
Kraus Drawing COmpetition
The Annual drawing competition is open to freshman art students who submit original drawings to be judged by a panel of NCC art program faculty.

This annual freshman drawing competition is supported by the Patrick J.Kraus Endowment Fund, established by the late John “Duke” Kraus, former NCC bookstore manager and his wife, Katherine, in memory of their son, Patrick Kraus, a talented young artist who attended NCC in the 1985-86 academic Year.
The drawing competition is open to freshman art students who submit original drawings to be judged by a panel of NCC art program faculty. The total amount of funds awarded to our students over the past 25 years has now exceeded $50,000.00.
Each of the winners receives a financial scholarship for their second year of studies at NCC.
The first-place winner receives an $1100 scholarship, The second-place winner receives a $900 scholarship, the third-place winner receives a $600.00 scholarship. The 4th and 5th place winners each receive a $200.00 scholarship.
The winning drawings are announced by Thomas Shillea, The Director of Art Programs during the Kraus Drawing Exhibition held each April in Communications Hall Gallery.
The drawings of the first and second place winners become part of the Colleges Permanent collection and are displayed on the Bethlehem Township and Monroe County campuses.
2020 Kraus Drawing Winners
The six drawings are the winners in this year’s competition selected by the members of the Art Program faculty. Each drawing is accompanied by the amount of the scholarship the students will receive, as well as their names, titles of their drawings, medium used, and most importantly the names of their instructors. Note that two drawings have been selected in third place due to a tie in the voting.
FIRST PLACE
$1000 Scholarship
Alexa Martinez
“Distorted Self Portrait”
Graphite/White Gel Pen
Jan Crooker
2020 Spring Submissions
Alexa Martinez
“Self Portrait”
Graphite Gel Pen
Jan CrookerAlexa Martinez
“Distorted Self Portrait”
Graphite Gel Pen
Jan CrookerHeather DiLeo
“Self Portrait”
Graphite
Jan CrookerCameron Barnhill
“Distortion”
Graphite
Jan CrookerNayah Perdraza
“Ascension”
Graphite
Jan CrookerSebastian Bubba
“Lazy Bones”
Graphite
Jan CrookerHeather DiLeo
“Relaxing”
Graphite
Jan CrookerLinus Foell
“Me and the HERB”
Graphite
Jan CrookerMelanie Ruggiero
“Duck”
Color Pencil
William HuddersAlejandro Zuniga
“Still Life in Pencil”
Pencil
William HuddersAlejandro Zuniga
“Still Life in Color”
Color Pencil
William HuddersCameron Barnhill
“Conspiracy”
Graphite and Color Pencil
Jan CrookerLinus Foell
“Calamity”
Graphite
Jan CrookerNoah Keats
“Self Portrait with Tattoos”
Graphite
Jan CrookerNoah Keats
“Shadow Within”
Graphite
Jan CrookerYaguarete
“A??”
Charcoal
William HuddersDani Burker
“Bright Colors”
Magic markers
William HuddersAlyssa Moore
“Reflection on Belt”
Pencil
Jan CrookerCarlina Couturier
“Handling Fragility”
Graphite
Jan CrookerMadison Shai McAllister
“Mad Me”
Color Pencil
Jan CrookerTrinity Hoffman
“Male Model”
Graphite
Jan CrookerEdward E. Forstoffer IV
“This is Me”
Pen and pencil
William HuddersAnnastasia Alvarez
“Creepy Clotter”
Graphite
William HuddersAnne Dondiego
“Still Life in Charcoal”
Charcoal
William HuddersJenna Kozul
“Torso”
Pencil
William HuddersJulia Leal Machado
“Line”
Pencil
William HuddersJordan Euculano
“Bottles and Body Parts”
Color Pencil
William HuddersNadia Hinkle
“Chainsaw Hates Charcoal Women”
Charcoal
William HuddersMadison Shai McAllister
“Female Figure Model”
Charcoal, Pencil, White Chalk
Jan CrookerAlyssa Moore
“Warmth”
Graphite/Color Pencil
Jan CrookerTrinity Hoffman
“Female Model”
Graphite
Jan CrookerJordan Euculano
“Skull and Artifacts”
Pencil
William HuddersEdward E. Forstoffer IV
“Dot Dot Dot”
Pen and ink
William HuddersDani Burker
“Clown”
Pencil
William HuddersAndrea Ramos
“Seated”
Graphite
Jan CrookerJenna Kozul
“Bones, Balls and Bottle”
Pencil
William HuddersJulia Leal Machado
“Pumpkin”
Color Pencil
William HuddersQuoc Doan
“The Tennis Mouse”
Graphite
Cindy VojnovicKelly Sulca
“Still Life”
Graphite
Cindy VojnovicGwen Baliya
“Untitled”
Graphite
Cindy VojnovicApril Flores
“Still Life”
Graphite
Cindy VojnovicAbigail Fritz
“Seated Hand”
Graphite
Cindy Vojnovic
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