By assigning human attributes to the inanimate object, it opens us up to having emotional responses to it. We have a similarly strong emotional response to the material of cloth and to the recognition of time, labor, and care found in a hand-sewn object. Cloth is one of the only textures our body touches and ... Lauren DiCioccio: Soft Skills
The 2026 Annual Student Competitive was juried by Arkansas artist Kevin Cole. Kevin Cole received his B.S. from the University of聽Arkansas at Pine Bluff, M.A. in Art Education from聽 University of Illinois at Urbana and a聽M.F.A. from Northern Illinois University where he was a Rhoden Smith Scholar. Within the last 32 years, he has received ... Annual Student Competitive