MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: August 30th, 2024
CONTACT PERSON: EMILY COLUCCI PEAK, VISUAL ARTS COORDINATOR
SUBJECT: JCA 31st ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION AND AWARDS
Jasper Community Arts is pleased to announce its 31st ANNUAL JURIED ART EXHIBITION at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center. The show runs from September 5 – November 24, 2024. The exhibit includes a wide variety of media and techniques: watercolor, oil, acrylic, prints, photography, collage, sculpture, ceramics, and graphite. The exhibit consists of two and three-dimensional work. Only artists from Indiana, its contiguous states or former residents could apply.
First Thursday Opening Reception and Awards will be held in the gallery from 5:00 – 7:00pm on Thursday, September 5th, 2024.
$2,000 in prize monies will be awarded in the categories of BEST OF SHOW, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, HIGH HONOR AWARD and five HONORABLE MENTIONS.
Juror – Darryl Halbrooks is an artist, writer and professor emeritus from Eastern Kentucky University as well as visiting professor at East Carolina University. His artwork varies greatly in subject matter and style, ranging from abstract to hyper-real. “My first real duty is to entertain and please myself. If I know the work is good, I can write about tragedy, paint fake religious figures or total abstractions… and have the most fun ever.”
He works every day in his studios in Kentucky or Colorado. His work has been included in over 200 exhibitions, including solo shows at the Huntington (WVA) Museum, the Memphis Museum of Art and elsewhere. His work is represented in many private, public and corporate collections. He is the author of twelve books of fiction and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His artwork and fiction can be viewed at www.darrylhalbrooks.com.
Artists selected by the Juror for the exhibit are:
From Indiana
Andreea Alunei – Bloomington, IN; Ashlee Knight – Corydon, IN; Bill Whorrall – Shoals, IN; Bob Zasadny – Oakland City, IN; Chinaza Ezechikamnayo – Notre Dame, IN; Christina Zimmer Robinson – Evansville, IN; Connie McConaughy – Newburgh, IN; Curt Uebelhor – Ferdinand, IN; Danny Bolton – Spencer, IN; David Cunningham – Indianapolis, IN; Elizabeth Wertman – Holland, IN; Fran Farmer – Sulphur, IN; James Binkley – Jasper, IN; John Marsha – Ferdinand, IN; Kazhia Kolb – Saint Meinrad, IN; Kit Miracle – Birdseye, IN; Leda Arvin – Shoals, IN; Lesley Nelson – Evansville, IN; Lori Morton – Washington, IN; Madison Jung – Jasper, IN; Mary Ann Michna – New Harmony, IN; Rex Robinson – Richland, IN; Sue Tarrant – Santa Claus, IN
From Kentucky
Ashley Brossart – Louisville, KY; Cynthia Woolever Molinari – Louisville, KY; David Hamilton – Owensboro, KY; Gweneth Dunleavy – Louisville, KY; Kathleen Sauer – Prospect, KY; Miriam Forinash – Louisville, KY; Vickie Wheatley – Louisville, KY
From Illinois
Brandon Smith – Carmi, IL; Corrine Smith – Rock Island, IL
From Michigan
Samantha Pajak – Battle Creek, MI
From Virgina
Kelly Nelson – Farmville, VA
The galleries at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center, located at 100 3rd Avenue, Suite A, Jasper, IN 47546, are open to the public Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Saturday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, and Sunday from noon to 3:00 pm. School groups, clubs and students are welcome. Admission is free. Donations appreciated.
For more information, please call 812-482-3070. Jasper Community Arts is a department of the City of Jasper. JCA is supported in part by Friends of the Arts, Inc., the Indiana Arts Commission, The Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, and the National Endowment for the Arts.