Trophies for Artists

Trophy for Jorge Espinoza

What Julia Caston drank:
draft latte
Location:
42 & Lawrence, Raleigh, NC
Topic of conversation:
minimal viable product, a concept in which a product is released and can then be modified and improved. This trophy is modular and modifiable.
Artist’s medium:
photography and entrepreneurship
Trophy materials:
wire, cord, fabric, batting
2018

Trophy for Oami Powers

What Julia Caston drank:
dark chocolate mocha with oat milk
Location:
Videri , Raleigh, NC
Topic of conversation:
a shrine to making time for art
Artist’s medium:
drawing and painting
Trophy materials:
cardboard, poster tubes, paint, ribbon, pom poms, fabric, batting
2018

Trophy for Kimberly Acosta

What Julia Caston drank: cappuccino
Location:
Sir Walter Coffee, Raleigh, NC
Topic of conversation:
Kimberly plays a lot of instruments and she is learning to play the drums
Artist’s medium:
traditional and digital arts
Trophy materials:
fabric, batting
2018

Trophy for Kamaria Wells

What Julia Caston drank:
earl gray tea latté
Location:
Lucky Tree, Raleigh, NC
Topic of conversation:
the weight of doing right by others
Artist’s medium:
mixed media, sculpture, painting
Trophy materials:
wire, net, paper wax
2018

Trophy for Summer Woodard

What Julia Caston drank:
cappuccino
Location:
Coffeeology, Greensboro, NC
Topic of conversation:
the sensation of being on a swing set
Artist’s medium:
digital art
Trophy materials:
fabric, wood, wire, model magic
2018

Trophy for Yasmin Ali

What Julia Caston drank: mocha
Location:
Liquid State, Raleigh, NC
Topic of conversation:
Yasmin’s job is marketing candle-making kits to fancy ladies
Artist’s medium:
photography
Trophy materials:
Barbies, wire, mesh, wax, ribbon, batting
2018

Trophy for Pasha Gray

What Julia Caston drank:
mocha
Location: 42 & Lawrence, Raleigh, NC
Topic of conversation:
Pasha wants to uplift women
Artist’s medium:
film
Trophy materials:
fabric, batting
2018

Trophy for Nan Stombaugh

What Julia Caston drank:
oat milk mocha
Location: Sip, Raleigh, NC
Topic of conversation:
women problems
Artist’s medium:
photography and digital media; jewelry – metalsmithing.
Trophy materials:
wire, plastic mesh, fabric, batting
2018

Trophy for Shirly Cooper

What Julia Caston drank:
Mocha
Location:
42 & Lawrence, Raleigh, NC
Topic of conversation:
when Shirley worked for NASA, she sent lettuce seeds into space so astronauts could grow their own food
Artist’s medium:  
painting, drawing, sculpture, photography/film/technology, mixed media and collage
Trophy materials:
found container, fabric, batting
2018

Trophy for Harriet Hoover

What Julia Caston drank:
mocha
Location: Liquid State, Raleigh, NC
Topic of conversation:
Harriet needs a lamp for her new apartment
Artist’s medium:
sculpture and performance
Trophy materials:
lampshade, cardboard, found objects
2018

Trophy for Natalia Torres del Valle

What Julia Caston drank: white chocolate orange blossom mocha
Location: 
Sip, Raleigh, NC
Topic of conversation:
intermodal transfer, a concept in art therapy in which one creative action leads to another
Artist’s medium:
art therapy
Trophy materials:
fabric, batting, ribbon, lace
2018

Trophy for Holly McAdams Olson

Artist's medium:
ceramics and arts administration
What Julia Caston drank:
cappuccino
Conversation:
tree farm
Location:
Scooters, Nebraska City, Nebraska
Materials:
glass, wire, fabric, twigs
2017

Trophy for Leandra Vane

Artist's medium:
writing
What Julia Caston drank:
snickers latté
Conversation:
male angel impregnation erotica
Location:
Scooters, Nebraska City, Nebraska
Materials:
spray foam insulation, found angels, packing peanuts, paint, plaster, fabric
2017

Trophy for Katie Pryor

Artist's medium:
poetry
What Julia Caston drank:
matcha tea latté
Conversation:
romantic woes
Location:
Scooters, Nebraska City, Nebraska
Materials:
model magic, veggie tray, plaster, string, paint
2017

Trophy for Clifford Davis

Artist's medium:
painting and news reporting
What Julia Caston drank:
coffee with honey and milk
Conversation:
he's not from around here
Location:
The Keeping Room, Nebraska City, Nebraska
Materials:
wire, newspaper, paint, yarn, packing peanuts
2017

