Michiana Annual Art Competition Prize Winners Announced

Michiana Annual Art Competition Prize Winners Announced

by | May 10, 2022 | Box Factory Member News, Box Factory News, Exhibitions

The artwork of more than 130 regional artists has been accepted in the Michiana Annual Arts Competition (MAAC in the Box) and will be on exhibit in the Box Factory for the Arts galleries, 1101 Broad St., beginning on May 13 and continuing through July 3rd. The galleries are open Wednesdays-Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with extended hours on Thursdays until 7 p.m.

Awards will be presented to artists during a reception on May 13 from 5:30-7 p.m. Music will be provided by Matt Lenny and the Breakdown band. Light refreshments and a cash bar will be available. The event is free and open to the public.
 
Thea Grigsby, who served as the MAAC judge, will offer comments about this year’s exhibit. She has managed museums and galleries, including the South Haven Center for the Arts, the Holland Museum and the Hearst Art Gallery in California. Prior to her non-profit work, she had a 20-year career in graphic design developing creative graphic software in Silicon Valley

The Best of Show award of $1,000 is sponsored by the Southwestern Michigan Tourist Council. It goes to Miranda Heward of Bridgman for her drawing “Life is Strange.”

Providing the $200 category awards are: Foster Swift Collins and Smith, Krasl Art Center, DeVries Insurance Agency, MailMax, Cooper and Associates, CPAS, Gast Family Farm, The Aware Lab for Movement and Creativity, and Bryan Lubeck.

The category winners are:
Laurel Kuehl, Kalamazoo – Drawing – “Winter Blooms”
David Baker, St. Joseph – Water Media – “Storm”
Marcy Mitchell, Dowagiac – Oil – “Making Sense of Time”
Yehudit Newman, Berrien Springs – Fiber Arts – “Hope and Fury”
Andy Sawyer, St. Joseph – Black and White Photography – “Resiliency 1”
Carly Norris – Niles – Color Photography – “Equilibrium of Decay – Triptych”
Douglas LaFerle – St. Joseph – 3-D/Sculpture, Ceramics/Glass – “Earth, Wind, Rain, Fire”
Kathleen Thometz – St. Joseph – Pop-Up-Assemblage/Collage – “Gray Room”

Honorable mention awards also go to:
Mary Firtl, South Bend – Drawing – “Nature Entwined”
Robert Briggs, St, Joseph, – Water Media – “The Befallen”
Rebecca Hungerford, St. Joseph – Oil – “A Night Out”
Laurel Izard, Michigan City – Fiber Arts – “5 of Wands”
Nathan Harrmann, St. Joseph – Black and White Photography -“Braids”
John Gatto, Stevensville – Color Photography – “Relics of Michigan Avenue, Benton Harbor”
Becky Rotter, Sodus – 3-D/Sculpture, Ceramics, Glass – “Garden Passage”
Teri Starosta, St. Joseph – Pop-Up/Assemblage/Collage – “Love and Lies”

Miranda Heward, Bridgman – Best of Show-
“Life is Strange.”
Laurel Kuehl, Kalamazoo – Drawing –
“Winter Blooms”

David Baker, St. Joseph – Water Media – “Storm”
Marcy Mitchell, Dowagiac – Oil –
“Making Sense of Time”
Yehudit Newman, Berrien Springs – Fiber Arts – “Hope and Fury”
Andy Sawyer, St. Joseph – Black and White Photography – “Resiliency 1”
Carly Norris – Niles – Color Photography – “Equilibrium of Decay – Triptych”
Douglas LaFerle – St. Joseph – 3-D/Sculpture, Ceramics/Glass – “Earth, Wind, Rain, Fire”
Kathleen Thometz – St. Joseph – Pop-Up-Assemblage/Collage – “Gray Room”


For more on this and other Box Factory events, visit the Box online at https://boxfactoryforthearts.org or on Facebook at https://facebook.com/boxfactoryarts.