The Department of Art and the University Galleries hold their annual Awards Show each spring. The exhibition is juried by two guest jurors and features work by current art students. The Awards exhibition includes several award categories as well as merit awards. Please download the Call for Submissions & Scholarships form for important deadlines. Also included is a list of scholarship opportunities, which will be announced at the Awards Ceremony. We encourage you to apply if you are eligible.

Jurors:

Ianna Nova Frisby is a Sacramento ceramic artist and a professor at Sacramento City Community College. She also leads art workshops, often at Verge Center for the Arts where she is a founding artist. Although ceramics is her primary focus, her practice includes textiles, printmaking and mixed-media sculpture. She is the co-creator of the Art Advice Booth, a nomadic project begun in 2016, once featured in Sactown Magazine. In the past, she co-managed and curated monthly art exhibitions at Tangent Gallery in Sacramento. Professional awards include the Regional Artist Award from Visions in Clay 2023, the Fine Art Juror’s Award at the 2022 California State Fair (#goldenbear), and The Leff-Davis Fund for Visual Artists of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation in 2016. Frisby earned her BFA in Studio Art from Humboldt State University and her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Bridgett Rex is the Exhibitions Manager for YoloArts in Woodland, CA. She oversees both the Barn Gallery as well as Gallery 625. Rex has over ten years of work experience in the arts sector, and holds a B.A. in Art History Theory and Criticism from the University of California, San Diego. Committed to fostering a more equitable and diverse future in both physical and digital realms, she brings a wealth of knowledge and passion to her role as a curator. As an artist, she utilizes various “art languages” including graphic design, violin, photography, painting and pen and ink drawings.