April 20, 2007

CONTACT: Katie F. Free, Communications & Marketing, Wallace State
Community College, 256/352-8033, katie.free@wallacestate.edu

A Southern Showcase

Hanceville, Ala.--The work of talented local artists was on display last
week during the Juried Art Competition and Exhibition held in the James
C. Bailey Center foyer. The exhibition featured the "Southern Voices"
theme as part of Cultural Arts Week 2007. Awards were presented on April
14.

In addition to the more than 95 entries from the community, a student
art show was also on display, showcasing material from drawing,
sculpture, ceramic pottery and visual communications courses at Wallace
State.

"Artworks were primarily judged on technical ability and the overall
visual expressiveness of the work," said Adrian Scott, Wallace State Art
Department director.

"This year's art exhibition was another unqualified success and joyous
showcase of the wealth of creative abilities the students and citizens
of the Wallace State community have to offer," said Scott.

Cultural Arts Week was organized by the Cultural Arts Week Committee and
faculty and staff in the art, English, Spanish, speech and theater
departments.

Events earlier in the week included A Night of Song presented by the
Music Department with Cheryl Parrish and Juli Wood, vocalists, and Dr.
Joey Martin, accompanist; a Vocal Master Class for college vocal
students in the Music Department Recital Hall, an Open Rehearsal with
the Wallace State Concert Choir and Dr. Joey Martin in the Recital Hall;
the classic "whodunit" "Clue" presented by the Wallace State Drama
Department, storytelling with Kathryn Tucker Windham presented by the
English department; Swing into Spring, an evening of food and dance to
the Big Band sound of the WSCC Jazz Show Band in the Banquet Hall; and a
Spring Tour Bon Voyage Concert by the WSCC Concert Choir in the Music
Department Recital Hall.

Winners of the 2007 Cultural Arts Week Juried Art Competition*:

Drawing
K-2nd Grade 1st Place Thomas Rames, Trinity "Farm by the
Lake"
2nd Place Michaela Sutherland, Falkville "Family Fun"
2nd Place Lijah Rollins, Hartselle "A Tractor's
Journey"
3rd Place Brianna Welsh, Cullman "Birth Mother's Picnic"
3rd Place Honorable Mention Mattie Puckett, Danville
"Baying Coon Dog"
3rd-5th Grade 1st Place Sarah Crow, Hartselle "Be Still"
3rd Place Madeline Sittason, Hartselle "The Old Black
Train"
6th-8th Grade 1st Place Rebecca Joy, Hartselle "Sleeping
Beauties"
2nd Place Ryan Hood, Trinity "Old Time Rhythm"
3rd Place Jamie Earnest, Decatur "Ms. Pamela"
3rd Place Honorable Mention Rachel Nix, Cullman "The
Creation"
3rd Place Honorable Mention Brittany Ponder, Hartselle
"Southern Meows"
9th-12th Grade 1st Place Seth Miller, Decatur Basket of Fruit
2nd Place Kayla Aaron, Vinemont "Best of Show"
3rd Place Casey Pearson, Cullman "Delta Queen
Adult 1st Place Michele Wilson, Hartselle "Preacher Man"
2nd Place Chrissy Roberts, Cullman "Hunk of Burnin'
Love"
3rd Place Kemberly Ellis, Locust Fork "Little Voice of
Texas"

 
Painting
K-2nd Grade 1st Place Maggie Anderson, Hartselle "A Day
at the Beach"
3rd Place Sarah Nix, Hartselle "The Quince in Day"
3rd-5th Grade 1st Place Kayla Mason, Hartselle "Old Church
Dress"
2nd Place Sarah Robinson, Cullman "Sunset on the Ranch"
2nd Place Mahaley Motzkus, Vinemont "Grandma &
Paypee's Love"
3rd Place Megan Flannagin, Hartselle "Swing in the
Oak Tree"
6th-8th Grade 1st Place Rachel Nix, Cullman "Caladium and
Cat"
2nd Place Alec Durand, Hartselle "Mt. Cross at Swanee"
3rd Place Savanna Earnest, Decatur "New Life"
9th-12th Grade 1st Place Anna Yeager, Hartselle "Wilma at Sunset
2nd Place Briley Durand, Hartselle "Piano Lessons"
3rd Place Kayla Aaron, Vinemont "Frog on Iris"
Adult 1st Place Nikki Jackson, Jasper "Behind Blue Eyes"
2nd Place Diann Tucker, Blount Springs "Under the Sun"
3rd Place Roger Hand, Trinity "Echo of the Falls"
Photography
3rd-5th Grade 1st Place Ben Ratliff, Cullman "A Southern Cow
Says Moo"
6th-8th Grade 1st Place Hannah Standridge, Cullman "After
the One That Got Away"
2nd Place Brittany Ponder, Hartselle "Cub Scouts
Voice Their Enthusiasm"
9th-12th Grade 1st Place Brianna Hand, Trinity "Music of the
Mountain"
Adult 1st Place Arin Billings, Blount Springs "Little Sister"
2nd Place Carl Fincher, Arab "Reflections"
3rd Place Joyce Rodgers, Cullman "Protest in Action"

 
Computer Art
Adult 1st Place Kemberly Ellis, Locust Fork "Silent Voices"
2nd Place Zonya Ponder, Hartselle "Our Alabama Voices"

Sculpture/Ceramics
5th Grade 2nd Place Abigail McClellan, Cullman "Alabama
Alarm Clock"
Adult 1st Place Lynn Jetton, Cullman "Two Teapots"
2nd Place Barbara Wilson, Hanceville "1830's Fashion"
3rd Place BJ Morgan, Cullman "Pan's Pulpit"

[*Note: Places are correct as determined by judges.]


         

Briana Hand of Trinity received first place in the 9th-12th grade Photography division for "Music of the Mountain."

Lijah Rollins of Hartselle received second place in the K-2nd
grade Drawing division for "A Tractor's Journey." Rollins is a student
at Crestline Elementary and is seven years old.
                                                                                

Piano Lessons by Briley Durand  

Alabama Alarm Clock by Abigail McClellan

Behind Blue Eyes by Nikki Jackson

Echo of the Falls by Roger Hand

  Kristen Holmes
  Director, Communications and Marketing
  Wallace State Community College
  P.O. Box 2000
  Hanceville, AL 35077
  256/352-8118
  E-mail: Kristen.Holmes@WallaceState.edu