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Chrys Weedon<\/strong> | Entertainment Editor<\/span><\/p>\n To celebrate the opening of an exhibition featuring student art, a picnic and award ceremony was held on the lawn of Campbell Hall on Monday, May 13. This gallery has occurred every year for 51 years, and is a juried exhibition, meaning that a juror was hired by the Cannon Gallery to review Western student\u2019s submitted artwork and get the final say in what pieces made it in. Every year, a different juror is hired.<\/span><\/p>\n The juror this year was Patricia Vazquez, who holds a BA in Graphic Design and Education and a MFA in Social Practices. Vazquez splits her time between Portland, Oregon and Mexico City, Mexico. Due to a prior teaching engagement, Vazquez was unable to attend the event, but she selected two pieces to receive a juror\u2019s choice award, which includes a $100 prize awarded to each artist. Cory Timmins received one of those awards, along with several others, for a video piece titled \u201cHouse Hunters Multinational.\u201d Timmins is senior pursuing a degree in Art and Design. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt was validating to just be selected for the show,\u201d Timmins said. \u201cTo win awards on top of that felt incredible. It feels like my art career is off to a great start.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Many other awards were given out, including awards for best digital piece and best non-digital piece, art faculty recognition awards and outstanding art students in upper level division courses awards.<\/span><\/p>\n This year\u2019s student exhibition included art pieces from many different mediums, including mixed media, sculpture, graphite sketches, digital art and oil painting, and covered a broad range of themes such as social justice, consumerism and body image.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cStudents from the gallery internship class did a ton of work accepting the pieces, in addition to Paula Booth, who runs the gallery,\u201d commented Timmins.<\/span><\/p>\n Every year, the gallery sends out an open call for any Western student, no matter their major, to submit their work for critique. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe could submit up to six pieces and pay a small fee to have our work critiqued,\u201d explained Timmins.<\/span><\/p>\n When asked her opinion about the best part of being involved in the exhibition, Timmins responded: \u201cBeing surrounded by other amazing work is the best part of being featured in the show. We have so much talent at Western. I\u2019m inspired in my classes by my peers and even more in awe when I\u2019m in the gallery. There\u2019s so much artwork to love.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n