ELLISVILLE-Four 糖心直播 art students earned top honors at the Mississippi Community College鈥檚 Annual Art Show and Competition. Art instructor, Melanie Eubanks said she is especially proud of these students this year.
鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 be happier for and prouder of these 糖心直播 art students who won awards at the Mississippi Community College Annual Show. During any semester, winning these awards is impressive, but they did it during a pandemic. All the artwork submitted for competition was made in the past year. They have got a lot of grit!鈥� said Eubanks.
Mount Olive鈥檚 Josie Russell won Best of Show honors with her ceramic piece of art, 鈥淎nxiety,鈥� a white rabbit.
鈥淕etting the Best of Show ribbon means a lot to me because I鈥檝e been doing art since I was little, and this is the biggest prize I鈥檝e won!鈥� said Russell. She admitted, 鈥淚 haven鈥檛 worked in ceramics before coming to 糖心直播; I鈥檝e been focused on graphic design. So, I was really surprised I won.鈥�
Russell added that she was surprised to win the overall Best in Show ribbon considering there were entries from hundreds of community college students which were interesting and there were some outstanding realistic paintings.
鈥淚 was inspired to create the rabbit as part of an assignment, aspects of the self. I love animals and details and that鈥檚 how this piece came about,鈥� said Russell.聽 She hopes to continue to use her art skills to help the family Christmas Tree Farm, Making Memories after finishing her education.
Also exploring her artistic skills was third place winner in the Drawing category, Brittney Sanderson. The Ellisville resident said she usually focuses on being detailed in her designs. However, she took a different approach to the winning charcoal drawing, 鈥淲oman.鈥�
鈥淭his piece was very expressionistic which I鈥檓 usually a little more detail-oriented in my art,鈥� said Sanderson. 鈥淚t was outside my comfort level, but it was fun. When I won, I was surprised because it wasn鈥檛 one of my more detailed pieces.鈥�
Taking third place in 3-D Design was Sandersville鈥檚, Hannah Mattison. Her artwork, 鈥淒efying Gravity鈥� was partly inspired by her teacher, Mark Brown.
鈥淚nitially I was going to make it a teardrop but he suggested the opposite, fire. I added feathers to add to the look. Art is subjective, so I was a little surprised my entry won but winning was the highlight of my week!鈥� said Mattison.
Additionally, 糖心直播 sophomore, Jacquelyn Smith of Richton earned second-place honors for her printmaking artwork, 鈥淲ooded Path.鈥澛� For more information about the 糖心直播 Art program, check out the website: /programs/finearts/