FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: September 3, 2025
CONTACT PERSON: EMILY COLUCCI PEAK, VISUAL ARTS COORDINATOR
SUBJECT: The 32nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition at The Thyen-Clark Cultural Center
EXHIBIT DATES: SEPTEMBER 4 – NOVEMBER 23, 2025
OPENING RECEPTION & AWARDS: Thursday, September 4th, 2025, from 5-7pm
Jasper Arts is pleased to announce its 32nd ANNUAL JURIED ART EXHIBITION at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center. The show runs from September 4 – November 23, 2025. 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 4th, 2025.
$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 – Tania Michelle Wineglass is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and curator based in Indianapolis, with over two decades of experience in the visual arts. Her work—rooted in painting, mixed media, and ceramics—focuses on themes of identity, healing, and cultural heritage, with a strong emphasis on the experiences of Black women. Inspired early in life by Mari Evans’ poem “I Am a Black Woman,” Wineglass creates in powerful series such as Legacy, My Healing Heart, and AfroPunk, the latter incorporating underglazes on ceramic plates to explore Afrofuturist expression.
Her work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions across the country, including at Newfields: Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, and Kente Royal Gallery in Harlem. She has curated and co-curated numerous exhibitions, created large-scale public murals, and illustrated published books. Wineglass holds a Master of Arts with a focus on ceramics and painting, and brings a thoughtful, community-driven lens to both her art and her curatorial work. As a juror, she brings a deep appreciation for storytelling, technical excellence, and emotional authenticity in visual art.
Artists selected by the Juror for the exhibit are:
From Indiana
Alyssa Harlow – Jasper, IN; Ann Kissel – Jasper, IN; Ashlee Knight – Corydon, IN; Beth Schnellenberger – Jasper, IN; Bill Whorrall – Shoals, IN; Chester Geiselman – Muncie, IN; Christina Robinson – Evansville, IN; Conn d Y McConaughy – Newburgh, IN; Curtis Uebelhor – Ferdinand, IN; Donna Curry – Westfield, IN; Eric Harmon – Paoli, IN; Jacob Abshire – Indianapolis, IN; Jeannie Worley – Evansville, IN; John Puffer – Vincennes, IN; Kara Cullen – Bicknell, IN; Kazhia Kolb – Saint Meinrad, IN; Larkin Cook – Bloomington, IN; Lesley Nelson – Evansville, IN; Lori Morton – Washington, IN; Michelle Parker – Magnet, IN; Renee Segovia – Loogootee, IN; Simon Sanders – Jasper, IN; Stacy Graan – Jasper, IN; Mary Reisz – Jasper, IN; Wade Bell – Jasper, IN
From Kentucky
David Hamilton – Owensboro, KY; Holly Oglesbee – Bowling Green, KY; Randy Simmons – Paducah, KY
From Ohio
Debrah Butler – Kent, OH
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 Arts is a department of the City of Jasper. Jasper Arts 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.