Public viewing the work at SFCC’s May 2025 Student Art Show exhibition. Courtesy/SFCC

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SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College’s Art on Campus announces the winners of the 2025 Student Art Awards. “The awards recognize outstanding creativity and artistic skill seen in artwork created by students in SFCC art classes,” Director of Art on Campus Linda Cassel said. The cash awards are supported in part by Santa Fe Community College Foundation.

Dean of the school of Liberal Arts and the School of Arts, Design and Media Arts James (Jim) Wysong, Ed.D., announced the award winners at student art exhibition opening on May 15 in the Visual Arts Gallery. Santa Fe New Mexican Pasatiempo staff writer Brian Sandford handed out the award checks to the students.

2025 Student Art Award Winners
Awarded by Category 

Printmaking/Book Arts — Program Head: Patricia Pearce

• First Place: Ronald Short – Everynight I Went Flying, Lithograph
• Second Place (Tie): Johnanna Hamblett – Red in the Sky, Lithograph; Jim Coogan – Japanese Egrets, Relief Print

Fine Woodworking — Program Head: Doug Jones

• First Place: Alex Potter – Folding Lawn Chair, Wood and Metal Material Study
• Second Place (Tie): Doug Oliver – Louis’s Dream, Woodcarving; Paul Von Soosten – Dovetail Chair, Wood

Jewelry — Program Head: Beth Greene

• First Place: Keiko Murase – #25 Cicadas Second Place: Albert Tack – #2 Bolo Tie
• Third Place (Four-Way Tie): Freya A.P.J. Ortega – #18 El Rostro de Guerra, Brooch; Mary Ellen McMorrow – #6 Necklace and Earring Set; Quinn Erickson – #6 Ring; Kirsten Bromberger – #9 Moon Rabbit, Hair Fastener

Ceramics — Program Head: Liz Hunt

• First Place: Toby Dicker – Red Dress
• Second Place (Tie): Janeen Maas – Starfish; Judith Freedman – The Talk

Photography — Program Head: Sage Paisner

• First Place: Roger Thomasson – Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper
• Second Place (Tie): Susan Ohori – Cyanotype on Cotton; Joan Zalenski – Mixed Media

Drawing and Painting — Program Head: Jared Weiss
(Awards presented by Shane Tolbert, Academic Director of Art and Design)

• First Place: Rene Kaup – High Road Jinx, Painting
• Second Place (Tie): Vanya Wagne – Self Portrait with Love, Oil Painting; Catherine Albers – The Incident, Oil Painting
• Third Place: Amaury Bargione – Green Still Life, Oil on Panel

Media Arts — Program Head: Peter Taussig

• First Place: Aila Carr – The Lover’s and The World – Tarot Cards, Digital Illustration

Sculpture — Program Head: John Boyce

• First Place: Roberto Espinosa – Multimedia Installation, Exhibit in Ripple Effect
• Second Place (Tie): Micah D’Angelico – Steel Sculpture; Carnell Chosa – Fiber Arts Sculpture

To learn more about Art on Campus or the Visual Arts Gallery, contact Linda Cassel at 505.428.1501 or linda.cassel@sfcc.edu.