On Saturday, April 25, at the 11th annual Crimson Creatives Awards ceremony was hosted by Pittsburg State’s graphic honors society, Gamma Epsilon Tau (GET). At the event, many students were recognized for their extraordinary work within the arts and graphic design.
The CCAs are hosted in honor of Brittney Feuerborn, the former GET president who originally created the CCAs. Feuerborn’s family attends the event annually and funds the $2000 Crimson Creative Award scholarship, which is awarded to one student every year.
This year’s recipient, sophomore Communications major Prince Miller, swept the event with many awards and accolades. Miller expressed amazement at his win and words of praise towards his fellow creatives.
“I feel amazing about winning best in show at the CCAs,” Miller said. “After not winning last year, it was a breathtaking and surreal moment, hearing my name, seeing the feedback, watching my video, and seeing my name on the plaque all in one moment. It was also great to see my friends and other creatives win awards for the amazing things they created this year.”
Alongside Miller’s win, many other young Pittsburg creatives also won many awards, with a wide range of diverse entries. Sophomore Graphic Communications major Marin Tersinar was the recipient of one of these awards for her entry, “Punk Rockers Superman music video.” Tersinar expresses immense gratitude for her win, as well as explaining the background behind her entry, saying,
“I’m a big fan of James Gunn, love his movies, and when I found out he was the CEO of DC, and I got to see him speak in person at Adobe Max 2025, it was truly inspiring. I also loved the 2025 Superman movie, having a great message of humanity and kindness, and how that can be a superpower in of itself.”
Junior Graphic Communications major Isaiah Samora received multiple awards for his entries. He explains his mindset behind them as well as their spontaneity, saying, “I won three silvers for my entries: ‘The Crying Plant,’ ‘Retro Sunset,’ and ‘The Mind at Work.’”
He added, “For ‘The Crying Plant,’ I should have probably used a macro lens, but I luckily got something super cool with just a regular lens. The ‘Retro Sunset’ I did because I saw a cool sunset, and I wanted to recreate it, and ‘The Mind at Work,’ we were working on black and white compositions, and I just changed my angle suddenly, and it turned out really cool.”
It wasn’t just Pittsburg State students who won awards at this event, but high school students as well. Among many of the recipients, Senior Brody Baker stood out for his entry, “The Shortcut to Happiness,” a short film that he describes as being a personal art piece about the path to happiness and our struggles to achieve it, stating, “My video was over the shortcut to happiness; I read an article online that talked about how 40% of high schoolers struggle with depression and finding happiness. So, I started researching and came across the philosopher Carl Jung; his studies on happiness really stood out to me.”