Awards will be announced at 5:45 PM during the opening reception on Monday, March 23

The School of Art and Design’s annual Juried Student Exhibition celebrates the distinguished work of Texas State University students. The 2026 Juror is Andrea Alvarez, PhD, Associate Curator at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum in Buffalo, New York.

Awards

• 1 Best in Show Award of $500.
  Recipient may be featured in next year’s Juried Student Exhibition publicity materials.

• Up to 2 Juror’s Merit Awards of $250 each.

2026 JUROR

Andrea Alvarez, PhD has been on the curatorial team at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum since she joined as a Curatorial Fellow in 2017. Her curatorial focus is on contemporary art, with a particular interest in the work of Latinx, Latin American, and other global diasporic artists.

Coinciding with their FL3X exhibition, After the Bonfire, Brittany Ham and Justin Korver will hold an artist talk about their co-working practice and collaboration—an opportunity for art students to engage with the creative potential found in collaborative art practice and the importance of building bonds within their local art community. 

From the Artists

We have been co-creating artwork since 2018. Our joint practice is based in an intersectional interest in pictorial space and the materiality of European hunting tapestries, and we were drawn to the medium because of its engagement with landscape, gender, and the discourse of power. Our practice co-opts the stylization and narrative structures of these tapestries while reformulating their power dynamics to align with more balanced and ethical relationships in the human and more-than-human world.