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Volume CXXXIII, Number 19 |
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Art contest honors students
Earlier this month, the Delta Sigma/Delta Upsilon Fraternity
awarded five Bowdoin College students checks of $200 each for their participation
in the third annual DS/DU Arts Fund Visual Arts Competition. The contest
takes place in the spring semester each year and features student work
in any visual art form, including crafts and photography. An announcement
of the competition and call for submissions goes out to the campus towards
the end of the fall semester. Students submit up to three works, ready
for display, to the Student Activities office in February, and submissions
are judged without regard to quota by category.
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| Artwork in different media of the contest winners in Lamarche Lounge. (Nicole Stiffle, Bowdoin Orient) |
This year, Michael Zachary '02, Mara Sprafkin '02, Cecily
Upton '03, Jason Hafler '04, and Greta Van Campen '05 were recognized
for their exemplary artwork on March 5th in a ceremony in Lamarche Lounge,
the site of the competition exhibition.
The jurors, who are selected by the DS/DU corporation, are
drawn from a group of DS/DU alumni, Bowdoin College alumni active in the
arts, and local artists. Jurors Charlotte Agell DS '81, Lynn Osborne DS
'78, and Chake Higgison '78 commended the award-winning artists for their
mastery of their chosen materials, and noted that narrowing down the finalists
to a maximum of five was a difficult challenge due to the quality of the
work presented.
The DS/DU Fraternity enjoyed a rich and creative history
at Bowdoin College, and has for many years providing a venue for creative
expression and intellectual discourse. In keeping with a long tradition
of individual artistic expression, the DS corporation offers scholarship
funds and annual competitions in the visual and performing arts to recognize
and support the artistic endeavors of the undergraduate students of Bowdoin
College. This year's awards were presented by DS/DU corporation president
Peter Simmons, DS '78, Executive Director of the Bowdoin Summer Music
Festival.
The exhibition of the winners' continues through March in Lamarche Lounge.
-Peter Simmons, DS/DU alumnus