Trophy for Sloan Killion

Artist's medium:
painting and sculpture
What Julia Caston drank:
coffee with honey and milk
Conversation:
children's books teach kids right from wrong
Location:
The Keeping Room, Nebraska City, Nebraska
Materials:
found book, found toys, yarn
2017

Trophy for Olga Tsitlik

Artist’s medium:
creative writing
What Julia Caston drank:
hazelnut and peanut butter latté
Conversation:
discovering her shadow self.
Location:
Common Grounds, Greensboro, North Carolina
Materials:
wire, wood, cotton balls, paint
2017

Trophy for Rebekah Evans

Artist’s medium:
painting and drawing
What Julia Caston drank:
cappuccino
Conversation:
the best burrito.
Location:
Coffeeology, Greensboro, North Carolina
Materials:
air-dry clay, tinfoil, wire, paint
2017

Trophy for Trey Vanterpool

Artist’s medium:
painting and charcoal
What Julia Caston drank:
cappuccino
Conversation:
It’s better to buy.
Location:
Coffeeology,  Greensboro, North Carolina
Materials:
wood, paint
2017

Trophy for Lu Xu

Artist’s medium: sculpture and performance
What Julia Caston drank:
vanilla latté
Conversation:
Lu wants to make a zine about butchering a chicken, and she wants to create a garden/forest plot. She needs a visa to stay in the United States.
Location:
Coffeeology, Greensboro, North Carolina
Materials:
wood, plaster, felt, yarn, electric candle, plastic eagle, playdough, plastic spoons
2017

Trophy for Jiyoung Park

Artist’s medium:
photography
What Julia Caston drank:
iced coffee
Conversation:
Jiyoung made a photo series about disconnecting from the artificial and enjoying nature.
Location:
Coffeeology, Greensboro, North Carolina
Materials:
coffee carrier, plaster, felt, paint, melted crayon, glitter
2016

Trophy for Sherrill Roland

Artist’s medium:
social practice
What Julia Caston drank:
unknown
Conversation:
when Sherrill was wrongfully incarcerated, he drew portraits of other prisoners with golf pencils, which he sharpened by rubbing them against his desk.
Location:
Coffeeology, Greensboro, North Carolina
Materials:
acrylic sheet, golf pencils
2017

Trophy for Amanda Womack

Artist’s medium:
photography and clay
What Julia Caston drank:
latté
Conversation:
Amanda refuses to take medication for her anxiety. She thinks she is meant to live in the wilderness because she has Sami DNA.
Location:
Spring Garden Bakery & Coffee, Greensboro, NC
Materials:
felt, medication bottles, chicken wire
2017

Trophy for Barbara Campbell Thomas

Artist’s medium:
acrylic and collaged fabric on canvas
What Julia Caston drank:
latté
Conversation:
Barbara thinks about what it’s like to be a mother and abstract painter living in rural America.
Location:
Tate Street Coffee, Greensboro, NC
Materials:
ceramic birds, wreaths, wire, air-dry clay, paint
2017

Trophy for Sebastian Lindquist

Artist’s medium:
sculpture
What Julia Caston drank:
latté
Conversation:
Sebastian has a boat that someone named First Wife. “That swimming hole had a big effect on me.”
Location:
Coffeeology, Greensboro, NC
Materials:
chicken wire, silicone, metallic fringe, wood, air-dry clay
2017

Trophy for Nadia Hassan

Artist’s medium:
design
What Julia Caston drank:
latté
Conversation:
Nadia doesn’t think art should be magical or mystical and there should be no gatekeepers to the artworld.
Location:
Tate Street Coffee, Greensboro, NC
Materials:
metal, ceramic unicorn, paint
2017

Trophy for Jessica Wilkins

Artist’s medium:
ceramics, painting, drawing and sculpture
What Julia Caston drank:
latté
Conversation:
Jessica is a diamond in the rough.
Location:
Tate Street Coffee, Greensboro, NC
Materials:
jar, air-dry clay, diamond paperweight, paint
2017

Trophy for Linda Kent

Artist’s medium:
painting and making things
What Julia Caston drank:
tea latté
Conversation:
when Linda is anxious about the Trump administration, she rubs circular plaster disks.
Location:
Tate Street Coffe, Greensboro, NC
Materials:
air-dry clay, wire, paint
2017

