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Students to display winning art at ECC gallery

Posted May 03, 2009 11:00 pm

Daily Herald Staff Report

Winners of ECC juried student exhibition. First place photography, Mike Jagodzinski, Untitled, St. Charles Courtesy Elgin Community College

The arts are flourishing in the Fox Valley, and this week, the place to be is ECC.

Through Friday, visitors to Elgin Community College can view the work of 27 talented - and some award-winning - aspiring fine artists.

The student artwork is on display in the 18th annual ECC Juried Student Art Exhibition at the E. Max von Isser Gallery of Art.

The gallery is in the Student Resource Center on the ECC Main Campus, at 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

The juror for the exhibit was Leslie Baum, a Chicago artist who is affiliated with the Tony Wight Gallery in Chicago and whose work is part of the permanent collection at ECC and the Art Institute of Chicago. Of the 33 works selected, nine placed first and one won best of show.

Winning best of show was Rebecca Van Dusen of Elgin for her digital imaging, "The Great Wall." First place winners include: drawing and painting (two separate categories), Jeff Kolak of Streamwood; sculpture and glass (two separate categories), Arnold Kinast of Hampshire; photography, Mike Sagodzinski of St. Charles; digital imaging, Jack M. Sheils, Sleepy Hollow; jewelry, Mario Ledesma of Streamwood; printmaking, Ryan Kangail of Bartlett; ceramics, Daniel Holman of Streamwood.

Other student exhibitors include: Earl Burnidge and Susan Koth of Hampshire; Josh Jarodsky, Jon Leiblam, Demetrios DeMet, Claudia Frost and Andrew Sullivan of St. Charles; Matthew Brej, Andrea Fragoso, Marty Owens, Kyle Reiser, Henrietta DuBois and David Richardson of Elgin; Kathy Thielman of West Chicago; Stacy House and Gerardo Dorado of Carpentersville; Dylan Reiff of West Dundee; and Michael Garza and Sean Smeltzer of South Elgin.

For details on the exhibit, contact Ed Krantz, gallery curator, at (847) 214-7405 or ekrantz@elgin.edu.

Winners of ECC juried student exhibition. First place jewelry, Mario Ledesma, "Turaleza," Streamwood Courtesy Elgin Community College

Winners of ECC juried student exhibition. First place glass art, Arnold Kinast, "Together, Forever," Hampshire Courtesy Elgin Community College

Winners of ECC juried student exhibition. First place digital imaging, Jack M. Sheils, Untitled, Sleepy Hollow Courtesy Elgin Community College

Winners of ECC juried student exhibition. First place ceramics, Daniel Holman, "Orifice," Streamwood Courtesy Elgin Community College

Winners of ECC juried student exhibition. First place painting, Jeff Kolak, Untitled, Streamwood Courtesy Elgin Community College

Winners of ECC juried student exhibition. Best of show, Rebecca Van Dusen, digital imaging, "The Great Wall," Elgin Courtesy Elgin Community College

Winners of ECC juried student exhibition. First place drawing, Jeff Kolak, Untitled, Streamwood Courtesy Elgin Community College

Winners of ECC juried student exhibition. First place sculpture, Arnold Kinast, "Brass Balls," Hampshire Courtesy Elgin Community College

Winners of ECC juried student exhibition. First place printmaking, Ryan Kangail, "The Gumball Machine," Bartlett Courtesy Elgin Community College

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