Annual Art Department Open House & Awards
The annual Art Studio Open House is a culmination and celebration of the research and creative exploration done by University of Lethbridge Art Studio students throughout the year. Traditionally the day-long public event invites friends, family and the community to explore the studio spaces of undergraduate and graduate art students, filled to the brims with sculpture, painting, drawing, printmaking, installation, digital media, ceramics, and photography among other art forms.
With the continued closure of art galleries across Alberta, art students got creative developing Open House in Miniature. Utilizing the niche gallery, located in a locker on the 8th level of the Centre for the Arts, advanced and senior studio students contributed a miniature piece of art as a representation of their larger practice.
Open House in Miniature at niche gallery
The Meliorist in collaboration with the niche gallery
The Art Studio Open House wraps up with the celebration of student excellence and the distribution of the annual Art Awards. Through these awards the Department of Art recognizes excellence by awarding exemplary students for their outstanding achievements in art practice, community engagement, and scholarship.
Congratulations to the 2020/2021 award recipients:
- Kevyn Sander and Cassandra Williamson | Excellence in Art History Museum Studies Award
- Kelsey Black | Excellence in Art History Museum Studies Art Gallery Award
- Tanya Loftus | Excellence in Indigenous Art Studio Award
- Carmen Madsen | Excellence in Art Studio Award
- Camille McDonald | RHE Sculpture Award
- Sandy Latrace and Kaela Murphy | Excellence in Printmaking Award
- William Baliko and Leah Koutroumanos | SAAG Award
- Leah Koutroumanos | Art Society Award
- Samantha Newton | David Lanier Memorial Award
- Samantha Newton | Mary Annis Award in Studio Art
- Laurel Scott | Art Endowment Award
- Dierdre Earl, Leah Koutroumanos, Samantha Newton and Maria Riviere | Roloff Beny Foundation Photographic Awards
Read more about the 2021 Virtual Exhibitions and Awards
Previous Award Announcements
2021: Department of Art celebrates excellence through virtual exhibitions and awards
2020: Art students celebrated through online catalogue and award recognition
View 2019/2020 Art Open Studio Catalogue
2019: Annual Art Open House celebrates 23 student award winners
2017: Student art honoured at annual Department of Art Open House
