Montgomery County Community College’s 56th Annual Student Art Exhibition features more than 130 pieces of artwork by MCCC students. Photos by Diane VanDyke
Montgomery County Community College invites the community to visit its Fine Arts Center Gallery at the Blue Bell Campus, 340 DeKalb Pike, to enjoy the diverse display of artwork created by its talented students now through April 28.
MCCC’s 56th Annual Student Art Exhibition opened April 11 with an artist reception and awards ceremony. More than 130 pieces of artwork, including oil paintings, ceramics, digital photography, pencil sketches, and other media, fill the gallery walls and display tables.
"This is the largest exhibition of student artwork that we’ve shown since the onset
of the pandemic, and it’s wonderful to see our students making such a huge variety
of work again,” said Patrick Rodgers, the College’s Galleries Director. “More importantly,
this show is about students interacting with each other and with viewers around their
work. They learn so much from exhibiting it and getting feedback. And we always encourage
visitors to think about supporting our student artists by purchasing their work, as
well.”
This year’s juror was Sierra Conniff, Admissions Counselor at Moore College of Art & Design, which has a partnership transfer agreement with MCCC that allows students to transfer seamlessly and continue their education at Moore.
Conniff selected several pieces of artwork for special recognition, including:
- Best in Photography—untitled digital photo by Marla Marroquin
- Best in Drawing—Late Night TV,pencil on board by Christianna Witkoski
- Best in Painting—Me in My Secret Room, oil on canvas by Celia Varady
- Best in Ceramics—Future MC3 Foundation Purchaseby Kat Trapp
- Best in Printmaking—Music for a Whilelinocut by Ella Leister
- Best in Graphic Design—SPACE, digital typography by Aidan Todd
- Tom and Joy Dennis Juror's Choice Award—untitled sketch by Amanda Diaz Amaral
- Bella Shen and Lucie S. Lee Art Award, 2ndPlace—Dancing Woman, oil on canvas, by Rowan Wollard
- Bella Shen and Lucie S. Lee Art Award, 1stPlace Best in Show—Dragon Scale Ancient Seismograph ceramic vessel by Juliana Cutrona
The gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., and Friday from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.
MCCC’s Fine Arts Galleries, located at both Pottstown and Blue Bell campuses, host a variety of exhibitions featuring professional and student artists and artwork in an array of genres, as well as related activities, programs and lectures.
For more information about the exhibit or MCCC’s galleries, contact Galleries Director Patrick Rodgers at prodgers@mc3.edu.