LLCC’s James S. Murray Gallery is featuring the Annual Student Art Show April 16-May 10. The artists, their families and the public are invited attend the awards reception today, April 19 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. At the reception, award winners will be announced in several categories. LLCC’s digital media and app design program will also be showcasing LLCC student games from game design classes.

Sarah Smelser, MFA, printmaking professor at Illinois State University and co-founder of Manneken Press, served as juror for the show. Her work has appeared in such collections as the Readers’ Digest Association, the New York Public Library, the Library of Congress, the Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, the Spencer Museum at University of Kansas, Hallmark Corporate Collection and the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts.