Every year RCA hosts a statewide juried exhibition for undergraduate and graduate students emerging in the visual arts. Prize winners are awarded to the top three artworks and selected by an invited juror: $500 First Prize, $300 Second Prize, and $200 Third Prize.
9th Annual Rising Eyes of Texas Show
33 Artists Representing 16 Texas Universities
Opens Saturday, March 12, Reception from 5-7 pm
Show continues through April 2, 2016
2016 Prize Juror: Anna Stothart, Brown Foundation Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art, San Antonio Museum of Art.
Also on view: Artwork from Rockport-Fulton High School Students -- the Susie Love Scholarship will be awarded to a graduating senior!
Exhibiting Artists by school:
Abilene Christian University
Ashley Smith
Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Laura Drey
Cynthia Giron (Honorable Mention)
Houston Baptist University
Dana Caldera
Jeremiah France (Honorable Mention)
Kentra Gilbert
Guadalupe Hernandez (2nd Place)
Laura Sprague
Xiaoyuan Xian
Hillaree Hamblin
Houston Community College
Louisa Tang
Steven F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches
Brianna Deterling
Travis Erxleben
Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Lars Roeder
Trent Thigpen
Texas A&M Commerce
Shelby Rackley
Texas State University, San Marcos
Alexander Kamelhair
Jennifer Masley
Jerry Solomon
Texas Tech University, Lubbock
Victor Beckman
Ashley Busby (1st Place)
University of Houston
Hyun Park (3rd Place)
University of Houston, Clear Lake
David Moya
University of North Texas, Denton
Marcy Bishop
University of Texas, Arlington
Cor Fahringer
Jose Cánepa
Josh Dryk
Billi London-Gray
Zahra McGinnis (Honorable Mention)
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Josie Del Castillo
Angela Ruiz
University of Texas, San Antonio
Kallie Pfeiffer
University of the Incarnate Word
N. Everett Engel
