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The annual Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference (ISCC) Juried Art Festival provides an opportunity for student artists to display their work and acknowledge their expertise at the highest level. Jurors select the best works from the eight community colleges included in the ISCC. Students submit work to their art instructors, and the instructors select the pieces to represent their college in the competition.
McHenry County College hosted the 2022 Skyway Juried Art Competition.
Awards
Best of Show

Jesus Ortega
Lakeshore Parking Garage
College of Lake County
Awards of Excellence

Isabel Brown
Mummified
McHenry County College

Abdiel Garcia
Enclosed Torment
Morton College

Madison Schneider
Tristful
Elgin Community College

Patricia Waugh
Patch Things Up 21
College of Lake County
Awards of Merit

Salma Armenta
It's Loud In Here
Elgin Community College

Maggie Krider
Cam
Waubonsee Community College

Kathleen Lovelace
Scene at Illinois Beach State Park
College of Lake County

George Oni
Self-Portrait
Prairie State College
Juried Entries
McHenry County College wishes to thank all who entered the competition this year. We received nearly 200 entries from 136 student artists! Here are the additional 31 works of art which were thoughtfully selected by jurors Tempestt Hazel, co-founder/co-director of Sixty Inches From Center, and Juli Lowe, Museum Manager of 21c Museum Hotel Chicago.

EJ Albano
Meridian
McHenry County College

Kathy Angelini
Untitled
Oakton Community College

Anis Beigzadeh
Untitled
Oakton Community College

Ava Buttelmann
Contour Still Life
College of Lake County

Stephanie Erner
In My Head
Oakton Community College

Danielle Fairchild
Winter
Oakton Community College

Deanne Ferguson
Dancing Crane Urn
McHenry County College

Michelle Gawedzki
Branching
College of Lake County

Dorothy Generes
Children of Tears
Oakton Community College

Katherine Godfrey-Mikkelson
The Beauty of Life
McHenry County College

Julian Heidrich
Infrared 1
Waubonsee Community College

Sebastian Jimenez
Untitled #13
College of Lake County

Malek Johnson
Self Portrait
Prairie State College

Holt Kepes
Shadownymph
McHenry County College

Madalyn LeFevre
Kenzy Taylor
McHenry County College

Valerie Liebelt
Lakeshore Triptych
College of Lake County

Odalis Lopez-Hernandez
Cactus Dream
McHenry County College

Nakiya McGee
Let the Rain Kiss You
Morton College

Fernanda Medina
Psychedelia
Morton College

Jefferson Morataya
Airplane
Elgin Community College

Anahi Moreno
Orchid
Morton College

Emily Murphy
Study on Pattern and Texture
Waubonsee Community College

Gerardo Portillo III
Golden Hour
Prairie State College

Aspyn Pressoir
Afternoon Breakfast
McHenry County College

Miguel Quirez
Bust
Morton College

Melissa Ragusin
Olive-Earl
McHenry County College

Deborah Recchia
Four Women
Oakton Community College

Danielle Straub
Canopy
Elgin Community College

Megan Vilches
Morton's
Oakton Community College

Joel Wick
Hotel Pool
Moraine Valley Community College

Piotr Zubek
Hug
Moraine Valley Community College
For additional information on any of the pieces, email Trevor Power, Art Gallery Curator, at tpower@mchenry.edu.