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 ... 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 Arkansas at Pine Bluff, M.A. in Art Education from  University of Illinois at Urbana and a 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