Winners of Student Art Association Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition Announced

Prizes were awarded recently to the top artists in the East Stroudsburg University Student Art Association Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition.

Running, a pen and ink drawing by Morgan Weissbach, a junior from Saylorsburg, Pa., majoring in both art + design and fine arts with a concentration in studio art, was named best in show.

This is the second consecutive year that Weissbach’s work earned top honors.

Another of Weissbach’s pen and ink drawings, When Worlds Collide, earned honorable mention in the exhibit.

Science Fiction Automation, a mixed media piece created by Kristina Turturiello, a senior from Honesdale, Pa., majoring in integrated art + design, received the award for the best 3-D work in the exhibit.

First prize was awarded to Laila Andujar, a freshman art + design major from Milford, Pa., for her charcoal drawing, Self Portrait.

Brendan Reilly, a sophomore from Mount Bethel, Pa., majoring in art + design, earned the second prize for his painting, Vertigo.

Third prize went to Abigail Cruz, a sophomore from Scotrun, Pa., majoring in integrated art + design, for her 3-D piece, Royal Bird.

Prizes for the exhibit were sponsored by the Pocono Chapter of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen and Music in the Mountains. Jody Singer, founder of Origins Gallery, juried the exhibit this year.

The Student Art Association Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit, featuring more than 60 works in a multitude of media, continues through April 14 in the Madelon Powers Gallery of ESU’s Fine and Performing Arts Center, Normal and Marguerite streets, East Stroudsburg.

Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The exhibit is open to the public at no cost.

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