ART Tank 2025
First there was Shark Tank. Then there was Wolfie Tank. Now there's ART Tank!
This competition among Stony Brook students encourages students to put their skills,
mediums and vision to work on designs that can be anything from multimedia in format,
to a mural, sculpture, landscape design or any other creative impulse you have that
can help us engage people’s senses of sight or even hearing, smell or touch. Like Shark and Wolfie Tank, we’ll invite selected participants to show off their skills
to a panel of professional judges (to be named soon). In turn, these students will
be given a $1,500 stipend, gain valuable feedback and get a feel for how to present
their pieces to the outside world. The winner will then collaborate with the CBC to
create and display their art as a lasting legacy on campus.
Competition Details: Wednesday, October 29, at 5:30pm in the SB Union
Locations We're Targeting: View the full announcement for details.
2025 Judges
Jason
Paradis
Jason Paradis is an artist and curator from Canada who now lives and works in the
New York area. In his work, there is a sense of contemplation or of reverie that
speculates on fundamental mysteries – this being the result of a lot of camping under
an expansive sky in the northern Canadian wilderness. His work has been displayed
in several exhibitions in and around New York City as well as across the United States
and Canada. Recent exhibitions have been at the Saratoga Art Center, the Ann Street
Gallery in Newburgh, and OMNI Gallery in New York. Solo shows have been at Twist,
etc and Seed Space in Nashville, St. Joseph’s College, and Modern Fuel in Kingston,
Ontario Canada. He regularly curates for the Carriage House at the Islip Art Museum.
Judith Brown Clarke
Judi is the Vice President for Equity & Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer for
Stony Brook University and Health System. Under her leadership, the Office of Diversity,
Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives (DI3) has the responsibility for developing
and sustaining programs, policies and initiatives that serve to create a welcoming
environment for all students, staff, faculty, clinicians and administrators. In her
role, Judi also serves as Executive Sponsor of the Campus Beautification Committee.
Eric
Murphy
Eric is the Assistant to the Director of Asian Art and Culture at the Charles B. Wang
Center, where he combines his passion for art installation with managing cultural
programs that engage both students and the wider Long Island community. He is a lifelong
resident of the East End of Long Island where he has established himself as an active
figure in the Long Island art community, working with notable institutions such as
the Islip Art Museum and PAC/MOCA LI.
Norah
Allam
Norah is a senior at Stony Brook University pursuing dual degrees in Biomedical Engineering
and Applied Mathematics & Statistics, with a minor in Studio Art. She serves as Vice
President
of the Biomedical Engineering Honor Society and mentors students through the WISE
Honors
Program. With plans to pursue graduate studies focused on Tissue Engineering, Norah
balances her STEM interests with a passion for art, which has been her creative outlet.
As a
recipient of the URECA Virginia Fuller Award and other campus art distinctions, she
was
commissioned by the Campus Beautification Committee to create "Le Judicieux," a large-scale
octopus mural at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences.