The State Museum of Pennsylvania Announces Finalists for Annual "Art of the State" Exhibition, Awards Set for June 28
Jun 09, 2015, 03:31 ET
HARRISBURG, Pa., June 9, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Finalists have been announced for "Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2015," an exhibition showcasing the talent, creativity and diversity of Pennsylvania's established and emerging artists.
The 48th annual exhibit opens to the public on Sunday, June 28 at The State Museum of Pennsylvania with an awards ceremony at 1:30 PM and an opening reception immediately following. Admission to The State Museum will be free that day.
The exhibit runs through September 13 and includes 126 works of art by 122 artists from 27 counties. This year's exhibit attracted 1,601 entries from 563 artists.
First, second and third-place honors are awarded in painting, photography, sculpture, craft and work on paper. Cash awards for each category are $500 for first place, $300 for second and $200 for third.
In addition, the William D. Davis Memorial Award for Drawing and The State Museum of Pennsylvania Purchase Award are selected. The work selected for the purchase prize is bought by the State Museum and becomes part of the museum's permanent collection.
Jurors for the exhibition include:
Painting and Work on Paper:
Margaret Winslow, Associate Curator for Contemporary Art
Delaware Art Museum
Photography:
Andargé Asfaw, Photographer, Educator, Author
Silver Spring, Maryland
Three Dimensional Craft and Sculpture:
Professor Dustin Davis, Department of Visual Arts
Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland
Art of the State 2015 Awards Juror:
Catherine Prescott, Adjunct Professor of Visual Arts,
Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
The exhibit is co-sponsored by The State Museum and Jump Street. Together the organizations present more than $6,500 in cash awards to the winners.
Jump Street is a Harrisburg-based non-profit organization dedicated to developing educational and economic opportunities with the arts for all age groups.
The State Museum of Pennsylvania, adjacent to the State Capitol in Harrisburg, is one of 25 historic sites and museums administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission as part of the Pennsylvania Trails of History®. The State Museum offers expansive collections interpreting Pennsylvania's fascinating heritage.
With exhibits examining the dawn of geologic time, the Native American experience, the colonial and revolutionary eras, a pivotal Civil War battleground, and the Commonwealth's vast industrial age, The State Museum demonstrates that Pennsylvania's story is America's story.
Museum hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for senior citizens (ages 65 and up), and $4 for children (ages 1-11).
For more information about the museum, visit www.statemuseumpa.org.
MEDIA CONTACT: Howard Pollman 717-705-8639
Artists selected to exhibit at the 2015 "Art of the State" competition are listed by county:
Adams
Carol Foerster
Tim Hirneisen
Sharon Pierce McCullough
Joh Ricci
Theodore Scarpino
Dennis Steinauer
Allegheny
Crystal Armagost
Rae Gold
Mike Korsak
Maria Mangano
Ceres Rangos
Shawn Watrous
Berks
Edward Babiarz
Eileen Finegan
Franklin Fretz
James Maria
Sharon Merkel
Steve Scheuring
Don Weaver
Blair
Allen Capriotti
Bucks
Reena Brooks
Chung Chak
Dorine Lerner
Donna Lovely
Lisa McGovern
Hilary Peirce
Csilla Sadloch
Cambria
Kathleen Kase Burk
Centre
Jean Forsberg
Bill Seay
Phillip Sollman
Jeanne Stevens-Sollman
Xiong Xuan
Chester
Mark Bockrath
James Evangelista
Monique Kendikian-Sarkessian
Jennifer Nilsen
Donna Usher
Crawford
Chuck Johnson
Cumberland
Linda Benzon
Jocelyn Carpenter
Geraldine Clark
John Corcoran
Ward Davenny
Elwood Derricks
Nicole Dube
Gay Foltz
Brenton Good
Richard Harrison
Marvin Israel
Bernard LeVan
Gay McGeary
Michael Munchel
Diane Peresie
Theodore Van Pelt
Shawn Williams
Erma Martin Yost
Harold Zabady
Dauphin
Anita Chesek
Karen Commings
Peter Kornweiss
Bryson Leidich
Jason Lyons
Jeff Wiles
Delaware
Lisa Burger-Lentz
Ellen Cooper
Lauren Litwa Holden
Alan Soffer
Erie
Passle Helminski
Tom Hubert
Fayette
Bill Snyder
Jefferson
Kyle Yates
Lancaster
Becky Blosser
Denny Bond
Line Bruntse
Daniel Burns
Wendy Edsall-Kerwin
Teri Hay
Edwin Huddle
Jennifer MacNeill
Sue Reno
Jason Thompson
John Tracy
Lebanon
Michael Allen
Meghan Baum
Lehigh
Anna Chupa
Jason Travers
Peter Treiber
Montgomery
Laszlo Bagi
Ellen Carver
Chris Cox
Constance Culpepper
Kass Morin Freeman
Lorrain Glessner
Robert Hakun
Barbara Handler
Nancy Neill
Cathy Rappeport
Dganit Zauberman
Drew Zimmerman
Northumberland
Cheryl Fallon
Perry
Craig Cully
Philadelphia
Linda Lee Alter
Constance Cone
Claudia Eckel
Paul Hamanaka
Emily Squires Levine
Martha Kent Martin
Michael Pavol
Robert Reinhardt
James Rose
Ira Upin
Jon Weary
Schuylkill
Robert Stickloon
Union
Pamela Souders
Wayne
Ellen Silberlicht
Wyoming
Kevin Vogrin
York
James Crowley
Richard Hoff
Charles Hubbard
Jo Margolis
Bruce Stank
SOURCE Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission