Congratulations to the 2012 recipients of the Boit Awards which recognize outstanding work created independently of classroom assignments over the previous summer. Thanks to the jurors Michio Ihara, sculptor and Howard Yezerski, director and owner of the Howard Yezerski Gallery.
Winner: sophia Huaiyu Chou (
White Terror, watercolor on paper mounted on wood panels); Laura Fischman (
Predetermined/Inevitable, oil on panel); Laura Harrison (Tears of Narcissus, animation); Molly Segal (
White Girls Kissing No. 4, oil on Yupo).
Honorable mentions include: Lindsey Kocur (
Dogfight, gouache on paper); Katherine Romero (
The Artist, Art Forum, and Other Artists Trash, paper); Francesca Ulivi (
Belli dentro, digital print) plus an additional honorable mention for Case Hathaway-Zepata (
Indelible, video) selected by Yezerski.
Image: Molly Segal,
White Girls Kissing, No. 4, 2012. Oil on yupo. 44 x 31 inches.
