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Northwest Florida State College (NWFSC) will showcase student and faculty artwork at the 2025 Arnie Hart Juried Student and Faculty Exhibition, set to open on April 10 at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center (MKAC) Galleries. The exhibition, which runs through May 10, features 75 selected works by NWFSC students, along with works by several NWFSC faculty members.
Caitlin Rhea, MFA, Curator of Education at the Pensacola Museum of Art, served as this year’s guest judge. The annual exhibition provides students an opportunity to present their work to the public and compete for awards, including a Best-in-Show prize that grants the winner a one-semester scholarship.
The exhibition is made possible through donations from Ms. Jean Hart in memory of her late husband, Arnie Hart, who founded the college’s ceramics program and taught at NWFSC from 1966 to 1999.
An opening reception and awards ceremony will take place on April 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. at MKAC Galleries, located in Building 110 on the college’s Niceville campus. Opening remarks and awards will begin at 6:15 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, with food and beverages provided. The reception will also feature a performance by Skylar Smith, Assistant Professor of Voice & Theory and Director of Voices NWFSC, and Dr. Alex Lo, Assistant Professor of Piano & Music.
Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, with additional access 90 minutes before most Mainstage and Sprint Theater performances.
See a complete list of exhibiting students and their work titles below.
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The following works have been selected for exhibition in the 2025 Arnie Hart Juried Student Exhibition:
Michaela Arnold – Planets
Paige Bamborough – Drinking Will Be the Death of Me
Paige Bamborough – Reflection of Self
Augusto Cayson Wayne Barreto – Dave, The Snowy Squirrel
Augusto Cayson Wayne Barreto – Downtown Panama City
Ekaterina Beliaeva – Doll
Mallory Brown – pink
Kiara Chambers – Corpse Bride
Thomas Clark – Evening Snow
Thomas Clark – untitled
Rachel Clark – Apostle of Blood Soaked Thorns
Rachel Clark – Food for the Worms
Rachel Clark – Metamorphosis
Erick Castelan – Recreation of Ander Plane Crash Photograph
Erick Castelan – Reflections
Clifton Cates – Porcelain Experiment #1
Clifton Cates – micro tea set
Avery Cookman – Colorful Kahuna
Avery Cookman – Impulse Live
Avery Cookman – A Metallic Embrace
Garrett C. Crotzer – Melancholy Martyr
Olivia D’Agnese – Run like a girl
Ciamaya Daluz – Cerulean Sunset
Colby Detwiler – Autonomy
Colby Detwiler – I Couldn’t Be More In Love
Megan Goldberg – Going Home
Brooklyn Hatcher – PENguin
Amanda Kilichowski – Maybe Water
Lilly King – Tear My Luxury Apart
Lilly King – You Are Not Sick
Brooke Latham – The Beauty Within
Brooke Latham – Mattie Kelly Arts Center
Justine James Libero – Seabed Portrait
Declan Masek – Moonlight Cabin
Veda Merrell – Rocky Bayou Sunset
Veda Merrell – Don’t Compare Apples to Oranges
Veda Merrell – Engulfing Orange
Colt Moore – Veil of the Black Dawn
Colt Moore – Klaus (Photo ref. Dana Gage)
Gabrielle Moore – Cosmic Reality
Gabrielle Moore – Wandering Memory
Sidney Moore – Midnight Circuit
Sidney Moore – Clock
Sebastian Morris – Midnight Circuit
Peggy Olmstead – Donut Vessel of Life
Peggy Olmstead – Horsehair Raku Vessels
Peggy Olmstead – Sol and Luna
Jakob St. Onge – May You Have a Wild Free Life
Jakob St. Onge – The Spring of Human Knowledge
Alexis Ortiz – Vintage Perspective
Keith Piazza – Hallow
Dustin Poulnot – Self Portrait 2025
Tatyanna Pistolich-De Los Rios – Fragmented
Olivia Rubino – Gerard Way
Keri Sevcik – Cube³
Keri Sevcik – Me, Myself, & I
Jeremiah Sexton – Eyes of the Soul May Cause Harm
Jeremiah Sexton – Kwisatz Haderach
Jeremiah Sexton – Ring of Power
Bela Smith – Dread
Bela Smith – My Body?
Kaitlyn Smith – Geoff
Sarah Stearman – Atlas
Sarah Stearman – Scars of Belief
Sarah Stearman – Unleashed Spirits
Krista Sundberg – W
Luca Szari – Spectating Destruction, Removed
Maleah Taylor – Snowy Park
Edvokia Watkins – Cardboard Jewel
Edvokia Watkins – Equilibrium & Russophobia
Edvokia Watkins – Man of Yarn
Talmadge Yelverton – Bright Side of Life
Callie Young – Goldie the Mechanical Cat
Callie Young – 6 Stringed Giant
The 2025 Arnie Hart Faculty Exhibition includes works by the following NWFSC Faculty:
Lesha Denega, Master of Architecture; Assistant Professor of 2D Art; Chair, Humanities, Fine & Performing Arts
Ben Gillham, Master of Fine Arts; Professor of Graphic Design, Photography, and Digital Media
Michael Mauro, Master of Fine Arts; Adjunct Professor of Visual Art
Ashan Prigdon, Master of Fine Arts; Assistant Professor of 3D Art
Jennifer Wren Supak, Master of Fine Arts; Director & Curator Mattie Kelly Arts Center Galleries
For more information, visit www.nwfsc.edu or contact MKAC Gallery Director and Curator Jennifer Wren Supak at supakj@nwfsc.edu or (850) 729-6044.
