Art Expo 2009 presented through April 17 at ASU

Appalachian State University presents Art Expo 2009, an annual juried student exhibition through April 17 at Farthing Auditorium’s Catherine J. Smith Gallery. Gallery hours are weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call (828) 262-7338.

A reception will be held Friday, April 3, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. with refreshments and live entertainment by musician Stephon LaMar.  Awards in various media categories will be announced by Vice Chancellor of Student Development Cindy Wallace. Marilyn Smith, Department of Art interim chairperson, will announce scholarship recipients.  The awards ceremony will begin at 5 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.

The works included in Art Expo 2009 were selected from more than 700 entries displayed during an open house in Wey Hall in February. Guest juror Terry Dowell-Dennis, assistant curator of education for the Weatherspoon Art Museum at UNC-Greensboro, selected the artworks for exhibition. Dowell-Dennis also selected award winners in each media category: clay; drawing, fibers, foundations/fundamentals, graphic design 2D, graphic design 3D/4D, metalsmithing, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture.  In addition to the juror’s awards, prizes will be given for “Faculty Selection” and “Students’ Selection” in each category, based on voting during the open house.

More than 80 student volunteers from the Student Art League, Arts Management Organization, foundations art classes and the Catherine J. Smith Galley worked to make this event possible. In addition, senior graphic design major Jaron D. Strom created the design for the prospectus, poster and postcard. Senior art management and art history major Kelley Wenner was the expo’s student coordinator. Jeana Klein served as Art Expo director with committee members Diane Hodack, Sean Matthews, Jody Servon and Jason Watson.

The exhibition features a range of artworks by the following Appalachian students: Nicola Bajalia, Rachel Ballard, Heather Bodine, Cara L. Bunch, Alex Carter, Kerri Chambers, Rachel Chapman, Emily Combs, Zac Cone, Jaime Rachael Curlin, Anthony P. Deal, Erin Dobbins, Joseph Zarrilli Duffer, James Easley, Chris Ellenbogen, Megan Farley, Rebecca Brittany Farris, Kristin Foley, Lauren Goding, Ryan Grady, Heather Lela Graham, Alyssa Gurdo, Amanda Hart, Kelsey Michele Hoke, Sean Hunter, Jane Huntley, Charlotte Jennings, Leah Elizabeth Johnson, Lauren Jonas, Meg Kenney, Turner Kilgore, Rosy Kirby, Liz Kohler, Kimberly Konen, Pegge DeLaney Laine, Megan Lancaster, Dianna Loughlin, Matt Lawson, Colin Lindberg, Zachary Ross Lindley, Cassandra Liuzzo, Arika Lowther, Sydney Lyle, Derek MacLellan, Patricia Maltba, Allison Jae McDonald, Kelsey Melville, Lauren E. Mitchell, Ryan Naylor, Tonia Ann Perkins, Hannah Pertalion, Rebecca Peterson, Tiwana Phipps, Jennifer Sue Povick, Heather Rulifson, Jon Sacek, Nate Simmons, Stephanie Sims, Madison B. Smith, Ashley Spero, Julia Taylor, Allison Trimbur, Ben Wesemann, Adrienne Wilder, Lindsay Woock, Jessica  Kathleen Wood, Maggie Yokley and Dianne Ziegler.

Local businesses donated prizes for this year’s Art Expo.  Sponsors include Art Mart, Appalachian’s Office of Arts and Cultural Programs, University Bookstore, Appalachian Frame Shop, BeanStalk, Capone’s Pizza, Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff, China Wok, CiCi’s Pizza, Dancing Moon, Dan’l Boone Inn, Dos Amigos, Gladiola Girls, Earth Fare, Mountain Bagels, MPrints, Sew Original, Stick Boy, TCBY and Tupelo’s World Café.  Additional sponsors are anticipated and will be announced during the reception and awards ceremony.