.jpg)
![Ian Richardson, “Underneath the surface”, 2022, Watercolor, 11 x 15 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1163-copy-807x1140.jpg)
![Lindsay Brackett, “Introspective disparity”, 2024, Acrylic paint, paint markers on canvas, 18x24 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1164-copy.jpg)
![Ryan Guptill, “Lucifer’s Jig”, 2023, Ink and watercolor on Rives heavyweight BFK paper, 11 x 15 in](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1165-copy-829x1140.jpg)
![Ro Storry, “Old Man Coops”, 2024, Charcoal and Graphite on Bristol Paper, 11 x 14 inches](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1166-copy.jpg)
![Cecilia Drysdale, “With Love”, 2023, ceramic, glaze, 7 in wide x 28 in high x 28 inch deep](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1194-copy-656x1140.jpg)
![Anna Smith, “Cherry Side Table”, 2023, Cherry wood, ceramic, oak wood, 14 in. wide x 23 in. high x 14 in. deep](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1193-copy-790x1140.jpg)
![Anna Smith, “Card Game Coffee Date”, 2023, Soft maple, ambrosia maple, ceramic, oak, 26 1/2 in. wide x 29 in. high x 26 1/2 in. deep](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1192-copy-854x1140.jpg)
![Genevieve Chicoine, “The Coward”, 2023, water mixable oil on canvas, 4x6 in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1191-copy-786x1140.jpg)
![Lily Kovacs, “Fly into Danger”, 2023, Books, 12 in. wide x 60 in. high x 8 in. deep](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1189-copy-690x1140.jpg)
![Annika Soderberg, “Two Pretty Best Friends”, 2023, Stoneware with glaze, Jar 1: 3 in. wide x 3 in. high x 6 in. deep, Jar 2: 3 in. wide x 3 in. high x 5.5 in. deep](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1188-copy-1140x862.jpg)
![Anna Smith, “Ceramic Nesting Set”, 2023, White 65 clay, metallic black glaze, 5 in. wide x 3 in. high 5 in. deep; 3 in. wide x 2 in. high x 3 in. deep; 1 in. wide x 1 in. high x 1 in. deep; 6 in. wide x 1/2 in. high x 1/2 in. deep](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1187-copy-1140x760.jpg)
![Cecilia Drysdale, “Bone Bath”, 2023, Ceramic, glass, 11 in wide x 9 1/2 in high x 3 1/2 in deep](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1185-copy-1140x808.jpg)
![Annika Soderberg, “Tea for Two”, 2024, Stoneware with Glaze, Dimensions variable](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/DSC1184-copy-1140x740.jpg)
![Bryona Pelletier, “Colliding Worlds, Virtual Reality Into Reality #5”, 2023, Digital Display](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/unnamed-2-copy-1140x733.jpg)
![Ethan J. Huff, “Running with the Jellies”, 2023, Digital Display, 11 x 8 ½ in.](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/unnamed-copy-1140x803.jpg)
![T Love Smith, “Meet Me There”, 2024, Projected digital poem, 792 x 612 pixels](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/unnamed-1-copy.jpg)
![Peter Nickell, “2 Bards Intro 8-Bit”, 2022, Video: PyxelEdit and Abode Premiere, Music: Ableton Live, various guitars and plugins, 640 x 360px, 00:00:30 running time](https://usm.maine.edu/gallery/wp-content/uploads/sites/229/2024/04/unnamed-copy-1140x713.png)
Join us in thanking this year’s Jurors:
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Veronica Perez
Veronica Perez is an artist who works alongside the community to speak about erasure, identity, and interdependency.
As a visual artist, social justice, and cultural worker, Perez uses these frames of reference to situate their work deep within intimate stories and experiences – and share them with a broader audience through sculpture and account. The sculptures present themselves through hair and textiles, materials that elicit futures, pasts, and many stories braided together. She achieves this through her workshops called braiding circles which are intimate community gatherings focused on braiding a three-strand braid and discussing identity through the lens of belonging, acceptance, and power through a BIPOC lens.
