The Combined Talents Florida International is an annual, juried competition sponsored by the Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts. The competition is open to artists around the world who are 18 years of age or over. Artists may submit up to two works for consideration in the media of their choice. A $20.00 entry fee assists with funding for the competition, including production of a color catalog.

The works for exhibition are selected through a blind jurying process. Jurors select works based on their own merit and must agree the artist demonstrates skill within the chosen medium. The jury panel for the 2007 exhibition consisted of two faculty members from the Art Department at FSU and were as follows: Holly Hanessian (Assistant Professor of Art; MFA from the University of Georgia; Area(s) of Teaching: All levels of Ceramics); and Joe Sanders (Art Department Chair; MFA from Arizona State University; Area(s) of Teaching: Printmaking and Book Arts).

This year 359 artists entered the competition creating a total of over 700 works for the jurors to consider. After much deliberation, 65 pieces were selected for exhibition. These works represent a wide variety of media and are artistically diverse and unique.

 

Jill Allen Vitrawhipper clay and wire 7" x 10" x 6"	Diane Arrieta I'm Lovin' It digital illustration on food wrappers/acrylic box frame 180" x 12"	Dawn Black Admiral Egg Pocket oil on wood 30" x 24"
Kelly Boehmer HONORABLE MENTION Apocalyptic Beast (crying over a toothache) mixed media 7.5' x 4.5' x 7'	Fred Bower Bureaucratic Instruction #1 inkjet 18" x 20"	Fred Bower Bureaucratic Instruction #2 inkjet 18" x 20"
E. Tyler Burton Return photography 11.75" x 11.75"	Phillip Chen HONORABLE MENTION Paris relief etching 31" x 23"	Phillip Chen Extraction relief etching 31" x 23"
Yoon Cho Nuclear Family-Christmas decorating digital C-print 36" x 24"	Lauren E. Cunningham FIRST AWARD Comb Curtain plastic hair combs and clear monofilament 9' x 9'7" x 6"	David S. East offset ranch.cycle ceramics 23" x 23" x 14"
Sean Erwin UP ceramic and oil paint 10" x 6" x 6"	Laurie Gaethe Crawl white earthenware 8" x 13" x 9"	Tom Gager Quattro Decum painting 46.5" x 37.5"
Tom Gager Tredecum painting 44.5" x 42.5"	Tad Gloeckler Arrived Perfect 3d-wood 2' x 5' x 2' (open)	Jamey Grimes HONORABLE MENTION Between Space corrugated plastic 17' x 25' x 15'
Jamey Grimes Outside-In no. 14 mylar and balsa 18" x 18" x 6"	Sherill Anne Gross Beauty Ritual #7 paper 14" x 22"	Danielle Harmon Surround Me charcoal 30" x 22"; 30" x 44"; 30" x 22"
Wes Harvey pink ladies mixed media 7" x 5" x 5"	Wes Harvey the secret keepers mixed media 4" x 5" x 3.5"	Kym Hepworth Pillow (Nevermore) mixed media 11.75" x 16.625"
Kym Hepworth HONORABLE MENTION Sweet Dreams Mr. Poe mixed media 20.25" x 26.5"	Ted L. Kirkland WEAPONS - MASS DESTRUCTION aluminum and stainless 14.5" x 7" x 8"	KB Leahy The Victrola oil on canvas 16" x 36"
Hui Chi Lee SECOND AWARD Becoming oil paint on Plexiglas with thread 16.5" x 60.5"	Brian K. McCallum Boots on the Ground October 2006 ceramic 3" x 36" x 24"	Elizabeth Mesa-Gaido Dolores hand sewn and machine stitched fabric 28" x 10" x 6"
Jeff Neill The Void digital photographic archival print 10" x 10"	Christie Nuell Of Lies & Luxurie's: George W.'s Cherry Pie etched copper plates, wood, giclée print and hardware 90" x 70"	Aviv Orly Aviv Orly Iceland 2 digital photography 17.8" x 50"
Benjamin Orlow Österberg We never had to actively train our dog but he knew to obey commands glass, steel, bronze, tin figures 47 x 48 x 6.5 centimeters	Benjamin Orlow Österberg Finally, duck season glass, steel, tin figures 58 x 14 x 4.5 centimeters	Vince Palacios Alchemy Series #7 ceramic (clay, tile and decals) 18” x 12” x 12"
Vince Palacios Alchemy Series: In our own Image ceramic (clay, tile and decals) 13" x 12" x 12"	Rick Perez HONORABLE MENTION American goth I oil on canvas 20” x 16”	Rick Perez American goth 2 oil on canvas 20” x 16”
Bonnie Peterson HONORABLE MENTION Overseas mixed media textile 48” x 58”	Bonnie Peterson War Crimes mixed media textile 46” x 50”	Christina Pitsch Mapping Absence 1 vinyl, Plexiglas and cast plastic 36” x 24" x 23”
Mark Pomilio Family Circle XVI * XVII charcoal on paper 86” x 60”	Mark Pomilio Family Circle XIV charcoal on paper 86” x 30”	Anne Potter nena terra cotta 19” x 26” x 14"
Anne Potter la llorna terra cotta 15” x 26” x 13"	Frank Saliani Particles colored cast porcelain, steel and wood 60” x 90" x 36”	Frank Saliani Blue Radial colored cast porcelain 65” x 65" x 15”
Nicole Y. Seisler Body, my Body digital print:artist and handmade paper 29” x 22”	Sarah Shebaro Ram Shrine silkscreen, acrylic, ink and wood grain contact paper on archival inkjet print 36” x 42”	Sarah Shebaro All Natural silkscreen, found frame and cut wood grain contact paper 18” x 24”
Roger Sherman Marissa oil on linen 60” x 48"	Alan Skees What are You Worth? metal brackets, Plexiglas and vinyl 7' x 10' x 1'	Kristin Skees Husband Cozy (Red) inkjet print 24” x 26”
Kristin Skees Husband Cozy (Green) inkjet print 36” x 24”	Stefanie Storm Bryce digital inkjet print 10” x 15”	Stefanie Storm HONORABLE MENTION Charles digital inkjet print 10” x 15”
George Taylor Reception Theory oil on canvas 30” x 40”	Cole Thompson Old Car Interior digital archival print 8” x 12”	Cole Thompson The Angel Gabriel digitall archival print 8” x 12”
Kevin L. Turner Solenopsis Form grolleg porcelain 24.5” x 16" x 7.5”	Donna Usher Meditation 25 acrylic on board 30” x 40”	Dryden Wells Rubber Ducky ceramic 7” x 31" x 31”
Erin Williams Replacement Liver copper, brass, Plexiglas, leather, silicone and flint 10” x 15" x 15”	Naijun Zhang I Love Beijing Tiananmen oil on linen 28” x 30”