April 9, 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Barbara Morningstar
(805) 756-1571 or 756-6038

Student Art Competition Winners on Display April 9-May 1

SAN LUIS OBISPO -- “Pro Bono,” a display of student art submitted for
the annual Juried Student Art Exhibit sponsored by Cal Poly’s University
Art Gallery, opens today at 6 p.m.

The exhibit will run April 9-May 1 in the gallery, in the Dexter
Building on campus.

Jurors for this year’s competition included Michelle Enright, Art
Director/Graphic Designer at Dioptics in San Luis Obispo; Barry Goyette,
Barry Goyette Photography, San Luis Obispo; Marlene Tasuno, Professor of
Art, Bakersfield College; and Kristina Newhouse, Curator of Joslyn Fine
Arts Gallery, Torrance.

University Art Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday, and Wednesday evenings 7-9 p.m. Gallery exhibits are free and
open to the public; the closest metered parking is in front of the
Kennedy Library.

This year’s student art winners are:

Graphic Design: first place, Rob Villanueva (Thousand Oaks, art major),
"Siena”; second, April Syrek (Sacramento, art major),"Rock Star Cans."
Honorable mentions, Jeff Krieg (Sacramento, art major), "Double D Ad
Campaign,” and April Syrek, “Legibility of Type Booklet."

Photography: First, Terri Hawkins (Salinas, art major), "Deserted";
second, Joe Dominguez (Goleta, art major), "Landscape Architect."
Honorable mentions include Eriko Martinez (Tokyo, art major) "Mission
District,” Ruben Diaz (Oxnard, art major), “America.”

Two-Dimensional: First place, Bryon Hoffman (Napa, art major), "22
Ravaged” ; second Tyler Knuckles (San Luis Obispo, art major),
"Paparazzi in My Refrigerator." Honorable mentions: Jonathan Mitro (Los
Altos, construction engineering major, art minor), "Four Ties," and
Caitlin McCall (Portland, Ore., art major), "Vesmichtes Reisenubeslegen
[the connective tissue of an active unconscious].”

3-Dimensional: First place, John Tatum (San Luis Obispo, art major),
"What Do You Drink AM?"; Second place, John Tatum, "Teapot & Tea Cups."
Honorable Mentions: John Tatum, "Chinese Bell, Zhou Period,” Jillian
Kliewer (Dixon, art major), "Three Handbags" and Connie Anderson (San
Luis Obispo, art major), "Swan."

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