Award winners chosen from entries in the 50th Annual Juried Muskegon Community College Student Art and Design Exhibition will be announced during a special reception on Thursday evening, June 5, on campus.
Free and open to the public, a reception takes place from 5-6:30 p.m. in the Overbrook Lobby and Gallery. Light refreshments will be served. The awards will be announced at 5:30 p.m. in Overbrook Theater.
The exhibition, which opened in May and continues until Sept. 10, contains work selected by art and design faculty who reviewed several thousand pieces produced during the 2013-14 academic year by more than 500 students.
Cash awards will be presented, including $400 for first place, $300 for second place, $200 for third place, and $100 for honorable mentions. In addition, the President’s Purchase Awards for the permanent MCC Art Collection will be announced.
Place awards are selected by an independent juror who is a practicing art professional. This year, Ed Wong-Ligda, coordinator of Illustration at Grand Valley State University, will be the juror. He has a MFA degree in painting from the University of Tulsa and has worked as a designer/illustrator for Cheshire Books, Dell Publishing and Van Nostrand Reinhold. He is currently a figurative painter and muralist with work in many private and public collections including the Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Appalachian State University, the State of Oregon and the State of Missouri.
Overbrook Art Gallery summer hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday. Please call (231) 777-0324 for more information.