Title Sponsor
Media Sponsor
WNKY 40
Arts Champions
Barbara and John Grider
Scott Gilbert and Beth Hester
Mike and Julie Hinson
Arts Patrons
Ellis-Walker Gallery
McWhorter Chiropractic
Nancy Baird
Ray Buckberry
Sharon Kreke
Tom and Portia Pennington
Arts Allies
WKU League of Sculptors
Marcia J. Brown
David and Laura Lee
James and Anna Jo Johnson
Brent and Holly Oglesbee
Award Sponsors
Art Matters The New School
ArtWorks, Inc.
Ellis-Walker Gallery
Kentucky Forge Council
McWhorter Chiropractic
The World's Greatest Studio Tour
WKU League of Sculptors
Dorothy Grider Art Exhibition Fund
Marilyn Anderson
Kristina Arnold and Charles Hurst
Nancy Baird
Brent Bjorkman and Ann Ferrell
Marcia Brown
Craig and Deborah Browning
Drs. Sam and Mary Evans
Connie and Tom Foster, in memory of Virginia "Ginny" Miller
Charles and Carolyn Hardcastle
Michael and Tiffany Isselhardt
James and Anna Jo Johnson, in memory of Ann T. Travelstead
Sharon Kreke
George and Laurie Kwok
David and Laura Lee
Brent and Holly Oglesbee
Yvonne Petkus and CJ Johansen
Ron and Cathy Rhoades
Joe and Amy Ross
Dr. Bruce and Mrs. Donna Schulte
Nicole and Michael Talley
Richard and Leslie Weigel
2021 Celebration of the Arts Exhibit
US Bank Celebration of the Arts
Online Exhibit HERE
Award Reception Youtube Video HERE
The Kentucky Museum presents a unique art exhibit which is truly a celebration of this region’s art. Any Kentucky resident over the age of 18 and living within 65 miles of Bowling Green was eligible to enter a piece of their original artwork that will be on virtual exhibit for this special show. We are grateful that title sponsor US Bank covered all artists fees for this year's exhibit. Artists submitted their work using an online form and emailed images of their artwork. The work was juried from the digital images artists submitted and monetary awards are given in eight amateur as well as professional categories.
The artwork will only be on exhibit virtually. There will be no artwork on exhibit at the Kentucky Museum.
Thank you to the 227 artists who made work and entered the 2021 Celebration of the Arts during this difficult time of Covid-19. You took time to register and submit your images in a new way. This year’s show includes 83 amateur and 146 professional works. WKU alumni are represented with 41 entries. Twenty eight WKU faculty and staff and 40 WKU students have their work on display as well. The remaining 118 works are from artists in Bowling Green and the surrounding community.
Best of Show
Diagnosis
Yvonne Petkus
World's Greatest Studio Tour Merit Award
All Tore Up
Brenna Pepke
Kentucky Museum Purchase Award
Carnival Variation
Neil Peterie
AMATEUR
1st Ceramics and Glass
Salute to Frank Lloyd Wright
Lynn Hines
2nd Ceramics and Glass
Heart of Passion
Bernadette Rivette
3rd Ceramics and Glass
Garden of Flowers
Joanna Fransen-Gilliam
1st Fiber Arts
Quilt Sampler in Blue
Shelley Stauffer
2nd Fiber Arts
Window of Worship
Jill C. Vaught
1st Mixed Media
Monarch
Rhonda Pryor
2nd Mixed Media
Bad Timing Winter Jude
Jenna Dold
3rd Mixed Media
Game Changer
Leigh Peyton Mikovch
1st Painting
The Old Deacon
Gary Bewley
2nd Painting
Kaos
Cynthia Chaney
1st Photography
An October Dawn
Saundra Amos Cornett
2nd Photography
Short Eared Owl in Flight
Julie Barrick
3rd Photography
Back Alley
Richena Holbert
1st Sculpture
Blooming Iron
Brandon Flowers
2nd Sculpture
RescueBot#9
Steven Haggbloom
3rd Sculpture
Genuine Native American made Traditional Coharie Necklace for "Black Feather" Bone,
Red Tiger Eye, Jasper”
Vickie Ahlers
1st Watercolor
Lilly Meets Slurp
Brenda Roberts
2nd Watercolor
Desert Sunset
Pamela Schmaltz
3rd Watercolor
Appalachia Dreaming
Sharon Wasson
1st Works on Paper
Rocky
Jeffrey Purvis
2nd Works on Paper
Grandfather
Julia Patterson
3rd Works on Paper
Does Anybody Hear Us?
Holly Oglesbee
PROFESSIONAL
1st Ceramics and Glass
I Want to be Free
Paul Johnson
2nd Ceramics and Glass
Fired
Cecilia Morris
3rd Ceramics and Glass
Hope Survives
Kelly Zachary
1st Fiber Arts
Gathered
Beth Hester
2nd Fiber Arts
To leaf or not to leaf
Laura G. McGee
3rd Fiber Arts
Rays of Sunshine
Shelby Riley
1st Mixed Media
Self
Tara Shade
2nd Mixed Media
Apart Together
Alla Gilbert
3rd Mixed Media
Masked Isolation
Ashlyn Crawford
1st Painting
Avedon
Johnai Lerner
2nd Painting
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Christina Scott
3rd Painting
Farm Labor
Alan Vance
1st Photography
Memories Remain
Lesley Montgomery
2nd Photography
Sedona Sunset
Sheila Reeves
3rd Photography
Sacrifice
Margaret Crowder
1st Place Sculpture
Perplessità
Andrew Wielawski
2nd Place Sculpture
Seven Peaks Above the Lake
Jessica Snodgrass
3rd Place Sculpture
Shrine
Scott Gilbert
1st Watercolor
Madonna and Child
Jay Dougherty
2nd Watercolor
Santa Maria dei Frari
Samuel Clay Hunt
3rd Watercolor
Farm Fresh
Katy Scherr
1st Works on Paper
Ghost Pony with the Green Orb
Jonahs Coel
2nd Works on Paper
Vaishnavi (Beauvoir 1949)
Leslie Nichols
3rd Works on Paper
Map of the World
Cynthia Schott
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