2024 Red Shoe Guild Awards Exhibition

Illustration department exhibition

Each year, the Illustration Department selects and features outstanding student work from the prior year in what is known as the Red Shoe Awards Exhibition. Now in its sixth year, the exhibition recognizes the efforts of students and faculty in the Illustration Department in 2024.

Images have been selected and will be displayed in digital and physical formats. The top 30 images are featured in a printed catalog and in physical form on campus. This year, the work will be displayed in the Rotunda Gallery from Nov 8 - Dec 13. The gallery reception will be held on Friday, November 8 from 6 pm -7 pm. All are invited to visit the gallery and see the work.

Awards will be announced that evening in the following categories: Best Drawing, Best Design, Best Storytelling, Best Use of Media, and Best of Show.

EXHIBITION RUN

  • November 8 - December 13

OPENING RECEPTION

  • Friday, November 15th, 2024, from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm.

GALLERY HOURS

  • Monday through Friday, 11 am - 4 pm.

The Philip J. Steele Gallery is located on RMCAD’s campus at 1600 Pierce Street, Denver, CO 80214.

BEST OF SHOW

Laura Parker                           Emotion

 

Best Use of Media

Astrid Ramirez Campos          Wiccaphobia

Taylor Costarella                 No Destinies Ordained

Allison Hawes                         Portrait

HM – Alexander Tumlinson    Golden Ratio Still Life

 

Storytelling

Rebecca Henkle                      Strawbunny

Iyleeh Rose                             Pumpkin Picking

Allison Hawes                        Captured

 

Innovative

Amara Gardner                       Bones for Dinner

Jack Hughins                          Fish Feet

Mikala Watson                       Frog and Toad go to the Cat Supper

 

Best Drawing

Charity Schafer                   Espiritus Afines

Alana Meyer                          Domination

Amaya Del Rio                        Xana  

HM – Fianna Weber                Noodle Kingdom

HM – Azul Vanegas               Model, Clothed Pose

 

Best Design

Amaya Del Rio                        Train Station

Amaya Del Rio                        Light Speed

Veronica Gonzalez              Playing Card


Other Selected Works:
Alana Meyer - Alpine Wyvern
Alana Meyern - Another World
Amara Gardner - Poem
Azul Vanegas - Stepping on Stars
Evangelina Shvets - Thumbelina Escaping Toads
Iyleeh Rose - Under the Surface
Jamie Powell - Vancouver Nights
Jamie Powell - Nightmare
Laura Parker - Little Red
Taylor Costarella - You Feel Real to Me
Taylor Costarella - Edge of Divinity

ABOUT THE ROTUNDA GALLERY

The Rotunda Gallery focuses on exhibitions featuring work by the RMCAD faculty, alumni, and local artists and designers in one of the college’s most unique buildings.