Katherine Hennelly and Priscilla Candelas earned awards at the 2018 Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference Juried Art Competition.
Two Moraine Valley Community College students, Katherine Hennelly and Priscilla Candelas, both of Burbank, earned awards at the 2018 Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference Juried Art Competition hosted at Oakton Community College in Des Plaines.
The awards were presented to Hennelly for her digital photography entry, “Submerged Nirvana,” and to Candelas for her “Leonardo Da Vinci reproduction” completed in silver point media. The two were among five Moraine Valley students selected to participate in the competition that also included Adan Magnan, of Chicago; Adelita Mendez, of Blue Island; and Angel Uresti, of Burbank.
“Not everyone is selected for the annual show,” said Dr. Lisa Kelsay, assistant dean of Liberal Arts. “Up to 200 pieces of artwork are submitted for consideration each year from the eight participating colleges. “We are so excited the artwork of five Moraine Valley students was selected for the annual art competition and that two students received awards. These awards are a testament to our talented students and their dedication, as well as to the art faculty who work with the students each and every day,” she said.
Candelas is enrolled in the computer animation certificate program and hopes to become a story board artist or an animator. “I want to learn it all. I would love to be able to combine story boarding, writing, animation, and cinematography in my work.”
Hennelly plans to complete her associate in applied science degree in digital art in May 2019 and open her own online shop that features her originals or animated drawings taken from movies, video games, books, and other sources.
Moraine Valley art students (left) Priscilla Candelas and Katherine Hennelly (right) are congratulated by Dr. Lisa Kelsay, assistant dean of Liberal Arts, for earning awards at the 2018 Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference Juried Art Competition.
