More than 60 Students Exhibit Artwork in Annual Juried Student Show

The SUNY Oneonta 2025 Juried Student Show features nearly 90 works by more than 60 talented student artists. The exhibition opened on March 25 and will run through May 3 in the university's Martin-Mullen Art Gallery on campus.

Featured artwork includes pieces submitted by students and juried by full-time Art faculty, and artworks preselected by the full-time and part-time faculty. This year's award winners were chosen by invited jurors Georgia b Smith and Zelda Smith, the spring Artists-in-Residence.

Georgia b Smith is a dancer and architectural fabricator whose internationally staged performances and prosthetic-augmented works have earned recognition, including Best in Show at a 2024 robotic-art exhibition. Zelda Smith, an artist rooted in earth materials and temporal sculpture, brings a background in sustainable architecture and recently co-taught a wearable robotics course with Georgia. Together, their collaboration bridges performance, robotics and material exploration.

The Juried Student Show highlights the different mediums and themes students explore over the academic year. This year's offerings include prints, 3D models, clay sculptures, digital designs, photographs, drawings and mixed media. SUNY Oneonta Art and Design senior Melissa Sibilla designed the show's poster.

Winners of the following special awards were announced: Jean Parish Art on Campus Award, Excellence in New Media Award, Golden Artist Colors Inc. Award and the Martin-Mullen Creativity Award.

Faculty Emerita Jean Parish enjoyed a lengthy teaching career at SUNY Oneonta, leaving behind a gift to provide financial assistance to students studying art. One of the two endowed funds she set in place supports the Jean Parish Art on Campus Awards, facilitating the purchase of student work to be displayed on campus.

Excellence in New Media is a new award celebrating the work of students who excel in newer and non-traditional art practices. A permanent virtual gallery space to display the digital art that is purchased through this award is being built, mirroring the beautiful examples of physical art purchased for display across campus through Jean Parish.

Golden Artist Colors is an artist materials manufacturer founded in 1980 and is dedicated to creating and sharing the most imaginative and innovative tools of color, line and texture for inspiring those who turn their vision into reality. They have graciously shared gift certificates for the Golden Artist Colors Inc. Awards.

The Martin-Mullen Art Gallery and Martin-Mullen Creativity Awards are named after two previous faculty members, Minnie Martin and James Mullen. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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