Mercyhurst hosts closing reception for Patrica S. Yahn Juried Student Art Show
The closing reception for the 2025 Patrica S. Yahn Juried Student Art Show is slated for Thursday, Feb. 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. in Cummings Art Gallery at Mercyhurst University. The event is free and open to the public.
Come enjoy the 40 works on display by the 24 student artists chosen for this year’s exhibit, encouraged Gallery Director Matthew Coté, who added that refreshments will be served. In addition, this year's juror, Cleveland-based David King, will be on hand to discuss his selections and deliver awards, including the grand prize and second and third prizes, three honorable mentions, as well as a prize for photography excellence.
King is known for incorporating photographic imagery into his painting work, blending realism with dream-like coloring, textures, and blending.
A Best in Show Award recipient at the 2019 Erie Art Museum’s Spring Show, King has received numerous accolades as his work continues to be exhibited in many juried shows. Among them are the Erie Art Museum, “Full Fathom Five” at Progressive Insurance, CAN Triennial 2019 & 2022, May Show at LCC, NEO Show-Cleveland Creates, Utah Arts Alliance, and the Faculty Show at Case Western Reserve University. His work is in many collections, including Progressive Insurance, Aetna Insurance, Erie Insurance, the Ohio State University, State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio, Ohio Education Association, Parkersburg Art Museum, and the Cleveland Administration Building. King is represented by the Hedge Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio.
King was born in Stow, Ohio, and received his MFA in painting from Kent State University. A high school teacher for 30 years, King currently teaches drawing, painting, and printmaking at Case Western Reserve University.
Over the years, he has curated and juried numerous exhibitions. He is a founding board member of ARTFUL Cleveland, a grassroots organization providing affordable studio spaces to eastside Cleveland artists. He also worked in Colorado Springs as the on-site coordinator for gifted high school students with the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation.
For more information, contact Coté at mcote@mercyhurst.edu or 814-824-2174.
FILE PHOTO: Cummings Gallery East Wall, featuring artwork from Ava Forsyth, Dakota Wilson-Boyles, Marley Ramon, and Jamie Sennett.