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Pensacola State’s Hannah Clarke wins Sunset Photography Contest

Hannah Clarke’s abstract photo “At Twilight” was named the winner of the Pensacola State College Sunset Photography Contest on Monday, March 7, during a short ceremony at Jaco’s Bayfront Bar & Grille.

Clarke was one of 12 PSC photography students who competed in the annual contest which ran through February. The students’ photographs were displayed in Jaco’s through the month and people were asked to vote for their favorite. Voting also occurred online.

How Design Makes Us Think, Feel, and Do Things

PSC’s Bachelor of Applied Science senior art exhibition set for Dec. 6-10 ‘How Design Makes Us Think, Feel, and Do Things’ is the title of Pensacola State College’s 2021 Marjan Mazza Bachelor of Applied Science in Business and Management – Graphic Design Senior Exhibition. Set for Dec. 6-10, the exhibition is in the Switzer Gallery…

PSC welcomes new Visual Arts Department head Alaina Plowdrey

Troy Moon, Pensacola State College Alaina Plowdrey’s doctorate dissertation focuses on “phenomenological and deconstructionist philosophies of color perception and consciousness.” Yes, you guessed correctly. Plowdrey is, of course, an artist. She is also the new Pensacola State College Visual Arts Department head, replacing Krist Lien who retired in December. Plowdrey ─ approachable and engaging ─…

Krist Lien has overseen tremendous growth, success at PSC Visual Arts Department

Published: 12-02-2020 Troy Moon, Pensacola State College Krist Lien has been teaching art for decades now. He’s taught at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Montevallo. And since May 2006, Lien has been department head of Pensacola State College’s Visual Arts Department. His primary focus has been art education, leaving little…

More than 200 Pensacola State College students earn ‘Excellence’ awards

Pensacola State College Student Kameron Horak is playing his swan song, the fond farewell. And he’s playing it on saxophone. (Or maybe it’s his grandmother’s clarinet.) Horak, a 20-year-old music student, graduates this spring with enough honors and accolades for an encore. He received three 2020 Student Excellence Awards and is one of more than…