By SAMI MCGUIRE
Sports Editor
It started a project and became something more. The will of a few and the need to create drove this to become what it is today.
This year marks the 15th annual Art Show put on by the Art Society. Deadlines for the entries are February 28. The Deadline for the art drop off is March 7, and the art show will be in the library from March 11-30.
The group started off small and still is. Art Society supervisor, Angelia Case said they are small but mighty.
Case has been in charge of the group since they started off 15 years ago, and has saw it grow and innovate.
“We had two students that were in the presidential leadership class, they came to me, and wanted to do something to have art on campus,” Case said. “We didn’t have our minor back yet. They thought it was important enough that that is what they developed in their class. They asked me if I would sponsor that. So that is how we got our start.”
That very first year the group came to be they held their first art show. They borrowed peg boards from the fairground and set it up in the library.
“The first year we had no prize money, we had no funds,” Case said. “So we made little paper ribbons to put on things. By the next year we were able to do a little bit of fund raising and we had real ribbons that year.”
Now the Art Society works year round at fundraisers collecting money where they can. The Art Show gives out prizes to winners. “Best of Show” wins $75 and a ribbon. In each category they give a first $15, second $5 and third $2, along with ribbons. This year there will also be a People’s Choice award of $50 and a ribbon.
Several broad categories are photography, works on paper, painting, crafts, cartoons, digital art and fiber art. Within each categories are more specific categories to enter, totally to a 28 categories.
Case got into art when she was just in sixth grade. During an art show of her class’s artwork someone bought her art. After that Case didn’t really get into art again till senior year of high school when she took another art class. Case continued to pursue her passion. She came to Northwestern and got a major in art.
“You got to have people who can think creatively,” Case said. “People who make artwork, they can do that. Just to be able to have a place to be able to show your creativity, maybe give someone else ideas of something they can do. And to be able to encourage that in people, I think that is huge.”
For more information about the art show, or to enter please visit https://www.nwosu.edu/art/nas-art-show. Or contact Angelia Case at arcase@nwosu.edu or (580) 327-8577.