The Red Shoe Awards
The 2020 Red Shoe Awards
A Juried Exhibition
Every year, the RMCAD Illustration Department hosts this juried competition. The title Red Shoe Awards is a tribute to the department’s Red Shoe Guild. Student work is exhibited and judged by a panel of experts, and you can view selected artworks in our gallery below.
Award Winners
Best in Show: "Azara the Volcano Faerie" by Charity Nelson
Best Drawing: "Hand Study in Graphite" by Emily Person
Best Drawing, 1st Place: "Betty Radish" by Angel Mariano
Best Drawing, 2nd Place: "Portrait of Michael Sheen" by Cat Conte
Best Use of Media: "Connor" by Toby Sharp
Most Innovative, 2nd Place: "Dream" by Daniel Logan
Most Innovative: "Metamorphosis" by Jessica Cartlidge
Most Innovative, 1st Place: "The Science of Comedy" by Ashlee DuPuis
Best Storytelling, 2nd Place: "Acting Like a Bunch of Wild Animals" by Allison Maldonado
Best Storytelling, 1st Place: "A Squirrel's Travels" by Elsa Wahlstrom
Best Use of Media, 2nd Place: "Still Life in Acrylic" by Bethany Zama
Best Use of Media, 1st Place: "Bob Rossfish" by Jinyeong Kim
Honorable Mention: "Robot" by Alex Wagner
Honorable Mention: "Hide and Seek" by Angel Mariano
Best Storytelling: "A Guarded Conspiracy" by Emily Person
Honorable Mention: "Skull of the Creodont Masrasector Nananubis" by Tristan Stephan
Honorable Mention: "Hide and Seek" by Emily Person
Honorable Mention: "Apres un Reve" by Asa Smith
Honorable Mention: "Time for a Break" by Linn Jonason
Selected Works
"Lizard Sequence" by Alex Wagner
"Station 13" by Cat Conte
"A Wise Man Always Keeps His Eyes Open" by Samantha Penner
"Ring" by Brinn McNally
"Pain Is Beauty" by Lexi Finnegan
SAR
"Carl Capybara" by Ashlee DuPuis
"Til Death Do Us Part" by Sara Heisley
"Lady in Red" by Brennan Parrish
"Roaming" by Fatima Fregoso
"What Makes Something Funny" by Megan Rohrberg
"Coulrophobia" by Brennan Parrish
"On Wednesdays We Wear Black" by Sara Heisley
"Figurell" by Megan Rohrberg
"Resilience" by Angel Mariano
"Vibing" by Elsa Wahlstrom
"Lazy Days" by Matthew Dean
"Musings" by Maggie Isamoyer
"Pupper" by Daniel Logan
"Jerry Garcia Portrait" by Alexandria Caldwell
"Directions" by Alex Wagner
"'The Adventure Zone' Lineup" by Toby Sharp
"Everspring Poster" by Hailey Geurin
"Fantasy Card" by Angie Yau
"I Survived the Blizzard of '79" by Megan Rohrberg
"Mirrored" by Brennan Parrish
"No YOU Be Quiet" by Tristan Stephan
"Iron of Mars" by Asa Smith
"Reunion" by Toby Sharp
"Reforestation" by Attie Schuler
"Vilgrath, Patron of Orisons" by Charity Nelson
"Ryan Jacob" by Katherine Lloyd
"King of Beer" by Jinyeong Kim
"Drowning" by Matthew Dean
"Untitled" by Bethan Zama
"Draft Gods and Emogee" by Gilbert Vega
"Queen of Hearts" by Lexi Finnegan
"Vogue Will Never See This" by Katherine Lloyd
"In Case of Gravity Failure" by Brinn McNally
"Bandaged" by Allison Maldonado
"Corvid" by Jordan Wright
"Broke" by Jinyeong Kim
"Count Morbus the Distant" by Nicholas McFadden
"Sewermaid" by Gene Ludwig
"Josh on Guitar" by Cat Conte
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