Welcome to the 2025 Fall Art Show!
Greetings from the RISE Committee,
A generous donor, who is committed to the arts, continues to support the campus by providing awards for a campus-wide virtual art show, Matters of Heart: Matters of Art. Participation is open to everyone, employees and students alike. The theme this year is “Hope, Resilience, and Nature.” The RISE Committee would like to share our thanks to all campus artists for finding ways to connect with our shared humanity, coupled with a celebration of individual heritage, story, and experience.
Here are the logistics.
- All submissions will be electronic. Click on the following link, Art Show Submission Form, to fill out the submission form. You can submit up to two pieces of art. Take a picture of your art piece and follow the directions on the submission form.
- Artwork will be shown on the campus website as well as on the various displays throughout our campus as digital images/virtual art show.
- The committee asks that artists submit current work from 2023 to the present.
- All submissions are due by Friday, November 21, 2025.
- Volunteers from the RISE Committee will select the award recipients prior to the end of the fall semester, and the award recipients will be notified via email.
- The RISE Committee will invite the artists who wish to display their work in the new gallery in Coman/ Bridge and Tunnel, including the award recipients, at the beginning of the 2026 spring semester in January.
- Awards:
- First Place - $400.00
- Second Place - $300.00
- Third Place - $200.00
Our donor continues to support global artists, and this is an opportunity to share your unique voice and vision.
The RISE Committee thanks everyone in advance for participating.
If you have any questions, please contact Ron Layne at ronaldplayne@abtech.edu
Winners of the 2024 Matters of Heart: Matters of Art show:
- First Place: Inequality: A Visual Representation of Social Dynamics by Karla Castillo
- Second Place: Resistance #2 by Harper Bolick and Roman Coggins
- Tie for Third Place: We Persist by Janis M. Hall and Haiti's Tomorrow by Yvenson Fortune
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