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.