In 2020, they were awarded the Ellis-Beaureguard Visual Arts Fellowship. In 2021 they were the inaugural fellow at the David C. Driskell Black Seed Studio. In 2022, they were a fellow at the Lunder Institute at Colby College. Perez also subsequently had their first solo exhibition titled voices, whispering at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art. In summer 2023, a show at the University of Southern Maine titled shadow / echo / memory was the culmination of their residency at the University of Southern Maine.
Perez is the Administrative Assistant at Indigo Arts Alliance, a Black-led arts and residency organization in Portland, Maine. They are also a co-organizer in Tender Table, an organization focused on uplifting Maine’s Black and Brown community through storytelling and food. Presently, Perez lives with her child and partner in Westbrook, Maine.
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Amy Rahn
Amy Rahn is an Assistant Professor of Art History and the Charles Danforth Gallery Director at the University of Maine at Augusta. Her research centers Postwar and Contemporary women painters, friendship among artists, and the painter Joan Mitchell. Rahn contributed essays for Joan Mitchell (Yale University Press), the catalog for the artist’s major retrospective exhibition, and Frisson: The Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis Collection (University of Washington Press) at the Seattle Art Museum. She has published numerous gallery catalog essays, most recently on the artists Howardena Pindell, Richard Van Buren, Al Loving, and Alan Shields for Garth Greenan Gallery in New York, and on the poet/painter Elise Archer for Eric Firestone Gallery, New York.
Important dates for artists:
February 26 | Notification of if your work is included in the exhibition | ||
February 27 – 28 | Pickup artwork not included in the show, Art Gallery 11 am – 4:30 pm | ||
March 7 | Exhibition opening reception and award ceremony 6 – 8 pm | ||
March 30 | Exhibition Closes | ||
April 2 | Artwork Pickup, 11 am – 4:30 pm |
Frequently asked questions:
- What if my work doesn’t adhere to the theme?
The theme is a very loose one, and submitted work need not adhere to it. It is meant to spur your creativity if you are stuck, but it is not a strict guideline. Always err on the side of submitting rather than not! - What are the prize amounts?
- $125 for 1st Place and a $75 gift card to Artist & Craftsman Supply Portland
- $125 for Palette of Identity Prize winner — more information below
- $100 for 2nd Place and a $50 gift card to Artist & Craftsman Supply Portland
- $100 for 3rd Place and a $25 gift card to Artist & Craftsman Supply Portland
- Honorable mention will be awarded a $100 Gift Card from Casco Bay Frames & Gallery
- Honorable mention will be awarded a $50 Gift Card from Hunt’s Photo & Video
- What is the new Palette of Identity prize?
The Office of Equity, Inclusion, & Community Impact (EICI) is delighted to present the inaugural EICI Award for the 2024 exhibition. The Palette of Identity Award will be given to a student artist exploring the intersection of identity and belonging through their submitted artwork.
We encourage submissions by students from historically underrepresented and marginalized identities, showcasing the tapestry of your lived experience through the visual medium of your choice. Your voice matters, and your art can spark a conversation about our shared narratives.
The student given this award will receive a Certificate of Recognition from the EICI Office and a cash prize of $125.
In order to be eligible for consideration for the prize, artwork must adhere to the guidelines for submission laid out by the Art Gallery. Consideration for this prize is separate from best-in-show awards, and will not affect a submission’s eligibility to potentially receive both prizes.
To register for consideration for the EICI Palette of Identity Prize, select the “Palette of Identity Award” option when filling out the submission form for Holding Space: The 2024 Student Juried Exhibition. - How will the jurors judge my work?
Jurors bring their individual expertise to judge artwork based on three criteria:- Presentation
- Concept
- Technical execution
These criteria are not weighted and are subject to jurors’ discretion regarding each individual artwork.
Jurors judge the work in-person at the Gallery.
Join us in thanking this year’s sponsors:
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