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 of Show: Charity Nelson - Azara the Volcano Faerie
Best Drawing: Emily Person - Hand Study in Graphite
Best Drawing 1st Place: Angel Mariano - Betty Radish
Best Drawing 2nd Place: Cat Conte - Portrait of Michael Sheen
Most Innovative: Jessica Cartlidge - Metamorphosis
Most Innovative 1st Place: Ashlee DuPuis - The Science of Comedy
Most Innovative 2nd Place: Daniel Logan - Dream
Best Use of Media: Toby Sharp - Connor
Best Use of Media 1st Place: Jinyeong Kim - Illustrator
Best Use of Media 2nd Place: Bethany Zama - Still Life in Acrylic
Best Storytelling: Emily Person - A Guarded Conspiracy
Best Storytelling 1st Place: Elsa Wahlstrom - A Squirrels Travels
Best Storytelling 2nd Place: Allison Maldonado - Acting Like A Bunch of Wild Animals
Honorable Mention: Angel Mariano - Hide and Seek
Honorable Mention: Emily Person - Hide and Seek
Honorable Mention: Alex Wagner - Robot
Honorable Mention: Tristan Stephan - Skull of the Creodont Masrasector Nananubis
Honorable Mention: Asa Smith - Apres Un Reve
Honorable Mention: Linn Jonason - Time for A Break

SELECTED WORKS

Brennan Parrish - Coulrophobia
Hailey Geurin - Everspring Poster
Lexi Finnegan - Queen of Hearts
Fatima Fregoso - Roaming
Ashlee DuPuis - Carl Capybara
Brennan Parrish - Lady in Red
Gene Ludwig - Sewermaid
Matthew Dean - Lazy Days
Cat Conte - Josh on Guitar
Cat Conte - Station 13
Samantha Penner - A Wise Man Always Keeps His Eyes Open
Gilbert Vega - Draft Gods and Emogee
Sara Heisley - Till Death Do Us Part
Jordan Wright - Corvid
Toby Sharp - Reunion
Matthew Dean - Drowning
Charity Nelson - Vilgrath Patron of Orisons
Alex Wagner - Lizard Sequence
Angie Yau - Fantasy Card
Sara Heisley - Wednesdays We Wear Black
Bethany Zama
Angel Mariano - Resilience
Lexi Finnegan - Pain is Beauty
SAR
Toby Sharp - Taz Lineup
Maggie Isamoyer - Musings
Katherine Lloyd - Ryan Jacob
Jinyeong Kim - Broke
Jinyeong Kim - King of Beer
Allison Maldonado - Bandaged
Alexandria Caldwell - Jerry Garcia Portrait
Attie Schuler - Reforestation
Alex Wagner - Directions
Brinn McNally - In Case of Gravity Failure
Nicholas McFadden - Count Morbus the Distant
Megan Rohberg - I Survived the Blizzard of 79
Megan Rohberg - Figurell
Tristan Stephan - No YOU be quiet
Megan Rohberg - What Makes Something FUnny
Brennan Parrish - Mirrored
Asa Smith - Iron of Mars
Kathryn Lloyd - Vogue Will Never See This
Daniel Logan - Pupper
Elsa Wahlstrom - Vibing
Brinn McNally - Ring

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