Eight graduating seniors in SIU Carbondale's School of Art and Design will compete for the final round of the Rickert-Ziebold Trust award.
Fourth-year students apply annually to the competition to display the knowledge gained throughout the program in hopes of receiving a substantial scholarship.
The finalists are from various majors, including art education, blacksmithing, communication design, general studio, glass and metalworking, and photography.
The finalists are:
- Paul Buckett, art education, from White House, Tennessee
- Isabella Burkhardt, art education, from Gardner, Illinois
- Enan Chediak, photography, from Herrin, Illinois
- Leo Edwardson, communication design, from Mount Prospect, Illinois
- Erin Kelley, general studio, from South Bend, Indiana
- Lukas Kohler, blacksmithing, from Reading, Pennsylvania
- Olivia Posey, glass and metalworking, from Mountain Home, Arkansas
- Josephine Williams, blacksmithing and metalworking, from Lima, Ohio
The winners will be announced on April 28. The exhibition takes place between then and May 3 in the SIU Surplus Gallery, located in the Studio Arts building or former Glove Factory.
