This month The Art Gallery at UCC presented “On the Rise,” an annual student exhibition.
The show featured over 67 pieces of student-created artwork, running from May 13 through June 5. The awards were announced in a gallery reception held May 16.
Images by Mason Ramirez and Gerardo Lopez / The Mainstream
Over the past year, artists within different media have worked with great effort at the chance to be chosen to have their art featured in the student art gallery showing. A group of faculty members, which included the chair, dean and vice president mutually agreed upon which students would receive the honor to be in the art show, and they also decided the award winners.
![Red conté crayon figure of a naked man facing away from the viewer. He is kneeling down. His dog is at his side holding underwear for him.](https://i0.wp.com/mainstreamonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Man-And-Dog_-conte-crayon-drawing-by-Natalie-Hall-1.jpg?resize=400%2C500&ssl=1)
Natalie Hall, a General Studies student, received the RiverHawk Award for her “Man and Dog” Conté crayon drawing.
![A golden ceramic lamp is positioned on a pedestal. The artist stands to the right of it holding her award. She has a bag slung across her chest and is smiling.](https://i0.wp.com/mainstreamonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Carly-Thompson-art-major-student-accepts-the-deans-art-award-for-her-artwork-Lampara.-Photo-by-Mason-Ramirez-5.jpg?w=750&ssl=1)
Carly Thompson, an art major, received the Dean Award for her “Lampara,” a functioning ceramic lamp.
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