Senior sculpture major Braydee Euliss said her face was as red as the
folders in which her awards were given when she heard her named called for a third time.
Friday night was the opening reception of the 74th Student Art Show in the Ball State University Museum of Art.
Euliss was one of 70 students who's art works are being displayed in the Museum of Art. Their works were submitted and evaluated by Tom Burckhardt, a professional artist from New York Interim art department chair Michael Prater said each year a different juror is invited to Ball State to evaluate the art. He said several aspects are taken into consideration.
"They look on the work," he said, "and they try to make choices based upon technical skill, the nature of the concept, how interesting it is, and how much of an achievement does it seem to represent for the student's level."
Along with having their work displayed, students are selected to receive various awards, including a purchase from the Office of the Dean of Arts.
Students were awarded at the reception on Friday by Prater and the dean of the college of arts Robert Kvam.
Junior visual communications major Bridget Sheehan said she was excited to see her art displayed in the museum.
"Everybody's an artist once your art is displayed in an exhibition," she said. "I think it is a great opportunity for students to have their work shown."
Kvam said the number of works selected for the display has increased in the last few years.
"I think it encourages students when their art is displayed in a formal museum exhibition," he said. "Students get more sense of the real world."
Only the works of juniors and seniors are displayed in the annual student art shows. Select freshmen and sophomore works are displayed in the arts and journalism building.
Prater said he was pleased with the amount of work students put into their art.
"It's a great show," he said. "It reflects some of the best work students have been doing this year and it reflects the kind of progressive thinking that students and their professors accept as the model of what they do."
Prater said he believes this year's College of Arts seniors will be ready to face the real world once they graduate because of their experience in the department.
"There are a good number of them going for M.F.A.s, some of them just go out and make art and pursue whatever they want to do." he said.
They go into the community really prepared, really intense, really progressive and they just keep doing their art."
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