The annual Members’ Exhibition, currently on display at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, MD, features the artwork of 242 Museum members – the largest in the Museum’s history. The mediums include drawing, painting (oil, acrylic, watercolor), pastel, graphics, photography, mixed media, video art, jewelry, sculpture, and other applications. This year, the Annual Members’ Exhibition was judged by Dennis O’Neil, Professor of Art in the Fine Arts department at George Washington University.
Several awards were given, including the following: The 40th Annual Lee Lawrie Award for best in any medium – Barbara Hennig-Loomis for Rootbound / Be Still my Heart; The 20th Annual Peggy and T. Denton Miller, Jr., Award for excellence in contemporary art in any medium – Grif Bates, Coming Forth by Day; The 38th Annual Samuel Sands Award for work in any medium depicting sporting activities – Norman Bell,Elspeth Ann, Armadale, Scotland; 3rd Annual Best Artwork in the Print Medium (excluding photography) – Alanna Berman, After Party on the Titanic; 2nd Annual M. Susan Stewart Award for best collage – Liz Tepper,Requiem; The 28th Annual A. Brittain Banghart Award for drawing, painting, etching or sculpture depicting the human figure – Laura Era, Turn Your Eyes Upon Him; The 30th Annual Sam Hemming Award for watercolor – Joan Fabbri, Lewes Style Christmas Klompen; The 3rd Annual Ebby Malmgren Artist’s Book Award – Martha Graham, Into the Woods; 7th Annual Learned Peabody Porter Award for excellence in drawing – Jayne Hetherington, Around the Bend; 7th Annual Jane Shannahan Offutt Memorial Award for excellence in painting – Judith Bittorf, Cockey’s Cove Workboat; 5th Annual St. Michaels Art League and Plein Air Painters of the Eastern Shore Award for Best Landscape Painting in Oil, Acrylic or Watercolor – Nancy Tankersley, From the Earth; 8th Annual Clay Guild of the Eastern Shore Award – Cassandra Kabler,Dirt, Mountains, Clouds, Empty Full; The Tidewater Camera Club Award for Excellence in Photography – Mary Konchar, Potters; Ben Franklin Crafts Awards – Marta Holthausen, Snow Laden; Dianne Conniff,Treasures of the Chesapeake; and Katherine Johnson, Joyful Poppy.
The Exhibition runs through September 7, 2015. The Academy Art Museum exhibitions are sponsored by the Talbot County Arts Council and the Maryland State Arts Council. For further information about the Museum’s exhibitions and programs, visit academyartmuseum.org or call 410-822-2787.
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