Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts at Pensacola State College.

PSC visual arts student heading to national ADDYs

Ralitsa Mihaylova, a Pensacola State College Visual Arts student, will compete for a national 2024 American Advertising Federation (ADDY) award. Mihaylova’s entry, “The Botanist,” won gold at gold in the Still Photography – Color Single category at the District 4 AAF Annual Conference held April 19-21 in Orlando. The entry also won gold at the 2024 American Advertising Federation Pensacola American Advertising Awards Gala in February in the “Elements of Advertising” category.

Artistic photo of a hand holding a glowing light bulb in a sunflower field at sunset.

Sydni Hutchens wins President’s Choice Award, Honorable Mention at student art exhibit

Pensacola State’s best and brightest art students were recognized at the 2024 Annual Student Art Awards Exhibition on April 9 in the Anna Lamar Switzer for Visual Arts. Sydni Hutchens’s “Melting Solitude” received the President’s Choice Award, and her “The Cat and the Fish” won the Honorable Mention. Benjamin Calloway’s “Catch of the Day” also garnered an Honorable Mention.