2019 Indiana Heritage Arts 41st Exhibition and Sale

Bill Farnsworth was selected to be the 41st judge of the 2019 Indiana Heritage Arts Exhibition. Bill is a graduate of the Ringling School of Arts and Design and has spent his life working as an illustrator and artist. Bill had to narrow down his choices from almost 300 works of art to approximately 100 works juried into the show. According to Bill, "My approach to judging was to make several passes over the entire show. Usually, award winners jump off the wall, while others are appreciated on another pass. I look for work that has a well-executed strong design that carries across the room, and, getting closer, I look for the musical notes in the piece. How does the artist conduct the viewer's eye? The Indiana Heritage Arts Exhibition has grown to one of the largest exhibitions in the Midwest with over $20,000 in prize money.

Indiana Heritage Arts List of Awards for 2019

First Prize Gold Award for $5,000

Stephanie Paige Thomson for an oil painting titled Ingrid

Second Prize SilverAward for $3,000

Mary Gretsinger for an oil painting titled Around the Circle 2019

Third Prize Bronze Award for $2,000

Cathy Hillegas for a watercolor titled Illumination

Directors Purchase Award

Jerry Smith for an oil painting titled Pier to Pier

Award of Excellence for $1,000

Tim Greatbatch for an oil painting titled Cattails on Ice
Steve Dodge for an oil painting titled Celebration
Sam Hoffman for an oil painting titled Riverman

Memorial Award for $500

T. C Steele Memorial Award to Jerry Smith for an oil painting titled Pier to Pier
Ada Shulz Memorial Award to Libby Whipple for an oil painting titled Riding Tandem
Lucy Hartrath Memorial Award to Brian Gordy for a watercolor painting titled River Bank Lounge

Memorial Award for $300

Fredrick RigleyMemorial Award to Carol Strock-Wasson for a pastel titled Last Ray of Light
C. Curry Bohm Memorial Award to Chris Newlund for an oil painting titled Don's World
Carl Graf Memorial Award to Libby Whipple for an oil painting titled Virginia Woods

Memorial Award for $250

John Abe Eyed Memorial Award to Judith Lewis for an oil painting titled Black Vase with Melon
Magaret Colglazier Memorial Award to Todd Reifers for an oil painting titled Lakeside
Taylor English Memorial Award to Terri Shultz for a pastel titled Still Waitin
Will Vawter Memorial Award to Dan Bulleit for an oil painting titled Lifting the Fog
Ronald Elkins Memorial Award to Mark Burkett for a woodcut titled These are the Days
Adolph Shulz Memorial Award to Luke Buck for a Watercolor titled Country Road Winter

Meritt Award $500

Talbot Street Art fair Merit Award to Roy Boswell for an oil painting titled Peaceful Fall
Hoosier Salon Merit Award to Dan Woodson for oil painting titled Color on White Water
Indiana Plein Air Painters Merit Award to Jerry Smith for an oil painting titled Springtime on Wallace Drive

List of IHA Juried Artist and Submissions

B

Anne-Karine Bley submitted Bybee Stone
Roy Boswell submitted Peaceful Fall and Say It Ain't Snow
Jeffery Bottom submitted Spheres on a Table
Eric Brock submitted First Cutting
Charlene M. Brown submitted Monument Circle, First Snow and High Hopes
Luke Buck submitted Tobacco Shed, Retired Tractor and Country Road Winter
Ken Bucklew submitted Azaleas at Bonaventure, Hesitation Point, and Meadow of Ironweed
Dan Bulleit submitted Where in the World and Lifting the Fog
Mark Burkett submitted Leaving Indiana, and These Are the Days
Susie Byerley submitted Indian Bells “…and the Plot Thickens."

D

Mary Ann Davis submitted Winter Guard
Steve Dawson submitted Tuesday Evening on the Wabash 
Steve Dodge submitted Celebration and Storm over Japan
Fred Doloresco submitted Dairy Farmerm, Cutting Ice and A Bit of Shade

E

Stephen Edwards submitted A Moments Rest, The Day is Done, and The Long Wait

G

Brian Gordy submitted River Bank Lounge
Karen Graeser submitted October Finale
Tim Greatbatch submitted Autumn Cove, Ogle Lake, Cattails on Ice and Jackson Creek (Yellowwood)
Mary Gretsinger submitted Circle Luminescence and Around the Circle 2019

H

Cody Heichel submitted House at 9th Street and Broadway
Cathy Hillegas submitted Illumination, Autumn Gift and Inner Glow
Tricia Hillenburg submitted God Bless the Red White and Blue, Still Waters and Indiana Persimmons
Thomas Himsel submitted Neighborhood Light, Victoria Waterlilies and Koi and Summer on Big Walnut Creek
Sam Hoffman submitted Eel River and River Man
Corrine Hull submitted Alone on the Hill
Allen Hutton submitted Sunrise Farm, Winter Woods, and Cold Storage

I

Bill Inman submitted White River Crossing and Out for a Ride

J

Brian Johnson submitted Supercilious

K

Mary Carol Kenney submitted Sun Deck 4 and Wedding Kimono-Spring
Jeff Klinker submitted Story Inn Winter and Snow-Covered Bridge

L

Abby Laux submitted Living Light
Wyatt LeGrand submitted Together
Judith Lewis submitted Black Vase with Melon and Still with Plums

M

Jeanne McLeish submitted Awakening and Soft Rock
C.W. Mundy submitted Plums & a Peach and Onions, Copper Pot & White Pitcher           

N

Pamela Newell submitted Blanc Delicats, Autumn Harvest and Winter Afternoon
Chris Newlund submitted Don's World, The Human Condition and All in a Day's Work

O

James Oblack submitted The Turn-Around.

P

Dale Popovich submitted Steam Drenched Harbor, Blue Lapis Waters, and Autumn Dance of Colors.

R

Mark Ratzlaff submitted Upper and High St. and Last Light
Todd Reifers submitted Shoreline, Crystal Lake and Lakeside
Patricia J. Rhoden Bartels submitted Dusk
Thom Robinson submitted The View, Winter at Story and Strahl Lake Fall
Cheryle Rol submitted Peppers
Lawrence Rudolech submitted Left to Stand Alone, Girls Day Out and My Original Wonderland     
Douglas Runyan submitted While the Sun Shines and A Maine Moment

S

Terri Schultz submitted Still Waitin' and Sunday on the River
Nancy Shake submitted Majestic Ship  and Blue Boat
Donna Shortt submitted Like an Embrace and A Patient Watch
Jerry Smith submitted Pier to Pier, Short Days and Springtime on Wallace Drive

T

Stephanie Paige Thomson submitted Ingrid and The Old and the New.

W

Carol Strock-Wasson submitted Frozen Farm, Last Ray of Light and Winter Tree
Libby Whipple submitted Riding Tandem and Virginia's Woods
April Willy submitted Already Three
Rick Wilson submitted Bovine Moment and Warm and Cozy
Dan Woodson submitted The Paintout and Color on White Water

Sources

Indiana Heritage Arts Forty-First  Exhibition Sale & Catalogue
Brown County Art Gallery