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On View Through May 11th

29th Annual Juried Student Exhibition 
April 18 – May 11, 2013  
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 18, 6-8pm
Awards Ceremony: Thursday, May 2, 5-7pm

This popular annual exhibition celebrates work created by LMU Studio Arts students over the past year. Spanning the range of media taught in the program, the works are chosen by two jurors from LA’s art community. This year's jurors are artist Liza Ryan and writer, critic and independent curator Holly Myers. The exhibition and its cash awards are made possible by Andrea Kingaard Friedman, ‘66 and the Southern California Metal Arts Society. 

Click Here for Submission Instructions, Agreement Form, and Entry Form

Jurors' Bios:

Holly Myers
Holly Myers is a writer, critic and independent curator based in Los Angeles. Her writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the LA Weekly, the New York Times, Art + Auction and Modern Painters, among other publications. She is the co-editor of Rabble, an imprint of Insert Blanc Press that aims to foster and promote innovative critical writing, and organizes the Colloquy discussion series.   

Liza Ryan
Liza Ryan's work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally.  She was one of three American artists selected to exhibit at the Biennale of Sydney (2006). Ryan has been included in museum exhibitions at The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and Miami Art Museum. A recent (2012) solo exhibition at Hollins University was supported with a catalog.  She has also been the subject of solo exhibitions at Reed College and The Herter Gallery at the University of Massachusetts. 

Ryan's work is held in the permanent collections of the J.Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Maison Européen de la Photographie, Paris, among others.  Ryan lives and works in Los Angeles.

Congratulations to the Prize Winners:

Jurors’ First Prize 
Taylor Litonjua
Breathe
Acrylic on canvas

Jurors’ Second Prize 
Andrea Fisher
Losing Natural History: Whale and Elephant
Pen and ink and watercolor on paper

Jurors’ Third Prize
Jasmyne Johnson
Portrait of a Moorish American
Archival ink jet print

Honorable Mentions
Reiko N. Berg
Upheaval
Ceramic

Reina Bicciche
Fearless
Acrylic on canvas

Lauren Cullen
Twisted
Woodcut

London James
Twelve/Ten
Ceramic

Laura Scruggs
Untitled
Acrylic on canvas

Sonya Tamaddon
Prayers Jerusalem
Gelatin silver print

Metal Arts of Southern California Society Award 
Hannah Olson
Leaf
Bronze

Director’s Award of Distinction 
Madelaine Tuthill
Steep
Teabags and dye