That Time of Year

      What time? You may be asking. That time is student art show time. Today was the opening of the 44th annual Montgomery County Community College Student Art Show. I got really excited because it was my first student art show that I was participating in. I shared two pieces with the student body and came up empty handed, just to ruin the surprise. Although I thought a lot of the work was competitive, there were a few pieces that I enjoyed more than others. Let's get started.

     I toured the opening with my Drawing teacher, Helen Haynes, who is pictured on the far left. I managed to completely split her in half due to space constraints. It was packed for an opening, probably due to the students who all had submitted pieces. It was pretty electric in the art center with anticipation flying about. Then the awards ceremony got under way.

     Apparently old people are confused by awards. This couple was parked in front of me and looked at each other in sheer confusion every time an award was announced. It was cute but it was too much for them and they left halfway through. Many of the pieces that won, I simply glanced over when touring the show before hand or I actually thought deserved awards, no matter where they were showing. Best in show went to this gem.

     It was almost hard to believe that a student painted this. The demonstration of control of the medium was completely on point and I wouldn't disagree one bit with her winning Best in Show. Over all, the awards went to kids I never heard of, except for my buddy Alex Bohn winning Honorable Mention in the photography category. Awesome. Other than that, it was off to drawing class as usual and no awards in hand. I throughly enjoyed the ceremony and look forward to the next one.