Grace Hollenbeck Recognized by Art Department at Concordia University, Nebraska

2013 May 1

Grace Hollenbeck, a sophomore at Concordia University, Nebraska from Wheat Ridge, Colo., was a recipient of the Class of 1933 Endowment. The Class of 1933 Endowment is an award for students studying Lutheran education and service to the church. Student art honors and scholarships were announced at the annual student exhibition at the Marxhausen Gallery of Art on the Concordia campus.

Media used in the roughly 200 pieces on display includes wax, wood, thread, paint, ink, wire, clay, video, stoneware, digital images and even sugar sculptures.

Entries were judged by Concordia's full-time art faculty, with scholarships and awards selected according to criteria set by those who established the endowments for each award.

The Marxhausen Gallery is the on-campus exhibition space for Concordia and hosts a variety of exhibitions each year. It is located in Jesse Hall and is open Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 1-4 p.m.

Concordia University, Nebraska, founded in 1894, is a fully accredited, coeducational university located in Seward, Neb. that currently serves over 2,100 students. Concordia offers more than 50 professional and liberal arts programs in an excellent academic and Christ-centered community that equips men and women for lives of learning, service and leadership in the church and world. For more information, visit cune.edu.