Annual Student Honors Exhibition 2022

The Art and Design Department of Fort Hays State University invites undergraduate Art and Design students to submit work for the annual Student Honors Exhibition 2022. All undergrad Art and Design students are eligible to enter recent work from the 2021-2022 academic year. Each student may enter up to four pieces of work in any medium or media. Motion graphic submissions must provide a laptop or iPad for gallery showing. There is no entry fee.

Online registration opens Monday, February 28th at 8:00 a.m. and closes Sunday, March 13th at 11:59 p.m. MST. Students will be notified by Saturday, March 19th. Artwork must be brought into the gallery by Friday, March 25th at 4:00 p.m. The reception is Friday, April 1st from 6:00-8:00 p.m., with scholarship winners announced at 7:30 p.m.

Only gallery-quality work will be accepted. Works must be framed under glass or plexiglass (paintings may have wrapped painted edges). Matted works without glass or plexiglass will not be accepted. Artwork that is traditionally hung needs a proper hanging device installed on the back. Students are responsible for getting their own work properly matted and framed. Alternative installation methods (pinning, nailing, magnets) are available with approval from the Chair or Gallery Director. Scholarships are available for eligible students: twenty $200 Student Honors Scholarships and three $1,000 Fields Scholarships. Eligible students are Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors with at least one semester of classes remaining. Graduating seniors are not eligible for scholarships but may receive an Honorable Mention Award. The exhibition will be juried by Elizabeth Seaton, Curator at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art at Kansas State University.