Outstanding Student Awards 2024, Part 3 (of 3)
July 26, 2024
The winners of SDA’s Outstanding Student Awards were recently announced for the students who have demonstrated excellence in fiber arts. The work of these artists embodied inventive and innovative use of technique, materials and concepts not only in fibers and textiles, but in printmaking, sculpture, and more. It is an honor for the Education Committee to be able to see student work, review it, and learn more about the personal and societal issues they are tackling through their work. We will be spotlighting OSA students every Friday in July, please feel free to follow them and support their art practices. Congratulations to all 47 awardees!
Phoebe Plank (she/her), Stick Work : Art to Make Live, 2023. Found sticks, fabric scraps and poetry, dimensions vary, Photo by the artist. Graduate, Savannah College of Art and Design. @Phoebe_Plank
Eli Bjedov-Stankovic (they/them), when my friend got hit by a car, she couldn’t play on the carpet with us, 2024. Cotton rag pulp from childhood bedsheets and jeans, earth pigments, 48 x 72 inches. Photo by the artist. Undergraduate, Concordia University (Montreal). seekingsoil.xyz
kate arrows enoire (she/her), Sunday’s Child is Bonny and Blithe…, 2023. Cobwebs, stretched mylar thread, remnants of animals found in cobwebs, hair, tape, filament, dirt, 11 x 7 x 6 inches. Photo by the artist. Graduate, The University of North Texas. katearrows.com | @braidedarrows
Madeline Bass (she/her), Right Here, For Now, 2024. Jute twine, wire and hydro-stone, 72 x 78 inches. Photo: Drew Stauss. Undergraduate, Georgia State University. madelinebass.com | @madelinebasscreative
Salina Dally, Sacred Script Dress, 2023. Hand painted gold paint on metallic fabric. Photo by the artist. Graduate, Kendall College of Art and Design. salinalaurendesigns.wixsite.com | @salina_loren
McKayla Lange (she/her), Organic Symphony, 2024. Felted wool, adhesive, masonite hardboard, 120 x 90 inches. Photo by the artist. Undergraduate, Bowling Green State University. sites.google.com/view/mckayla-lange | @macdaddy_art
Mary Mays (she/her), Herbal Interstice, 2023. Cotton, indigo dye, beads, 60 x 60 inches. Photo: Bee Freeland & the artist. High School, Fine Arts Center – Greenville. @mary_b_mays
Sarah Clark (she/her), In the Meadows of the Shire, 2024. Insulation foam, paint, silk velvet, acid dye, embroidery thread, beads, raw silk, wool, dried moss, 4 feet x 15 x 18 inches. Photo by the artist. Undergraduate, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Annabelle O’Reilly (she/her), Woony, 2023. Natural and synthetic yarn, 39 x 37 inches. Photo by the artist. Undergraduate, Massachusetts College of Art and Design. @_annabellelouisa_
Vic Valdez (she/her), Code 10-96, 2024. Canvas, batting, acrylic paint, poly-fil, thread, falsa blanket, ribbon, nails, 48 x 36 inches. Photo by the artist. Undergraduate, University of North Texas. victoriavalarts.wixsite.com | @rikut0
Hailey Jordan (she/her), Letters of Love, 2024. Cotton fabric and yarn, embroidery thread, wool, textile pigments, natural dyes, 192 x 140 inches. Photo: Becca Stickler. Undergraduate, Appalachian State University.
Anna Miller (she/her), Iowa Raised, 2024. Fabric, paper, ink. Photo by the artist. Undergraduate, The University of Iowa. HMUIRL.COM | @HMUIRL
Meredith Freeman (she/her), I will wait, 2024. Ink, paper and thread, 24 x 19 inches. Photo by the artist. Graduate, The University of Texas at Tyler. @Chicken.spit
Dejah Wake (she/her), Stars and Stripes, 2024. Woven. Photo by the artist. Undergraduate, University of Kansas. @dejahwake
Jenkins McAlister (she/her), Morning Ritual, 2024, soft sculpture, 14 x 14 x 17 inches. Photo by the artist. Undergraduate, University of North Texas. @jenks_mca_art
For more information check out the Grants & Outstanding Student Awards page.
