Student Exhibition Opportunities

University Center, Crossroads Café Corridor

Located outside of the Crossroads Café on the lower level of University Center, the Crossroads Gallery is a public display area dedicated to showing artworks and projects by the students in the Department of Art + Architecture.  Work exhibited includes pieces produced for classes, including the final presentations of the Artist as Citizen class, as well as special student-initiated shows.  As the University’s student gallery situated in a high-traffic campus area, it is a dynamic space with rapidly changing exhibitions. 

Gleeson Library/Geschke Center

The Thacher Student Showcase is an annual juried exhibition featuring juniors and seniors from USF’s art, design, architecture, and media studies program. Coordinated by USF’s Museum Studies class, the exhibit is a student show run by students. Since its beginning in 2000, the exhibition has continued to grow.  Our most recent exhibition included over 40 artists and 50 artworks.

Jurors include professional artists from the Bay Area and arts faculty.  Each year three cash prizes are awarded:

• The Mary and Carter Thacher Prize for outstanding composition and technique
• The Gloria Osuna Pérez Award for an artwork that best explores social and community issues
• The Student Choice Award

The Thacher Showcase provides an opportunity for arts students to experience the challenge of submitting to a professional gallery as well as the pleasure of sharing their works with the public. It is also an opportunity for beginning Arts Managements students to get hands-on experience in exhibition planning.

The Thacher Student Showcase opens the last Friday of the Spring semester with a reception and awards ceremony.

Award-Winners from Previous Years:

2009 – New Climates:  The Tenth Annual Thacher Student Showcase

• The Thacher Prize: Samuel North, Rachael Wiggins, Co-Winners
• The Pérez Award: Carolyn Reilley and Daniel Begay, Jovan Blake, Devon Durst, Jake Gulick, Alex Kieve, Irene Kim, Tricia Smith, and Kaci Taylor, Co-Winners
• The Student Choice Award: Samantha Roger

2008 – Revolution 9:  The Ninth Annual Thacher Student Showcase

• The Thacher Prize: Samantha Roger
• The Pérez Award: William Alan Jacobson; Victor Etienne and Maxwell Gladish, Co-Winners
• The Student Choice Award: Samuel North

2007 – Sight Circus: The 8th Annual Thacher Student Showcase

• The Thacher Prize: Meiko Kikuta and Fiamma Giger
• The Pérez Award: Monica Davis and Reggie Kong
• The Student Choice Award: Miriam Diaz

2006 – [Re]mark: The 7th Annual Thacher Student Showcase

• The Thacher Prize: Dan Walsh
• The Pérez Award: Ai Kurobe
• The Student Choice Award: Erin Roberts

2005 – Sense the Raw: The 6th Annual Thacher Student Showcase

• The Thacher Prize: Jocelyn Shu; Honorable Mention: Mary Harburg-Petrich
• The Pérez Award: Mariana Lopez

2004 – For Good Measure: The 5th Annual Thacher Student Showcase

• The Thacher Prize: Isabelle Le
• Honorable Mentions: Molly Keogh and Mike Boylan
• The Pérez Award: Christopher Nguyen, SJ and Lindsay Parker, Co-Winners
• Honorable Mentions: Autumn McKnight and Jordan Auten

2003 – A Delicate Balance: The 4th Thacher Student Showcase

• The Thacher Prize: Annalyn Ayran and Sari Pace
• The Pérez Award: Melanie Maton
• Honorable Mention: Francisco McGee

2002 – Thresholds: The 3rd Annual Thacher Student Showcase

• The Thacher Prize: Jonathan Remulla
• Honorable Mention: Theresa McCaughey

2001 – Resonance: The 2nd Annual Thacher Student Showcase

• The Thacher Prize: Moses Aipa
• The Pérez Award: Kendra Banks

2000 – First Harvest: The 1st Annual Thacher Student Showcase

• The Thacher Prize: Giselle Palacios
• The Pérez Award: Sabina McCurry-Nieto