By SALINA POST
LINDSBORG - Several Bethany College students, including three from Salina and one from McPherson, were honored as a part of the 2022 Messiah Festival Juried Student Art Exhibition.
The exhibition is on display in the Mingenback Gallery through Monday and is open to the public at no charge. The gallery, at the corner of Olsson and Second Street on the Bethany College campus, is open on weekdays and Easter weekend from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Juried Student Art Exhibition is part of the Messiah Festival of the Arts, the celebration of sacred music, theatre, and art at Bethany College and features ceramics, drawings, jewelry, paintings, photography, printmaking, and sculpture created by Bethany art majors that have taken art courses.
The annual performance of Handel's Messiah is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday in Bethany's Presser Hall.
During a reception for the Juried Student Art Exhibition last Sunday, the following students were honored for their artwork.
Best of Show
Destiny Everhart, studio art, Salina junior, Salina, for You Who I Called Brother
Best of 2D
Evan Simmons, 3D computer animation, Hutchinson senior, for Space Demon
Best of 3D
Aubrey Hahn, visual art administration, Garden City senior, for Happy Retirement
Best of Junior/Senior
Zephra Rice, studio art, McPherson senior, for Tenderness
Best of Freshman/Sophomore
Irma Michelle De La Cruz Caldera, pre-professional art therapy, Salina freshman, for Viruz
Most Improved Student
Connor Heis, studio art, Salina sophomore