Ventura College students receive art and photography awards

June 07, 2006
Santa Paula News

Professor and Chair of the Ventura College Art Department, Robert Moskowitz, announced the winners of the annual juried student show.

Professor and Chair of the Ventura College Art Department, Robert Moskowitz, announced the winners of the annual juried student show. Professional artists and photographers served as jurors for the show. Winners received cash prizes and/or certificates. More than $7,000 was awarded to the winners. Images of many of the winning works can be viewed at www.venturaarts.org, click on art exhibits and then click on galleries, and select Ventura College galleries. For a complete list of awards given, please visit www.VenturaCollege.edu. Four awards were made to three Santa Paula student artists - two Awards of Excellence and two Honorable Mentions.Adobe Photoshop Award of Excellence: Heidi Gousseau, Oak View Award of Merit: Jake McCarty, VenturaCeramics William Winterbourne Memorial Award: Linda McLeod, Ojai Florence Halpert Memorial Award: Robert Wilmoth, Ventura Ventura Potters Guild Award: Amy Dobson, Ventura Award of Excellence: Nathaniel Pidduck, Santa Paula Award of Merit: Kali Woods, Ojai Honorable Mention: Diana Farrell, Ventura Honorable Mention: Mathew Sanchez, FillmoreCollage and Assemblage Award of Excellence: Carole Wadsworth, Ventura Award of Merit - Ramon Enrique, Piru Honorable Mention - Janet Jennings, OxnardColor and Design Award of Excellence: Luke Riley, Ventura Award of Merit: Jennifer Watkins, Ventura Honorable Mention: Janet Wiley Jennings, Oxnard Honorable Mention: Omar Becarra, FillmoreComputer Graphics Award of Excellence: Teresa Campbell, Oxnard Award of Merit: Timothy Enriquez, CamarilloDigital Imaging: Award of Excellence: Horacio Martinez, Oxnard Award of Merit - Aiko watenabe, Ventura Honorable Mention - Jim Anderson, VenturaDrawing Award of Excellence: John Loughman, Ojai Award of Merit: Eric Sun, Ventura Honorable Mention: Adam Martinez, VenturaFigure Illustration: Award of Excellence: Myra Marquilla, Ventura Award of Merit: Julia Wittlin, VenturaGraphic Communications Award of Excellence: Todd Sterling Bertola, Ventura Award of Merit: Hillary Oleson, VenturaHead Drawing Award of Excellence, Mindy Keller, Ventura Award of Merit: Adrienne Burke, Ventura Honorable Mention: Kathy Ikerd, Santa PaulaHead Painting Award of Excellence: Debi Nowak-Hawkes, Ventura Award of Merit: Christy Becker, OjaiIllustration and Rendering: Award of Excellence: Erin Green, Camarillo Award of Merit: Julia Wittlin, VenturaInk Techniques: Award of Excellence: Erin Green, Camarillo Award of Merit: Molly Rose Gooding, VenturaLife Drawing Award of Excellence: Robert Rush, Ventura Award of Merit: Eddie R. Garcia, Ventura Honorable Mention: Shirli Nagy, Ventura
Life Painting Award of Excellence: John Loughman, Ojai Award of Merit: Patricia Kennedy, Ventura Honorable Mention: Kathy Ikerd, Santa Paula Honorable Mention: Michael Albert Moore, VenturaPainting Award of Excellence: John D. Halbert, Ventura Award of Excellence: Michael Holquin, Ventura Award of Merit - Elizabeth L. Quinn, Ventura Award of Merit - Virginia Beale, Ventura Honorable Mention - Elizabeth McConnaughey, Ojai Honorable Mention - Laurel Huggins, Ventura Honorable Mention - Virginia Beale, Ventura Honorable Mention - Laurel C. Murray, VenturaPhotography: Traditional Color Award of Excellence: Lisa Dodge, Ventura Award of Merit: Katie Padron, CamarilloPhotography: Traditional Black and White Award of Excellence: Dianne Moon, Ventura Award of Merit: Lisa Dodge, Ventura Bob Fogata Photography Scholarship: Christy Meza, VenturaPhotography: Digital Award of Excellence: James Anderson, Ventura Award of Merit: Carina Downing, FillmorePrintmaking Award of Excellence: Inez Monguio, Ventura Award of Merit: Nathan Batelaan, Ventura Honorable Mention - Nancy Galante, CamarilloSculpture Award of Excellence: Amanda Johnson, Oxnard Award of Merit: Emily Burger, OjaiSerigraphy Award of Excellence: Rochell Metcho, Ventura, Award of Merit: Kurtis Michael Braget, Ventura Honorable Mention - Pamela Sandland, VenturaThree-Dimensional Design Award of Excellence: David Peterson, Santa Paula Award of Merit: Sarah Cox, Camarillo Honorable Mention: Garth Gibson, OxnardTwo Dimensional Mixed Media Award of Excellence: Sarah Cox, Camarillo Award of Merit: Amy R. Schneider, Ojai also the winner of the Barney Dietz Purchase Award, which will keep the work in the Ventura College permanent collection Honorable Mention: James M. Cox, CamarilloWatercolor Award of Excellence: Kathy Smith, Ventura Award of Merit: Leslie Lloyd, Ventura Honorable Mention: Nancy Beswick, VenturaAdditional Art Scholarships -Prescott Scholarship, $1,000 - James Cox, CamarilloRosalie R. Feldman Scholarship (for a student transferring to an art program), $1,000: John Loughman, OjaiFor additional information, contact Bill Hendricks, photography professor, at (805) 654-6400, ext. 3223 or Bob Moskowitz, art and photography department chair, at (805) 654-6400, ext. 1297.



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