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1st place | MICHELLE JARDINES"Toledo Tormenta" | Oil -
2nd place | ELIZABETH KINNEY"Raised" | Charcoal on canvas -
3rd place | BARBARA CASTAÑEDA"Lead the Way" | Acrylic & paper on canvas -
4th place | KATIE WALKER"Diagram of Day and Night" | Acrylic on canvas -
5th place | TERESA ROCHE"Subdivision of Memory - Rome" | Mixed media -
6th place | KEITH GRACE"Silenced" | Mixed - collage, acrylic & oil -
7th place | NICK RING"Wake" | Acrylic -
8th place | ANGELA ZAJAC-BRUCH"Greenville" | Mixed media collage with found items
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MOLLIE GREENE"Proverb for Summer" | Mixed media collage -
SHERRILL HILL"Fire Within" | Stained glass, metal & wood -
CECELIA HO"Chameleon Coloring Book" | NZ corriendale wool -
GARLAND MATTOX"Pigs" | Mixed media on panel -
VIVIAN MORRIS -
OLIVIA PERREAULT"Day Break in Golden Grove" | Acrylic on wood -
MELANIE POUCH"Blue Moon" | Oil on canvas -
ANN RICKER"Esmeralda" | Mixed media
Sam Wang
Sam Wang was born in China and grew up in Hong Kong. He received an MFA in photography from the University of Iowa in 1966 and began a 40 year teaching career at Clemson University, where he taught photography, art with computer, and helped create the Digital Production Arts program that prepares students for the animation industry. He retired as Alumni Distinguished Professor of Art in 2006.
Since retirement in 2006, Sam has continued to lecture, create new photographs, and publish. The bilingual monograph SAM WANG: 4 Decades of Photographic Explorations was published in China in 2010. Photography and Expression, co-authored with Zhong Jianming, and HANDCRAFTED: The Art and Practice of The Handmade Print, co-authored with Sandy King, Christina Z Anderson, and Zhong Jianming were published in China in 2014 and 2015 respectively and are both in second edition.
His most recent shows include a solo show in Charlotte at the Light Factory in 2016 and invitational shows in China, Australia, and Belgium in 2017. Sam work also is on display at the Emeritus College Gallery in Pendleton, SC.
Sam received an Elizabeth Verner award from SC Governor Nikki Haley and the SC Arts Commission in 2015 in recognized for his contribution to the arts in SC.