Trophy for Adam Carlin

Artist’s medium:
social practice
What Julia Caston drank:
iced coffee
Conversation:
in Buddhism, life is suffering and one is not really represented by one’s body as it is collection of disparate parts.
Location:
Green Bean Coffe, Greensboro, NC
Materials:
wood, yarn, paint, wire
2017

Trophy for Kelly Rambo

Artist’s medium:
social practice and drawing
What Julia Caston drank:
iced latté
Conversation:
she’s not bottling it all up anymore.
Location:
Tate Street Coffee, Greensboro, NC
Materials:
fake flowers, bottles, wood
2017

Trophy for Brian Paulino

Artist’s medium:
painting
What Julia Caston drank:
mocha
Conversation:
Brian’s senior art studio was full of asbestos. New Orleans, where he is from, has an excellent insectarium.
Location:
Tate Street Coffee, Greensboro, NC
Materials:
toy gas mask, metal, paint, plastic butterflies
2017

Trophy for Celia Cortez

Artist’s medium:
painting
What Julia Caston drank:
cold brew coffee
Conversation:
dying of boredom at a museum guard job.
Location:
Coffeeology, Greensboro, NC
Materials:
wood, paper, floor tiles, paint
2017

Trophy for Sheryl Oring

Artist’s medium:
social practice and installation
What Julia Caston drank:
mocha
Conversation:
women are still not respected in journalism.
Location:
Tate Street Coffee, Greensboro, NC
Materials:
wood, newspaper, glue
2017

Trophy for Kathy Cooke

Artist’s medium: sculpture
What Julia Caston drank:
latté
Conversation:
working inside on a computer versus being outside.
Location:
Tate Street Coffee, Greensboro, NC
Materials:
wood, paint, air-dry clay, moss, keyboard keys, cardboard.
2017

Trophy for Anna Wallace

Artist’s medium:
ceramics and textiles
What Julia Caston drank: cappuccino
Conversation:
Anna wants a baby.
Location:
The People’s Perk, Greensboro, NC
Materials:
cupcake baking pan, plaster, plastic babies
2017

Trophy for Dave MacGregor

Artist’s medium:
painting, stained glass, theater scenery
What Julia Caston drank:
cappuccino
Conversation:
Dave often makes paintings of landscapes, especially the ocean. He loves nature. He is trying to move into abstraction.
Location:
Downstreet Coffee Company, Inverness, Nova Scotia
Materials:
glass, spray insulation, drift wood, paint
2016

Trophy for Virginia McCoy

Artist’s medium:
painting
What Julia Caston drank:
latté
Conversation:
Virginia had to draw a dump truck in high school art class. “Nothing is hard and fast.”
Location:
Downstreet Coffee Company, Inverness, Nova Scotia
Materials:
marble, toy truck, felt, pom-poms
2016

Trophy for Elizabeth Whalley

Artist’s medium:
drawing, painting, installation, printmaking
What Julia Caston drank:
iced latté
Conversation:
everyone is battling for Elizabeth’s attention. She has to organize a lot of weddings.
Location:
Downstreet Coffee Company, Inverness, Nova Scotia
Materials:
trophy figurines, marble, string, cake cover, homemade air-dry clay
2016

Trophy for Jim Mustard

Artist’s medium:
music
What Julia Caston drank: latté
Conversation:
Jim must be transparent because he is a council member, so he lives in a glass house. He represents Inverness (where this birch bark comes from).
Location:
Downstreet Coffee Company, Inverness, Nova Scotia
Materials:
glass, twine, burlap, bark
2016

Trophy for Jen Vivian

Artist’s medium:
fibers
What Julia Caston drank: mocha
Conversation:
being Inuit, healing, changing the molecular makeup of water through meditation, animals, and feminine energy in fibers.
Location:
Downstreet Coffee Company, Inverness, Nova Scotia
Materials:
Antlers, glass, wire, fabric, stones
2016

Trophy for Robin Hill

Artist’s medium:
sculpture
What Julia Caston drank:
latté
Conversation:
Robin works in a university, which is an ivory tower. When she is in Inverness, she is in her artistic bubble. She collaborated with the earth on a collection of rock orbs.
Location:
Downstreet Coffee Company, Inverness, Nova Scotia
Materials:
sand, styrofoam balls, jars, wire
2016

Trophy for Rose Cameron

What Julia Caston drank:
iced latté
Artist’s medium:
vocal music
Conversation:
someone has a confederate flag mailbox, and Rose wants to burn it. Gun control. She kept a practice journal for school, and she is a singer. It breaks her heart when kids don’t care about music.
Location:
Downstreet Coffee Company
Inverness, Nova Scotia
Materials:
felt, wire, book, toy gun, foam,
2016

