2023 CFCC Student Art Exhibition

March 24 to April 28, 2023

2022 CFCC Student Exhibition, Best in Show, Oliver Avera, “Cat Man Bike”

WILMINGTON, NC – The Wilma W. Daniels Gallery, the CFCC Fine Arts Department, and the Wilson Center are thrilled to announce the annual juried art exhibition featuring Cape Fear Community College students at Wilma W. Daniels Gallery on the Downtown Campus of Cape Fear Community College. This exhibition returns to the Gallery with an opening on March 24, 2023. The exhibition will run through April 28, 2023.

September Krueger, Director of Lifelong Education at Cameron Art Museum, is the juror for this year’s exhibition. The annual show features artwork created by CFCC students judged across a variety of media categories. A reception was held on Friday, March 24, where the Awards Ceremony to recognize the winner in each category, as well as Best In Show, took place.

This years awards are:

  • Best In Show:
    • Taisha Benjamin, “Head in the Clouds”, acrylic on canvas
  • Painting:
    • 1st Place: Carrie Householder, “Oranges”, oil on canvas
    • 2nd Place: Hallie-Claire Weems, “Bloom”, acrylic on board
    • 3rd Place: Sidney Herring, “Lemons”, oil on canvas
  • Drawing:
    • 1st Place: Hallie-Claire Weems, “The Sunken Place”, graphite
    • 2nd Place: Quenton Bowman, “Soul Gazing”, graphite
    • 3rd Place: Haylee Guzman, “Inkblots”, charcoal
  • 2D Design:
    • 1st Place: Samuel Fernandez, “Surveillance State”, acrylic on paper
    • 2nd Place: Bridget Ganz, “Leaves, Lines”, pen on paper
    • 3rd Place: Matthew Montes, “Dragon Slayer”, pen and ink
  • Photography:
    • 1st Place: Rebecca Walker, “Reflections on Youth”, photograph
    • 2nd Place: Day Camposeco, “Citlalli Portrait”, digital photograph
    • 3rd Place: Rebecca Walker, “Getting in the Car”, photograph
  • Ceramics:
    • 1st Place: Rocco Laraia, “Peter, Franklin, and Douglas”, clay
    • 2nd Place: Tricia Messenger, “Three Vases”, stoneware
    • 3rd Place: Jamie Ward, “Bell Pepper Teapot”, clay
  • Sculpture:
    • 1st Place: Becky Filer, “Brevard, 1:00”, wood, bark and twine
    • 2nd Place: Tricia Messenger, “Nest Egg”, abaca paper and twine
    • 3rd Place: Logan Beechner, “Feather and Coil”, aluminum and mahogany
  • Mixed Media:
    • 1st Place: Isabelle Sloan, “Self Portrait”, soft pastel and acrylic on paper
    • 2nd Place: Oliver Avera, “Catch”, mod podge, ink, marker, acrylic paint, cardboard, tinfoil
    • 3rd Place: Taylor Allaire, “Forbidden Treasure”, mixed media
  • Prinmaking:
    • 1st Place: Brennan Hazle, “Faith”, linocut
    • 2nd Place: Annabelle Puttbach, “Formicidae”, mezzotint
    • 3rd Place: Brennan Hazle, “Moonchild”, aquatint
  • Digital Design:
    • 1st Place: Karen O’Kelly, “Memories”, digital illustration
    • 2nd Place: Reese Perez, “Music Makes You”, digital illustration
    • 3rd Place: Karissa Uhrain, “There Will Come Soft Rains”, digital media

For those who wish to view the works on display, the Wilma W. Daniels Gallery will be open from noon to 5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, throughout the course of this exhibition.

Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Student Exhibition ’23, Installation View
Elisa Vicario, “Fingerharp”
Rebecca Walker, “Getting in the Car”, 3rd Place, Photography
Gabriel Crews, “Still Graphite”
Mishelle Carrasco, “Monochromatic Essence”
Logan Beechner, “Me and Myself”
Rebecca Walker, “Reflections on Youth”, 1st Place, Photography
Elisa Vicario, “Fresh”
Oliver Avera, “Self Portrait”
Jamie Ward, “Bell Pepper Teapot”, and Taylor Allaire, “Monster Mug”
Jamie Ward, “Bell Pepper Teapot”, 3rd Place, Ceramics
Tricia Messenger, “Dandelions”
Emily Worth, “Papaver Rhoeas”
Karissa Uhrain, “Self Portrait”
Britton Perko, “Skeleton with Flowers”
Jennifer Flores, “Eternally Yours”
Brennan Hazle, “Faith”, 1st Place, Printmaking
Quenton Bowman, “Smoking Man”
Karissa Uhrain, “Celestial Daydream”
Hallie-Claire Weems, “Bloom”, 2nd Place, Painting
Carrie Householder, “Oranges”, 1st Place, Painting
Brennan Hazle, “Refuge”
Bridget Ganz, “Me, Roughly”
Taisha Benjamin, “Head in the Clouds”, Best in Show
Isabelle Sloan, “Tiger Blooming”
Isabelle Sloan, “Self Portrait”, 1st Place, Mixed Media
Brennan Hazle, “The Glow”
Brennan Hazle, “Moonchild”, 3rd Place, Printmaking
Carrie Householder, “Fungi”
Karen O’Kelly, “Memories” 1st Place, Digital Design
Mya Goodman, “Casey”
Hallie-Claire Weems, “Immortal Essence”
Haylee Guzman, “Inkblots”, 3rd Place, Drawing
Day Camposeco, “Citlalli Portrait” 2nd Place, Photography
Gabrielle Whitehead, “Riverwalk”
Day Camposeco, “Andy Portrait”
Reese Perez, “Music Makes You”, 2nd Place, Digital Design
Ramiro Martinez, “Worn Out”
Holly Dabal, “Met You in the Afterglow”
Karissa Uhrain, “There Will Come Soft Rains”, 3rd Place, Digital Design
Sidney Herring, “Lemons”, 3rd Place, Painting
Mary Brooks, “Disassociate”
Sidney Herring, “Blue”
Edith Rojas, “Lady Lilac”
Zoe Modeco, “Wolf Dog”
Samuel Fernandez, “War Faces”
Lane Stewart, “Untitled”
Mya Goodman, “Eye for an Eye”
Audrey Oring, “The Whale Shark”
Haylee Guzman, “Puffin by the Cliffs”
Ava Gosline, “Barnacle Culture”
Kaydance Swain, “Nesting”
Annabelle Puttbach, “Macrodontia Cervicornis with Stars”
Quenton Bowman, “Soul Gazing”
Hallie-Claire Weems, “The Sunken Place”, 1st Place, Drawing
Mary Brooks, “The Voice of One”
Annabelle Puttbach, “Formicidae”, 2nd Place, Printmaking
Oliver Avera, “Catch”, 2nd Place, Mixed Media
Carrie Householder, “Alabaster Box”
Britton Perko, “Deconstructed Lock”
Isabelle Sloan, “Earth”
Maggie Ortega, “Summer Bounty”
Matthew Montes, “King of the Skies”
Gwen Plowman, “Reach for the Stars”
Matthew Montes, “Dragon Slayer”
Samuel Fernandez, “Surveillance State”, 1st Place, 2D Design
Elizabeth Bennet, “Kokopelli Man”
Aislinn O’Donnell, “A.M. Cassandre”
Daniel Diederich, “The Figure”
Reese Perez, “Portrait of my Grandparents”
Sasha An, “Thunderbird”
Reese Perez, “A Collection of Creatures“
Mac Dameron, “Ben”
Breanna Atkins, “Unknown”
Bridget Ganz, “Leaves, Lines”, 2nd Place, 2D Design
Maggie Ortega, “Kindred”
Taykor Allaire, “Forbidden Treasure”, 3rd Place, Mixed Media
Becky Filer, “Brevard 1:00”, 1st Place, Sculpture
Tricia Messenger, “Nest Egg”, 2nd Place, Sculpture
Logan Beechner, “Feather and Coil”, 3rd Place, Sculpture
Aubrey Andrews, “Tiki Tiki
Richie Wood, “Becoming Undone”
Jamie Ward, “I Can See You”
Kaydance Swain, “Repetition”
Rocco Laraia, “Peter, Franklin and Douglas”, 1st Place, Ceramics
Tricia Messenger, “Three Vases”, 2nd Place, Ceramics
Mary Brooks, “A Broken Plate Still Works”
Luke Novak, “Roman Face Pot”
Amelia Collins, “A View of the Beach”
Audrey Oring, “The Peacock’s Nest”
Gabriel Crews, “Vase”
Rocco Laraia, “Tea Set”
Abigail Young, “Cowboy Cactus”



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