19 March ICC art students bring home state awards March 19, 2021 By Thomas, Donna S. General 0 Itawamba Community College art students brought home four awards in this year’s Mississippi Community College State Art Competition hosted by Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Gautier. Winners included Camille Campbell of Tupelo, third place and a $50 cash award in the category of Painting for her acrylic painting titled ‘Woman’s Portrait;’ Laken Templeton of Pontotoc, first place and a $100 cash award in Digital Art for her Adobe Illustrator rendering of Michelangelo’s ‘David’ titled ‘Apprehension’ and second place and $75 cash award in 3D-Design for her hand-sewn recreation of ‘The Laughing Cavalier’, a 17th century masterpiece by the Dutch painter Frans Hals; and Mov Etheridge of Baldwyn, honorable mention in 3D-Design for her sculpture ‘Chinese Guitar.’ Other participating ICC art students include Harleigh Roberts of Baldwyn; Raymond Everett of Blue Springs; Jacob Brees of Hernando; Maleigh Collier of Nettleton; Anna Maclaine Griffith, Marlee Schaefer, both of Pontotoc; Katie Pilgrim and Josie Kate Reeves, both of Tupelo. Artwork of the winners will be on display through Mar. 26 in the 33rd annual Student Art Exhibition and Competition of the Mississippi Community College Art Instructors Association at the MGCCC Jackson County campus. The annual statewide exhibition features nearly 200 student works from 13 different Mississippi community college campuses. The works are chosen by the individual instructors from their respective institutions as examples that they consider the best efforts of their students from the academic school year. The number of entries for each campus is determined by individual enrollment numbers, so each school has a limited number of works that can be submitted for the exhibition. Artworks were submitted into the 2-D categories of Drawing, Design, Painting/Mixed Media, Photography, Printmaking, and Digital/Computer Art, as well as the 3-D categories of Ceramics and 3-D Design. This year’s competition was judged by New Orleans-based artists and educators Sarah House and Phil Sandusky. Related Articles ICC Associate Degree Nursing faculty, students win state awards Itawamba Community College’s faculty and students won prestigious awards at the Mississippi Organization for Associate Degree Nursing conference recently in Biloxi. ICC’s students won the College Bowl, which consisted of correct responses to NCLEX-RN questions, over opponent teams from nine other community Colleges. Members include Tiree Jones of Aberdeen, Alexis Derrick of Ecru, Kaci Wood of Mantachie and Alexis Koonce of Saltillo. Of the three faculty awards presented this year, ICC brought home two. Anna Lewis of Mantachie won the Professional Development Award, which was established by the MOADN Board of Directors to support the professional development efforts of associate degree nurse educators. Criteria include employment by an accredited ADN program in Mississippi, membership in MOADN either as an individual or program member and willingness to present the professional development activity at the next annual convention. She will be reimbursed for up to $1,000 for certification as a certified nurse educator. Lauren Murphree of Bruce won the Innovative Faculty Award for the Escape Room that she developed for Fundamentals content as an active learning ... ICC art students win five state awards Itawamba Community College’s art students brought home five awards from the annual MCCAIA State Art Competition at Southwest Mississippi Community College in Summit, tied for the top spot with both Hinds Community College and Holmes Community College. They include Keyelle Holder of Fulton, first place, drawing, for “Dinosaur With Lettuce;” Emily Tibbs of Fulton, honorable mention, drawing, for “Feline Fantasy” and third place, 3-D design, for the sculpture “Gorgeous Golden Lady;” Mak Masters of Pontotoc, honorable mention, 3-D design, for the sculpture, “The Wandering;” and Noah Sartin of Tupelo, first place, 3-D design, for the sculpture, “Faerie Trifeta.” The exhibition will be on display at Southwest through Mar. 27. Gallery hours are from 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. ICC students win state creative writing awards Several Itawamba Community College students recently received awards from the Mississippi Community College Creative Writing Association for their work. They include Blake Lyon of Smithville, first place in Drama for “Happy Anniversary;” Luke Nichols of Tupelo, second place in Drama for “AD&D 5e Story – Chapter 1;” and Tyrianna Brooks of Okolona, honorable mention in Short Story for “Don’t Go.” In addition, ICC’s literary magazine, The Calliope, placed first. Editors are Shawn Whittington of Saltillo, art; and English instructor Keith Morris of Tupelo, poetry. State-level winners received certificates and a copy of Writer, which publishes the student winners. Statewide first and second place winners received monetary prizes of $100 and $60 respectively. ICC students win state creative writing awards Several Itawamba Community College students recently received awards from the Mississippi Community College Creative Writing Association for their work. They include Jalynn Black of McCool, third place in Short Stories for “The Voice That Wouldn’t Fade;” Sharlee Shumpert of Mooreville, third place in Poetry for “I Am Ambitious” and Sara Davis of Smithville, second place in Poetry for “Preacher Man.” In addition, ICC’s literary magazine, The Calliope, placed second. Chief editor is Shawn Whittington of Saltillo, and English instructor Keith Morris of Tupelo, poetry editor. State-level winners will receive certificates and a copy of The Community College Writer, which publishes the student winners. Statewide first, second and third place winners’ monetary prizes include $100, $60 and $40 respectively. ICC Homecoming to feature presentation of Alumni awards, Homecoming Court Itawamba Community College will celebrate Homecoming 2024 on Oct. 17 at the Fulton Campus beginning with a 4 p.m. ceremony at the Davis Event Center. The event will honor the Alumnus of the Year, Athletic Hall of Fame inductees, Young Alumnus of the Year and Distinguished Service award recipients. They include Dr. Lance Evans of New Albany, Alumnus of the Year; Dr. David Rather of Tupelo and Jonathan Van Every of Nashville, Tenn., Athletic Hall of Fame; Jamey Logan of Tupelo, Young Alumnus of the Year; and Johnny Crane of Fulton, Distinguished Service. They will also be recognized during pregame ceremonies beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Eaton Field. ICC’s Homecoming Court will be presented at halftime of the ICC/Holmes football game, which starts at 7 p.m. They include Queen Jasmier Coleman of Pontotoc; King Tanner McCord of Pontotoc; Fulton Campus Sophomore Maids Ashanti Doss of Nettleton and Brandi Deloach of Caledonia; Tupelo Campus Sophomore Maids Gracie Corley of Ecru and Shelby Tigner of Tupelo; Fulton Campus Freshman Maids Shakira Kelton of Golden and Emma Carolyne Wright of Amory; ... ICC art students receive six awards at state competition Itawamba Community College’s art students have received awards for work they submitted in the 2019 MC/JCAIA (state community college competition) hosted by Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Wesson. They include Oscar Gonzalez of Ecru, second place in 2D design for “Phoenix,” first place in drawing for “Naomi” and second place in 3D design for “Golden Guitar;” Taylor Cash of Belmont, honorable mention in 2D design for “Ghostlight;” Tyler Griffin of Tupelo, honorable mention in 3D design for “Stale;” and Madelyn “Charlie” Weeks of Winfield, Ala., honorable mention in painting for “Blue Haze.” They will be honored at a reception and awards ceremony at Copiah-Lincoln Community College at noon, Mar. 22. Additional students whose work was selected to represent ICC include Theo Lyle of Amory; Ireland McDowell, Taylor Lentz, both of Fulton; Jasmine Raden of Tupelo; Lena Blanton of Comanche, Okla. and Nancy Garcia-Martinez of Pontotoc. ICC’s six awards were the second largest total among the 12 community college participants. The college with the most awards earned seven. In addition ... Comments are closed.