The Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (JDAC) at Hastings College is showcasing talent from across four states in its inaugural “Emerging Visions” juried high school art show, on display from November 14 through December 13.
The exhibition features 50 works of art created by 34 high school juniors and seniors. The selection process was highly competitive, with 60 students submitting nearly 150 individual pieces for review by the Hastings College art faculty.
The “Emerging Visions” exhibition was developed to provide high school students with a significant opportunity to display their work in a professional gallery setting and compete for scholarship awards.
“The response for the first year of ‘Emerging Visions’ was outstanding. The caliber of the nearly 150 submissions made it very challenging for our faculty to narrow the show down to just 50 works,” said Dr. Brian Corr, chair of the Hastings College Department of Visual Arts. “This show provides a valuable exhibition experience for aspiring young artists. It also affords us an opportunity to recognize exceptionally creative and skilled students with significant scholarship opportunities.”
A closing reception and awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, December 13, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the JDAC. The presentation of awards is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.
The exhibition is located in both JDAC galleries and is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Please note: The galleries will be closed for the College’s Thanksgiving break, November 24-28.
Students whose works were selected for the show include:
- Bailey Axtell, Kearney High School — A Teenager’s Realization of Child Abuse, ceramic
- Declan Bourke, Omaha Westview High School — Let’s Hope it Doesn’t Feel Like Playing Right Now, pencil and ink
- Brooklynn Buhr, Adams Central Junior-Senior High School — At the Waters Edge, oil
- Danny Daniels, New Orleans (Louisiana) Center for Science and Mathematics — Red Night, acrylic on stretched canvas; Bad Enamel, acrylic on watercolor paper
- Elisa Dominguez, Cedar Rapids High School — Stitched Thoughts, mixed media
- Mae Ericson, York High School — Televised Colorization of 1953, acrylic
- Ava Fickler, Minden High School — Deliverance, oil
- Madi Fielder, Hastings High School — Mushroom, earthenware body and Amaco glaze; House, earthenware body and Amaco glaze
- Caleb Furrow, Callaway High School — The Cowboy, colored pencil
- Wyatt Glatthar, Rangeview High School (Aurora, Colorado) — Antithesis, India ink and pen; Inheritance, graphite; Anxiogenic, India ink and pen
- Tiffany Gonzalez-Gamez, Lawrence-Nelson Community School — Bound by Fear, graphite; Masculinity in Bloom, graphite; Lamb of God, charcoal
- Annalise Hauser, Heartland Lutheran High School (Grand Island, Nebraska) — Anna Banana, acrylic on canvas; Untitled, colored pencil
- Mariah Kaslon, Kearney High School — Irking Pain, acrylic; Broken Time, colored pencil
- Aleks King, Millard South High School — Emotions Within Us, pen and paper; Jane-Doe, clay and underglaze
- Ryann King, Adams Central Junior-Senior High School — Uprooted, charcoal
- Ella Kozera, Kearney High School — Billy Bass, cardboard; Morph, ceramic
- Natalie Lammers, Fort Calhoun Junior-Senior High School — BRAINROT, colored pencil on watercolor paper; Kiss Me, acrylic on canvas
- Ashton Lyions, Ord Junior-Senior High School — You’re Beautiful, mixed media
- Eva Macken, Elkhorn South High School — Adapt, copper wire and stained glass
- Maddison Martin, Kearney High School — The Hemlock, reduction linocut print; Radiate Positivity, colored pencil
- Aleece Mattley, Adams Central Junior-Senior High School — Beneath the First Glance: Minute Wonders of God’s Creation, pen and ink
- Haedyn McDowell, Abraham Lincoln High School (Council Bluffs, Iowa) — Sea n’ Dip, ceramics
- Tessa Miller, Lakeview High School — Big New World, pencil; Comfy, watercolor and colored pencil; New Beginnings, pencil
- Logan Mollo, Waverly High School — Beauty in Fantasy, stained glass; Me, acrylic
- Lillian Novoselova, Waverly High School — Old Love, oil
- Ava Pavelka, Adams Central Junior-Senior High School — Still Life, but Sweets, colored pencil
- Ariah Perez, Kearney High School — Lady Justice, reduction linocut print
- Shanika Robinson, Kearney High School — The Resting Dog, charcoal
- Isabella Rowe, Pine Creek High School (Colorado Springs, Colorado) — Irisire, ceramic
- Jackie Sattler, McCook High School — untitled
- Malynn Slizoski, Columbus High School — Wandering Beast, polymer clay, yarn and wood
- Anna Smith, homeschooled, Omaha, Nebraska — Emergence, acrylic; Gorgeous Gary, acrylic
- Payton Veik, Waverly High School — Feminine, acrylic
- Payton Vorderstrasse, Waverly High School — Bliss, acrylic paint
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