Trophy for Anne Levesque

What Julia Caston drank:
lemonade
Artist’s medium:
writing
Conversation:
environmentalism, the importance of observation, and the benefits of living in Canada rather than the United States.
Location:
Downstreet Coffee Company, Inverness, Nova Scotia
Materials:
glass, fake leaves, lantern
2016

Trophy for Jasmine Jones

Artist’s medium:
gardening, clothing design
What Julia Caston drank:
iced vanilla latté
Conversation:
Jasmine is an extreme gardener.
Location:
Downstreet Coffee Company, Inverness, Nova Scotia
Materials:
floor cleaner attachments, fake flowers, found figurines, popsicle sticks, pom poms, feathers, styrofoam balls, yarn, twine, pipe cleaners.
2016

Trophy for Jamie Phillips

Artist’s medium:
jewelry
What Julia Caston drank:
mocha
Conversation:
Jamie makes jewelry and was in a band with her sister. She made volcanoes with children.
Location:
Downstreet Coffee Company, Inverness, Nova Scotia
Materials:
homemade air-dry clay, marbles, chicken wire, toy guitar
2016

Trophy for Richelle Soper

Artist’s medium:
sculpture
What Julia Caston drank:
vanilla latté
Conversation:
Richelle is a-one person factory, and this trophy features a 3D print of her head.
Location:
Coffeeology, Greensboro, North Carolina
Materials:
plaster, fake flowers, paint, ribbon, play dough, glitter, dryer lint, 3D print
2016

Trophy for Chris Cassidy

Artist’s medium:
interdisciplinary media
What Julia Caston drank:
vanilla latte 
Conversation:
Chris wandered around the forest in grad school; at one point, he wanted to be a Renaissance sculptor. His art involves technology
Location:
Tate Street Coffe, Greensboro, North Carolina
Materials:
model trees, imitation moss, wood, computer components, paper
2016

Trophy for Kate Robinson

Artist’s medium:
drawing, installation
What Julia Caston drank:
vanilla latté
Conversation:
Kate is like a duck because things just roll of her back.
Location:
Tate Street Coffee, Greensboro, North Carolina
Materials:
glass jar, plush duck, foam letters
2016

Trophy for Derek Toomes

Artist’s medium:
interdisciplinary media
What Julia Caston drank:
unknown
Conversation:
Derek knows everything about computers.
Location:
Tate Street Coffee, Greensboro, North Carolina
Materials:
found book, collaged paper
2016

Trophy for M Hayes

Artist’s medium:
video
What Julia Caston drank:
latté smoothie
Conversation:
speaking in tongues
Location:
Tate Street Coffee, Greensboro, North Carolina
Materials:
clay, imitation moss
2016

Trophy for Joyce Watkins King

Artist’s medium:
textiles, sculpture, printmaking, installation
What Julia Caston drank:
Iced latté
Conversation:
breast cancer, textiles
Location:
Tate Street Coffee, Greensboro, North Carolina
Materials:
wood, glass, fabric, Model Magic
2016

Trophy for Sheena Rose

Artist’s medium:
painting, drawing, performance
What Julia Caston drank:
Iced coffee
Conversation:
sometimes people are mean
Location:
Tate Street Coffee, Greensboro, North Carolina,
Materials:
clay, paint, plastic bag
2015

Trophy for Carmen Neely

Artist’s medium:
painting, sculpture
What Julia Caston drank:
iced latté with pumpkin flavor
Conversation:
Carmen's sculpture look like little poops; importance of incorporating theory into one's work while still being playful
Location: Coffeeology, Greensboro, North Carolina
Materials:
clay, paint, googly eyes, glitter
2015

Trophy for Kate Gordon

Artist’s medium:
painting
What Julia Caston drank: iced coffee
Conversation:
how to deal with horrible things in the news. Trophy can also be worn as a hat.
Location: Coffeeology, Greensboro, North Carolina
Materials:
wire, string, Model Magic
2015

Trophy for Alex Soler

Artist’s medium:
sculpture, drawing
What Julia Caston drank:
iced coffee
Conversation:
things that are good about the south
Location:
Coffeeology, Greensboro, North Carolina
Materials:
found objects, wood, string, paint
2015

Trophy for Mariam Stephen

Artist’s medium:
painting and drawing
What Julia Caston drank:
iced coffee
Conversation:
Mariam wants the largest and most ridiculous trophy
Location:
Tate Street Coffee, Greensboro, North Carolina
Materials:
plaster, paint, wheels, wood, wire, glass
2015