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Announcing the 2025 Merit Exhibition & Scholarship Competition Winners

Maine College of Art & Design is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Merit Exhibition & Scholarship Competition. The annual event is held each spring and invites sophomore and junior students with a minimum 3.5 GPA to submit work to be considered for scholarship prizes. A four-person jury reviews submissions and selects winners based on the quality of craft, concept, and realization of their installation.

Submissions are exhibited on three floors of the Porteous building and feature work across majors including sculptures, prints, illustrations, animations, paintings, and more.

The Merit Exhibition & Scholarship Competition is made possible thanks to the generous contributions of Charles E. Culpeper, and Ed Friedman ’08 and Carole Friedman, Hon. DFA '22.

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Honorable Mentions

Hope Uribe, Junior in Animation & Game Art

Sawyer Strouth, Junior in Printmaking

Mac Craig, Junior in Illustration

Eric Valdez, Sophomore in Woodworking & Furniture Design

Tom Dailey, Junior in Sculpture 

JURY SELECT

Sol Waterman 佳安, Junior in Metalsmithing & Jewelry

BEST 2D WORK

Cora Fackert, Junior in Graphic Design

BEST 3D WORK

Red Poterak, Junior in Sculpture 

BEST 4D WORK

Jakob Flores Figueroa, Junior in Animation & Game Art

3RD PLACE OVERALL

Raith Jannings, Junior in Painting

2ND PLACE OVERALL

Quimby Delsignore, Junior in Photography

BEST IN SHOW  

Amberly Kahapea, Junior in Ceramics