Northwest students’ work chosen for juried art exhibitions

The creations of three Northwest Missouri State University students are among the artwork appearing this spring in undergraduate juried exhibitions at two area museums.

Caylea Dill is pictured painting this spring in her studio in the Olive DeLuce Fine Arts Building. (Photos by Chandu Ravi Krishna/Northwest Missouri State University

At the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art in St. Joseph, Missouri, the seventh annual National Undergraduate Juried Exhibition features a painting and a drawing by Caylea Dill, a senior art education major from Lee’s Summit, Missouri, and a painting by Luke Kral, a graphic design student from Conception, Missouri.

The Albrecht-Kemper exhibit features 31 artists from nine universities in Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, and it continues through Sunday, June 4. Students enrolled in undergraduate programs throughout the United States during the 2022-2023 academic year were invited to submit artwork.

Additionally, two paintings produced by Ireland Palmer, a senior art education major from Shenandoah, Iowa, appeared this month in the Kansas City Artists Coalition’s 29th Annual Undergraduate Student Juried Exhibition. It featured artwork from 41 undergraduate students, and Palmer received a first-place award for her work.

Northwest Professor of Art Armin Muhsam reviews artwork with students during a painting course this spring.

Dill, Kral and Palmer are painting students of Northwest Professor of Art Armin Muhsam.

“The Northwest art program is very proud of what these students accomplished,” Muhsam said. “Their successes are the result of dedicated work, perseverance and the desire to comport themselves as professionals at every stage in their education, whether as first-year students or graduating seniors. Being chosen for these competitive exhibitions by jurors who are acknowledged professionals in their field is not only rewarding on a personal level but also opens up career possibilities for these students. Their unique artistic vision is noticed by a large audience and might generate interest in the form of commissions, internships, or further exhibition opportunities.”