Juried show presents a variety of quality art pieces
Two New Ulm artists won top awards at the Springfield Juried Art Show that opened with an reception the evening of October 21.
Ruth Lindemann’s art piece, Bean Fields Near Courtland, painted in watercolors on rice paper, earned her the grand prize award and $500 cash.
Robyn Sand Anderson earned the first-place award and a $400 cash prize with her acrylic painting titled, In God’s Image.
Comfrey native Nicholas Schleif, produced an acrylic painting with gunpowder burns titled Haunted but Healing that ward the second prize award and $300 cash.
Honorable Mention with $150 cash awards went to Annette Hartzel for her mixed media art piece titled, Edgy; Lance Hartzel, New Ulm, with his clay art pottery titled, Sonoran Black on Black; and David Gross, Glenwood, an acrylic/air brush painting of his granddaughter titled, Jocelyn Contemplating the Autumn of Summer.
Certificates of Merits along with $75 cash awards went to Marget Floyd with her oil painting, Hanging On,
Pearl Ziegenhagen her watercolor collage, Sedona Sunset
Nan Kaufenberg, linoleum block print /water-color, Country Landscape
June Newburg, oil on masonite, Mystic Birch 2
Molly Schweinfurter, photograph, View of Muttersdorf, Czech Republic
Peggy Tauer, gouache painting, Autumn Light
Sandra Adams, gouache painting, Minnesota Winter
Maurice Yarnold, watercolor painting of St. Johns Church, Sleepy eye
Clayton Huebert, cast iron sculpture, Bird in the Hand, and
Don Meier, stained glass, Carnival Glass Plate.
Gail Holinka, art instructor at Worthington High School and Minnesota West Community College, was judge. She earned her Art Education degree in 1996 and a Master’s Degree in Education and Leadership in 1998, from Southwest State University. She currently teaches art full-time at the Worthington Senior High School and also taught Art at Minnesota West Community and Technical College from 2001-2013.
Holinka believes art education should not be confined to the walls of a classroom, but should be the active, breathing fabric of any thriving community. “Artists create to share with others,” she says, “and we have much to learn from one another in our diverse communities.”
The show, hosted by the Springfield Public Library, was financially supported by a grant from the Pieschel Family Foundation.
The art is on display in the Altermatt Gallery at the Springfield Public Library. The public is invited to stop by and view the art during library hours through Nov. 25.