CCC Visual Arts

Y’all, we are thrilled to share that our students rocked the SkillsUSA Alabama State Competition.

20 students and 20 medals. 🥇 🥈
14 scholarships! 💵
2 amazingly proud advisors. 🤩⭐🤩⭐
14 Gold Medalists advance to Nationals in June 🤩

Thanks to Faculty Advisors: Daniel Beard and Jax Vadney.

Video Production:
Gold - Jae Craig and Tyler White
Silver - Myia Culp and Will Hampton

Advertising Design:
Gold - Ves Haynes
Silver - Elizabeth Bell

3D Viz & Animation:
Gold - Kiana Perkins and Sarah Riddle

Photography:
Gold - Hannah Long

Career Pathways Art & Communication:
Gold - Liz Donnelly, Dallas Turner and Parsa Vard

Chapter Display:
Silver - Loren Meshensky, Annet Arroyo and Destiny Cade

Promotion Bulletin Board:
Gold - Maggie Stapler, Avacyn Hooper and Brennan Persing

Digital Cinema Production:
Gold - Tony Rodriguez and Caleb Davis

We are so excited for our Fine Arts students who are competing at SkillsUSA today. They are going to be amazing…..as always! Go Warhawks!!!!

Paint brushes were flying and creativity was in full swing at yesterday’s paint night 🎨💥 Led by Calhoun art faculty Tara Segars, the night was packed with color, laughs, and unique artistic twists. No two paintings were the same and that’s half the fun!

We are getting SOOOOO excited as our Fine Arts students prepare to travel to Birmingham to compete in the 2026 SkillsUSA Alabama Conference. As they prepare, we are having them complete mock experiences in their areas. Here's the Video Production Mock Experience practice :30 commercials, where teams (Myia Culp/Will Hamption, and Jae Craig/Tyler White) were challenged to create a :30 commercial for Calhoun Fine Arts, focusing on the programs and creating a Pathway for the Future. We are so proud of this prep work, and know they are going to do even more amazing work next week at the state competition.
Go Warhawks!!!!

Earlier this week, Calhoun Community College Art instructors Tara Segars and Tracie Bradford hosted the awards reception for the 2026 Calhoun Student Juried Exhibition. The event celebrated the creativity and hard work of our student artists and gave everyone a chance to come together and recognize some truly great work. It was a wonderful afternoon highlighting student talent and artistic achievement. Congratulations to our winners!

President's Choice:
Nina Bullock, "Enchanted Garden"

Faculty Choice:
Presley Manley, "Cherry Pineapple"

3D/Sculpture:
1st place - Mae Vines, "Vulnerable System
2nd place - Cole DeFreitas-Jensen, "From Plant to Cup"
3rd place - Vespertine Haynes, "Persephone

Drawing & Mixed Media:
1st place - Olivia Pilgrim, "Emotions"
2nd place - Chasity Hernandez, "American Flag"
3rd place - Sara Marshall, "Brinkley"

Painting:
1st place - Tiffany Mooney, "Wait for Me!"
2nd place - Onyx Parker, "Wrath from the Olive Branch"
3rd place - Miah Wise, "The Lionfish"

Digital & Photography:
1st place - Vespertine Haynes, "The Artist's Path"
2nd place - Madison Berkowitz, "Knickerbocker Ave and Stanhope St"
3rd place - Elizabeth Donnelly, "A Toast to Us"

Visual Arts faculty, Jax Vadney and Josh Vincent, made their way to Calhoun’s Huntsville campus this morning to install an art show for the Writing Conference. All pieces were inspired by the Calhoun Common Read book, Bite by Bite, a book written by Aimee Nezhukumatathil. Here’s just a couple of views of the studio art pieces on display. Also on display was a video showing Digital Photography pieces (Still Life and Product Photography) and Digital Illustrated Fruit Mascot characters. We are so excited to have our students’ work on display! Thanks to Art Instructors Tracie Bradford and Tara Segars for curating the pieces that were included from studio art classes.

Thanks to the Calhoun PR folks for coming to document and celebrate our Kappa Pi Inductions with us. We are super proud of our Visual Arts students and their hard work to earn this recognition!

Thank you to the painters who came out for today’s Painter’s Studio: Bunny Feet. We had a blast together. We also can’t wait for the next two Painter’s Studios in April and May. You can snag your tickets for those by scanning the QR code on either of the promo graphics, or going to: http://weblink.donorperfect.com/SpringPaintersStudio

We provide the paints, canvas, easels, instruction, and snacks! Just bring you, your friends, and the willingness to create and have fun! 🤩 Seating is limited. All funds go to support Calhoun Fine Arts Student Experiences.

*Please note: Tickets for any of our Painter’s Studios can only be purchased through our system. Do not fall for scams of people trying to resell tickets.

Questions? [email protected]

Super excited to share some of the Animal Buttons our Visual Communications students designed and illustrated for VCM 172 Digital Illustration class with Ms. Jax. Learning to use Adobe Illustrator, students were tasked with creating a series of 5 Animal Face buttons, focusing on applying what they have learned so far in creating shapes and characters. They look amazing! 🤩

We had a blast with our group of painters for the JOY! Christmas paint party with Ms. Tracie Bradford, Calhoun Art Instructor. Thank you to all who purchased tickets and came to this final paint party of 2025. We will have more events coming for Spring 2026. Keep your eyes open here and on the Alabama Center for the Arts' page for information and links to reserve tickets to those future events. Happy Holidays!!!

Thank you to everyone who snagged tickets for this Saturday’s Painter’s Studio! We are officially SOLD OUT!!!! 🤩🤩

If you missed out, we will have more events in Spring semester. Drop a comment below of what type of paintings you may like to see offered in Spring! 😊

We had an amazing time at the Alabama Center for the Arts for today’s Painter’s Studio with Calhoun Community College Art Instructor, Tara Segars. What a fun group of painters who gave it their all to create “Fallin’ for Coffee”. We think they all look amazing! ☕️ 🍂

Don’t forget to check out our Dec 6th Painter’s Studio: JOY! That last paint event for the semester is being led by our other Studio Art Instructor, Tracie Bradford. Grab your ticket and let’s get JOYful! 🎄 🤩

The Painter’s Studio: JOY!