Rachel Idzerda won best in show with her painting, Blossoms.
photo by stephanie stranges

Five burgeoning artists who won best in show at an awards ceremony this week will now be able to submit their art work to the U.S. annual League for Innovation.

 “If you want to be an artist you need to get known and it’s a good way to start getting known,” said Rachel Idzerda, 19, a design foundations student who won one of the best in show pieces. 

The League for Innovation in Pheonix, Arizona promotes artwork from colleges around North America. Humber is the only Canadian college that is part of the association’s board.

 “You are your art. When you put your blood, sweat and tears into something you are your art,” said MJ Kettleborough, a second-year public relations student who managed the event.

The event received 122 submissions from North Campus and 60 submissions from Lakeshore, which has broken the record since 1986 according to Jeff Matos, second-year public relations student and media relations for the event. 1986 was the first year Humber participated in League for Innovations.

Idzerda said the art show is good for Humber because “there aren’t a lot of things for artists to be a part of,” and students can have their artwork seen.  Idzerda is currently enrolled in the design foundations certificate program.
“People are really impressed with all the areas the artwork comes from,” said Kettleborough because a lot of the submissions came from students in non-art based programs.

“The work is great, there are strong pieces every year and this one was no exception. We like to see student participation,” said Peter Perko, one of five of the judges who made up the panel for the event.