McDonough Museum to host 87th Annual Juried Student Art & Design Exhibition
March 9, 2024
The McDonough Museum of Art will host the 87th Annual Student Art & Design Exhibition beginning Friday, March 22 through Saturday, April 6.
The juried show is a yearly tradition that features works by students who have taken classes in YSU’s Department of Art during the 2023-24 academic year. Local businesses and individuals support the event and its artists by contributing cash awards and gift certificates. Among others, the event is sponsored by the Cliffe College of Creative Arts, the Department of Art, the McDonough, and the Student Art Association.
Award categories for the event include ceramics, photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, digital media, and graphic and interactive design.
This year’s juror for the exhibition is Liz Maugans. She currently serves as director of YARDS Projects and is a curator of the Dalad Collection at Worthington Yards in Cleveland. She is also the chief of community engagement and programming at ART EverySpace.
Maugans co-founded and is the former executive director of Zygote Press, a non-profit printmaking studio in Cleveland. She also founded the Collective Arts Network, a quarterly journal, online resource, and arts consortium that works to promote northeast Ohio artists and organizations to a greater audience. As an advocate for artists and the visual arts, Maugans has served as a consultant for numerous community development organizations and art business start-ups.
The McDonough Museum will hold an opening reception and awards ceremony for the exhibition Friday, March 22 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM, with awards being announced at 5:45 PM. Entry to the reception and exhibition is free and open to the public. The museum is open from 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM Tuesday through Saturday.