Brianna received a Masters of Art degree in Museum Studies from Southern University at New Orleans and a Bachelors of Art degree in Art History from the University of North Florida. She is currently the Gallery Assistant at the Anna Lamar Switzer Center Gallery, Pensacola State College and currently serves on the Board of Directors…
Melina Smyres received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts, Designer as Entrepreneur program in New York City. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design from The College of Saint Rose. Her work has been published in Print Magazine and How Magazine. She has exhibited her…
James “Jimmy” Rhea received his Masters of Fine Art in 2007 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He worked as a founder for three years at the Inferno Art Foundry in Atlanta, and as a carpenter, after completing his Bachelor of Fine Art at the University of West Georgia. His artwork is being collected throughout…
J. Leigh Garcia is an artist from Dallas, TX exploring undocumented immigration and biracialism through printmaking and installation art. Garcia received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Master of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking from The University of North Texas. Garcia…
Paula Work believes that art is fundamental. “I feel it’s sort of a core thing that can help you learn about yourself – whether you become an acting artist or not,” Work shared. Work teaches drawing, painting and printmaking at Pensacola State College and strives to impart what she’s learned – both as a student…
Six Pensacola State College visual arts students earned three gold and five silver awards at the 57th Annual 4th District American Advertising Awards Gala held April 14 in Orlando. Kelly Bestgen won two gold awards while Alicia Kanuck won one gold award. The two automatically advanced to the 2018 national competition set for June 8…
Two Pensacola State College students won silver medals at the 2017 American Advertising Awards national conference held in June in New Orleans. Current Pensacola State student Zack Blessing and Amber Sidner, who graduated in December 2016, were among the winners in the AAF Student American Advertising Awards competition. The American Advertising Awards, formerly the ADDYs,…
Pensacola State College’s Visual Arts Department awarded ribbons, plaques and $23,590 in scholarships and prizes to students at the 51st Annual Art Student Honors Ceremony recently. For the first time, the event also included Judges Choice Awards based on judging from outside the Visual Arts Department. Dreyden Wells, an artist and ceramics instructor at the…
Pensacola State College graphic design and photography students won 52 awards in the college/university student division at the recent 2017 American Advertising Federation Pensacola ADDY® Awards Gala. In the professional division, PSC Graphic Design program coordinator Mark Hopkins earned a silver ADDY for his entry “Miss Simone” in the single poster category. In Pensacola State’s…
