Celebration of the Arts Exhibit
Kentucky Museum - 2019 Celebration of the Arts Exhibit
March 2 - April 5
Tuesday - Saturday, 9am - 4pm
The US Bank Celebration of the Arts Exhibit is an open art show featuring the work
of professional as well as amateur artists working within a 65 mile radius of Bowling
Green, KY. The work is judged and awards are given.
There is a lot to see in the 2019 exhibit. This year’s show has 191 entries of which 63 are amateur and 128 are professional works. WKU alumni are well represented with 48 entries. There are 28 WKU faculty and staff, and 25 WKU students who have their work on display as well as 90 artists in Bowling Green and the surrounding community.
AWARDS
Kentucky Museum Purchase Award
Shelley Stauffer
Ohio Star
Best of Show
Lynette Frey Haggbloom
Compressed
World's Greatest Studio Tour Merit Award
Steven Clay
Eye of the Storm
HM Ceramics and Glass
Betsy Shoenfelt
All-Star Bowl
HM Watercolor
Betsy Shoenfelt
All-Star Bowl
AMATEUR
1st Fiber Arts
Shelley Stauffer
Ohio Star
1st Mixed Media
Diana McQuady
Before and After
2nd Mixed Media
Abigail Coffell
Intricacies
1st Painting
Joseph Larson
On the Way to James's
2nd Painting
Kim Spradlin Hanna
Stop Sign
3rd Painting
William Schinkler
Untitled
1st Photography
Jan Trabue
Fox in the Golden Hour
2nd Photography
Mark Titschinger
Turning Point
1st Sculpture
Steve Huskey
Two Toms Tangled in a Territorial Tussle
1st Works on Paper
Jeffrey Purvis
Ruger
2nd Works on Paper
Laura DeLancey
Cascadia
3rd Works on Paper
Janie Hunt
Jungkook BTS
PROFESSIONAL
1st Ceramics and Glass
Lynette Frey Haggbloom
Compressed
2nd Ceramics and Glass
Donna Schulte
Eastern Gorilla (Gorilla beringei) - Critically Endangered
3rd Ceramics and Glass
Greg Strange
Broken Shield
PROFESSIONAL Cont.
1st Fiber Arts
Lynne Ferguson
Bird Weave II
2nd Fiber Arts
McKenna Webb
Autumnal Harvest
3rd Fiber Arts
Colleen Hathaway
Waves III
1st Mixed Media
Lynn Robertson
"Ground Zero"
2nd Mixed Media
Bob Brigl
A Melville Landmark
3rd Mixed Media
Charlotte Brindley
The Wailing Cry of the World (Justice Has Forsaken Me)
1st Painting
Sydney Herndon
Scurry
2nd Painting
Matthew Fleishman
Creatures
3rd Painting
Connie Erickson
The Scotsman
1st Photography
Sheila Reeves
Morning Blues
2nd Photography
Carelissa Young
Kara
3rd Photography
Lauren Milliken
Joy Ride
1st Sculpture
Elizabeth Hoffman
Invaded
2nd Sculpture
Michael Wheatley
Eden
3rd Sculpture
David Marquez
Window 002
1st Watercolor
Steven Clay
Eye of the Storm
2nd Watercolor
Jay Dougherty
Turtle Spotting
1st Works on Paper
Judith E. Gray
The Decorative Approach to a Deliberate Fiction
2nd Works on Paper
Anika Mosby
Fever Dream
3rd Works on Paper
Samuel Clay Hunt
Reflections on a Lisbon Street
Title Sponsor
Champion of the Arts
Brent M. Stinnett, Attorney at Law
Mike and Leigh Harper
Mike and Julie Hinson
Tom and Portia Pennington
Patron of the Arts
Barbara and John Grider
Sharon Kreke
David and Laura Harper Lee
Friend of the Arts
Nancy Baird
Bente Swenson, Ryan and Bonnie Hannibal Reed, and Wendy Hannibal Astell, in memory of Richard Hannibal
Marcia J. Brown
Drs. Sam and Mary Evans
Corporate Capital Consulting
McWhorter Chiropractic
The World’s Greatest Studio Tour
Media Sponsor
WNKY 40
Award Sponsors
Ann Ferrell and Brent Bjorkman
Art Matters Studio and Gallery
ArtWorks, Inc.
Bob and Vicki Fitch
Brent and Holly Oglesbee
Charles and Carolyn Hardcastle
Connie and Tom Foster, in memory of Mrs. Virginia B. Miller
Craig and Deborah Browning
David and Laura Harper Lee
Dr. Raymond Cravens
Ellis-Walker Gallery
Friends of the Kentucky Museum
George and Laurie Kwok
Jack and Lesley Montgomery
James and Anna Jo Johnson, in memory of Ann T. Travelstead
Kate Hudepohl
Kentucky Forge Council
Kristina Arnold and Charles Hurst
Marcia J. Brown
Marilyn Anderson
Michael and Leslie Nichols
Michal and Tiffany Isselhardt
Mike and Leigh Harper
Nancy Baird
Nicole and Michael Talley
Ray Buckberry
Rick and Carol DuBose
Ron and Jennifer Wilson
Sam and Mary Evans
Sharon Kreke
The World's Greatest Studio Tour
WKU League of Sculptors
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