Seminole State students create true originality with recycled art
Friday, March 1, 2019
Written by: Emily Hollingshead
Photo (L-R) PJ Ayala, Nicole Carillo, and Gabriela Moraflores with their winning art works.
Seminole State College's Center for Fine and Performing Arts student recycled art show wrapped up on Feb. 16. The show was part of the Fix It Up! Art & Repair Fair, a community arts event about sustainable consumption and finding creative opportunities for reuse and repair. The art show focused on displaying pieces by students that were made from items that would typically be thrown away.
The challenge came about as part of the EMERGE program that pushes for sustainability concepts to be integrated into a greater variety of courses. A panel of judges selected three winners, who received $250, $150 and $100 respectively in scholarship money from the Foundation for Seminole State College.
Seminole State art student, Gabriela Moraflores, won first place for her sculpture “Andromeda & Lumpy” made out of disposable aluminum foil pans and card stock.
Nicole Carillo took home second place for her work entitled “So Much More Than This” that was made from cereal boxes and covered with articles focusing on people’s stories.
Third place was awarded to PJ Ayala for his metal work sculpture, “Slice of Time,” which incorporated fans and saw blades into the design.
Seminole State’s Center for Fine and Performing Arts offers programs in art, music and theater as well as a wide variety of concerts, theatre productions, gallery exhibits and other cultural events. For more information about the Center, including calendars of all upcoming cultural events at Seminole State, visit seminolestate.edu/arts and follow them on Facebook.