Exhibit - Padnos International Center Photo Contest (PIC Pics)
Reese Reira, Grand Valley at Giant's Causeway, photograph, 2024, 2025.7.11
Every year, hundreds of GVSU students travel around the world on a Study Abroad program through the Padnos International Center (PIC). For the PIC Pics Photo Contest, GVSU students and alumni were invited to share photos from their adventures abroad. Photographs are submitted for a variety of categories, including: "Most Memorable Day," "Lakers Abroad," "The Great Outdoors," "Celebration, Tradition, & Culture," "My Classroom Abroad," and "Street Art & Favorite Neighborhoods."
The GVSU community is then invited to VOTE on their favorite images in person at the Padnos International Center (PIC) offices at 130 Lake Ontario Hall. Each year, three winners receive the popular vote from any of the categories. These winners and several honorable mentions are added to the GVSU Art Museums' Art Collection.
2024 PIC Pics
Popular Vote Winners
1) Noah Roberts, Celebration, Tradition & Culture, Japan
2) Allison Schoen, My Classroom Abroad, Tanzania
3) Meliha Kulic, Most Memorable Day, Turkey
Meliha Kulic, Most Memorable Day: Turkey, photograph, 2023-24, 2025.7.3.
Alison Schoen, Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, photograph, 2024, 2025.7.2.
Honorable Mentions
Most Memorable Day
Connor Morale, Iceland
Avery Walta, Morocco
Lakers Abroad
Reese Reira, Northern Ireland
The Great Outdoors
Avery Walta, MoroccoCharlotte Yeiter, New ZealandJosie Kasmauskis, ChileAlexia Sisty, Bahamas
Noah Roberts, Celebration, Tradition, & Culture: Japan, photograph, 2022-23, 2025.7.1
Alexi Sisty, At The Cliff's Edge, photograph, 2024, 2025.7.18
Celebration, Tradition, & Culture
Morgan Rose, South Korea
Katie Rauhut, Japan
Justin McKnight, Vietnam
My Classroom Abroad
Charlotte Yeiter, Great Barrier Reef
Jennifer Jones, Iceland
Street Art & Favorite Neighborhoods
Sander Breneman, Italy
Katie Rauhut, Japan
Meliha Kulic, Morocco
Sander Breneman, Street Art & Neighborhoods: Italy, photograph, 2024, 2025.7.5
2020 PIC Pics
Popular Vote Winners
1) Kristina Katilius, Getting Lost, Ireland
2) Kristina Katilius, Celebration and Tradition, Italy
3) Lauren LaSage, Celebration and Tradition, Japan
Kristina Katilius, Le Meraviglie Di Venezia, photograph, 2019, 2020.34.2.
Kristina Katilius, The Shore of Ireland, photograph, 2019, 2020.34.1.
Honorable Mentions
My Classroom Abroad
Lilyann Plummer, Peru
Natalie Thomas, England
Celebration & Tradition
Elle Bowman, India
Alexandra Weaver, Peru
Getting Lost
Emily Morrell, Ireland
Sarah Michienzi, Iceland
Natalie Thomas, England
Ashlyn Rowell, Ecuador
Lauren LaSage, Be the Light, photograph, 2019, 2020.34.3.
Natalie Thomas, Books on Books on Books, photograph, 2019, 2020.34.16.
The Great Outdoors
Leanna Kragenbrink, Norway
Lauren LaSage, Vietnam
Ashlyn Rowell, Ecuador
Lakers Abroad
Taylor Beckering, Spain
Alexandra Weaver, Peru
People
Meghan Couture, Vietnam
Elle Bowman, Myanmar
Elle Bowman, Sunrise on the Ganges, photograph, 2019, 2020.34.8.
Meghan Couture, Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia, photograph, 2019, 2020.34.14.
2018 PIC Pics
Popular Vote Winners
1) Kylie Klunder, Getting Lost, Ghana
2) Anna Skrip, My Classroom Abroad, Thailand
3) Ashley Spagnuolo, People, Ghana
Anna Skrip, My Classroom Abroad- Thailand, digital photograph, 2017, 2018.23.2.
Kylie Klunder, Getting Lost- Ghana, digital photograph, 2017, 2018.23.9.
Honorable Mentions
My Classroom Abroad
Kyla Bolden, Ghana
Celebration & Tradition
Shelly Greendyk, Jordan
Libby Jawish, Ghana
Getting Lost
Spencer Miller, Chile
Anna VanderBoon, Haiti
Liam Purtle, Morocco
Roy Rogers, The Great Outdoors- Chile, digital photograph, 2017, 2018.23.15.
Liam Putrle, Getting Lost- Morocco, digital photograph, 2017, 2018.23.10.
The Great Outdoors
Roy Rogers, Chile
Ashley Spagnuolo, Ghana
Kristen Childs, Slovenia
Hannah Finegan, Germany
Lakers Abroad
Liam Purtle, Morocco
Lindsey Hassett, Lakers Abroad
Valerie Wojciechowski, France
People
Madelyn Johnson, Tanzania
Amber Modena, Morocco
Hannah Finegan, The Great Outdoors- Germany, digital photograph, 2017, 2018.23.6.