ESCANABA — Bay College announces the Student Art Exhibition, “Celebrating Student Success” for Winter 2022. The exhibition of the student’s work will be displayed in the Besse Gallery from April – August 2022.

The exhibition represents a culmination of a semester of work by these students. The exhibit will include animations, digital photography, painting, and digital 2-D design. The students use a variety of media to produce their compelling works, they are learning to create unified compositions that effectively communicate their ideas and expertise. The exhibited works originated from the following art classes – Visual Structures, Digital Photo I & II, and Painting I & II.

This is a juried art show in which one artwork per course will be purchased and become part of Bay’s Permanent Art Collection; for 2nd and 3rd place winners, will receive monetary awards. These students were awarded in the following categories:

Photo I:

First Place, Purchase Prize – Myah Pearson

Second Place – Kyra Beck

Third Place – Laura Tirapelli

Honorable Mention 1 – Janeen Fulkerson

Honorable Mention 2 – Raisha Lipski

Photo II:

First Place, Purchase Prize – Cheyenne La March

Second Place – Jamie Rivard

Painting I:

First Place, Purchase Prize – Vanessa Fields

Second Place – Emily May

Third Place – Grace Carlson

Honorable Mention 1 – Ari Murray

Honorable Mention 2 – Ashleigh Davis

Painting II:

First Place, Purchase Prize – Laura Tirapelli

Second Place – Aly Ross

Visual Structures:

First Place, Purchase Prize – Vanessa Fields

Second Place – Myah Pearson

Third Place – Alex Casey

Honorable Mention 1 – Kyra Beck

Honorable Mention – Christian Stapert

Honorable Mention – Raisha Lipski