One Owensboro man claimed the top prize and another came in 3rd in the Owensboro Art Guild’s 62nd Annual Juried Exhibition.
Patrick Bennett earned the Best in Show Award with “Going Through Life on a Horse Named Nowhere,” a work in mixed media.
Evansville’s Carolyn Roth won the 1st Place award (technically ranking second behind Best in Show) for “Thoughts and Feelings,” a collage painting. Joe Overby, of Owensboro, received the 2nd Place award for “A Mile High Sandia Christmas,” an oil on linen panel.
The 3rd Place award went to Curtis Uebelhor, of Ferdinand, Indiana, for “Elegy,” a work in mixed media. Six Honorable Mentions were distributed by the jurors to Roy Ruiz Clayton, Kazhia Kolb, Rob Millard-Mendez, Lesley Nelson, Kathie Sauer, and Larry Simpson.
Eighty artists from Kentucky and surrounding states competed in the exhibition, which on display at the Owensboro Museum of Fine Art.
The panel of judges includes Kristina Arnold, an artist and educator working at Western Kentucky University as Department Chair, Professor, and Gallery Director; Bill Whorrall, a contemporary artist based in Shoals, Indiana; and Antje Gamble, an associate professor of Art History in the Department of Art & Design at Murray State University. The panel juried the exhibition to 58 works and selected 10 merit awards.
The exhibition will continue through May 10 and will be open during regular museum hours, which are Tuesday–Friday from 12 to 5 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday from 1-4 p.m. Admission is free but donations of $3 for adults and $2 for children are encouraged.
The Owensboro Art Guild is Kentucky’s oldest continuing visual arts organization operated by artists and sponsors a variety of exhibition opportunities throughout the year.
