Hazel Award

The Hazel Award

The Hazel Awards in Drawing and Painting recognizing accomplishment and promoting further achievement in the arts remember and honor Hazel Truth Shelhamer Procter, a brave and determined woman, accomplished watercolorist, technical artist, published author and illustrator.

Who: Sponsored by an endowed gift from Ken Procter,

What: The Hazel Award, named after Ken’s grandmother, Hazel Truth Shelhamer Procter, an illustrator who, during World War I, inked mechanical drawings to be blueprinted. Shortly after her marriage in 1921, windowed and left to support her son and two stepsons, she returned to work, drawing intricate prespective diagrams of complex devices and machines for a firm of patent attorneys.

Where: Honors Day Ice Cream Social. The winner will be announced on April 15th at 3:30 pm.  All entries will become part of an exhibition in Bloch Hall hallway during the month of April.

When: Entries are due April 1st to the Art Office. This year will be a drawing award, next year will be painting.

How: A committee of art faculty will be formed to judge the entries to this annual competition. The winner will receive a $500 check to be used to help further their artistic ambitions.