El Centro College - Art Department: League for Innovation

Regional Competition 2010

The 23rd Annual League for Innovation Student Art Competition was hosted by Mountain View College through Feb. 12, 2010, in the Kiva and North Bridge Galleries. The show reception and awards presentation was held in the galleries on Friday, February 5, at 7:30 pm. at Mountain View.

Each of the 7 campuses of the DCCCD choose and submit up to 10 art works from their own students for entries in the League for Innovation Student Art Competition. These 70 pieces form the regional League for Innovation Exhibition hosted annually at Mountain View College. An invited juror chooses 5 pieces from the 70 submitted to advance to the national competition. The 5 pieces selected will be published, representing each of the community colleges or districts, in a nationally distributed catalogue. On the national level of the competition, a recognized artist or art educator selects the top award winners. There are money prizes for the top three places and for a Juror's Purchase Award.

ECC students who participated in this year’s League exhibition were:

Raymond Butler, LUCHA EL REY, Linocut Print on Ethereal White Rice Paper
Lindsey Carneal, TIRED OF THIS BODY, Mixed Media Archival Dig. Print on Paper
Zavier Lachica, SCHIZOPHRENIC, Charcoal Drawing on Paper
Victor Ortiz, CALAVERA, Mixed Media Mono-Print on Paper
Brandon Pritchett, THE UN-FORETOLD EVENTS THROUGHOUT LIFE CAN NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, Archival Digital Print on Canvas
David Tarlo, HARLEQUIN NECKLACE, Sterling Silver, Cubic Zirconia, Lab Grown Ruby
David Tarlo, BURNING HEART, Sterling Silver, Cubic Zirconia
Jessica Terry, DAGIM, Linocut Print on Ethereal White Rice Paper

SPECIAL THANKS: DCCCD students from various campuses from the 2009 League for Innovation Show were featured in an exhibition for the 2009 fall semester at the District Service Center in Mesquite, which hosted a reception for the artists on January 12, 2010. Special Thanks to Ed DesPlas and Barbara Corvey for their support of our students and the show.