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Joyner library hosts exceptional student artwork
Faten Husni Odeh
Issue date: 12/2/08 Section: News
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Located on the second floor of Joyner's gallery space, different varieties of artwork crafted by university graduate students is displayed--from sculptures to metals and from textiles to paintings--just to name a few.
"I think it was a booster for the students in regard to continue to perform, as well as produce quality art work," said Hanna Jubran, ECU art professor.
Not only was it a means to display student artwork but there was also a competition for the students that participated. Seven cash rewards were given to the graduate art students whose artworks were judged by a juror.
Among the jurors was Carol Mabe, a member of the ECU Board of Trustees and chair-elect of the ECU Foundation Board of Directors, who served as a judge for four of the competition's awards.
"We were lucky that Carol Mabe, could serve as the juror," said Susan Dorsey, a library technical assistant at Joyner who serves as a member of the Library Exhibit Committee.
Dorsey says it was a group and community effort to raise funds for the awards to give to the winners of the exhibition.
"It was a collaborative effort from all of these units on campus to really make this a success and I think that is in part due to Dr. Ballard's efforts to spread cultural awareness on campus," she said. "There a little bit of everything for everyone."
Among the winners of the exhibit are Maria Friedland's "Blue Pebble Necklace," which won the $600 Academic Library and Learning Resources Dean's Award; "Sacrificial Rigormortis" by Isaac Talley for the School of Art and Design Director's Award at $500; "Culture/Nature/Academia" by Adam Jacono for the Graduate School Dean's Award at $300 and "Untitled Pod Form II" by Jesse Morrisey for the Dowdy Student Stores Merchandise Certificate Award at $200.
There were also three purchase awards which included "Chloe #1" by Lindsey Laing Youmans for The Friends of Joyner Library Purchase Award at $1,000; "Thor" by Chris Wooten for the College of Fine Arts and Communication Dean's Purchase Award at $550 and "Joyful Expression" by Cherry Neu Stevens for the Joyner Library Purchase Award for $1,000.
"We would definitely like to see more activity happening in the university regarding the art and supporting the art. We'd like to see more of our faculty and students being a part of this," Jubran said.
The Joyner Library Graduate Student Art and Design Exhibition will be on display until Dec. 10.
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