This Spring, for the fourth year running, the Art History Department organized the Lost Art Contest and Symposium. Throughout the year, students submitted their own reconstructions of lost works of art or processes based on written descriptions and art historical research. Thirteen finalists were selected from those projects that best reflected their respective cultures through both the artistic visual representation and an accompanying written statement. The work was exhibited at the symposium on April 13 and the students presented their projects to an audience of peers and an interdisciplinary panel of judges, representing both the Fine and Liberal Arts. Winners included senior Illustration major Leslie Wright (Best in Show) for her Cubist painting after Picasso, junior Animation major Melissa Cordova (Best Artwork) for her Sophie Taeuber-Arp marionette, and senior Sculpture major Danny Ashby (Best Written Work) for his recreation of Salvador Dali’s paranoiac critical method.

Lost Art Exhibition, April 13, 2012, Event Space 4C

Lost Art Finalists 2012 (from left to right): Susan Kang, Sequential Art; Danny Ashby, Sculpture; Amie Brink, Photography; Brian Hathaway, Animation; Kali LaGue, Fashion; Cody Hard, Interactive Design and Game Development; Leslie Wright, Illustration; Kathy Ryan, Animation; Catlin Scroggie, Animation; Melissa Cordova, Animation; Andra Hiles, Fashion Marketing and Management; and Jordan Ling, Animation

Lost Art Winners 2012 (left to right): Danny Ashby, Sculpture, Best Written Work; Leslie Wright, Illustration, Best in Show; Melissa Cordova, Animation, Best Artwork

Best in Show Winner Leslie Wright and her Cubist painting after Picasso

Now accepting submissions for 2013! Contact Professor Emily Webb (ewebb@scad.edu) for further information.