2008 Woodie Awards
BOSS-Best of Salve Students Exhibit Gets Underway for Feb. Exhibit
Amanda Held
Issue date: 2/2/06 Section: Entertainment
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According to Gerry Perrino, Assistant Professor of Art, this is an event that has been going on for more than 10 years and will get underway once again beginning Wednesday, Feb. 1 through Sunday, Feb. 12 in the University Gallery.
If you choose to attend, you will surely get a glimpse of some of the best Salve student art work from all areas of the department. The purpose of the exhibit is to show the college community the high quality of work that can be produced by the students.
Perrino also adds that, "The show gives the students an opportunity for practical presentation of their work and is a reward for students that work hard."
So, with all of the immense talent lingering amongst the student body, determining what pieces to select for the show can be a hard task to accomplish. Fortunately, within recent years, this process has improved. Perrino recalls that years ago, it was a very chaotic process.
Students were submitting artwork on their own, resulting in too many pieces and very little wall space. Also, with this type of process, some of the best artwork was not being submitted. To try to eliminate these problems, faculty members, in combination with Craig Coonrod, Gallery Director, are now making the selections. By doing so, problems have lessened, but have not completely disappeared.
"It has a lot to do with wall space," Perrino said. "We try to fit all good artwork but sometimes there is just not enough room."
Once the selections are made by faculty, an independent judge is then brought in to critique the pieces. This year the gallery has hired Peter Diepenbrock, owner of Suydam and Diepenbrock, a sculpture and jewelry gallery, located in downtown Newport. Diepenbrock will be judging the artwork and then issuing prizes to the best piece in each major concentration (i.e. photography, graphic design, etc.).
Perrino also made note of his own personal award that he issues, which is named after his father and grandfather. This award recognizes an outstanding piece within the drawing category. Prizes in other concentrations usually include a nice book in correspondence to what category the student wins for.