There was a lot to see in the 2019 US Bank Celebration of the Arts exhibit. This year’s show featured 191 entries, with 63 in the amateur division and 128 in the professional category. The following are the award winners for 2019.
BEST OF SHOW
Lynette Frey Haggbloom
Compressed
Ellis Walker Gallery
World’s Greatest Studio Tour Merit Award
Merit Award
Steven Clay
Eye of the Storm
The World’s Greatest Studio Tour
Kentucky Museum
Purchase Award
Shelley Stauffer
Ohio Star
Bob and Vicki Fitch
David and Laura Harper Lee
Brent and Holly Oglesbee
Charles and Carolyn Hardcastle
David and Laura Harper Lee
Jack and Lesley Montgomery
Michael and Tiffany Isselhardt
Ray Buckberry
Ron and Jennifer Wilson
Amateur Fiber Arts
First Place Award
Shelley Stauffer
Ohio Star
Ann Ferrell and Brent Bjorkman
Amateur Mixed Media
First Place Award
Diana McQuady
Before and After
Kristina Arnold and Charles Hurst
Amateur Mixed Media
Second Place Award
Abigail Coffell
Intricacies
Marilyn Anderson
Amateur Painting
First Place Award
Joseph Larson
On the Way to James’s
Ray Buckberry
Amateur Painting
Second Place Award
Kim Spradlin Hanna
Stop Sign
Rick and Carol DuBose
Amateur Painting
Third Place Award
William Schlinker
Untitled
George and Laurie Kwok
Amateur Photography
First Place Award
Jan Trabue
Fox in the Golden Hour
Nicole and Michael Talley
Amateur Photography
Second Place Award
Mark Titschinger
Turning Point
Brent and Holly Oglesbee
Amateur Photography
Third Place Award
Patricia Haley
La Tulipe Solare’
Sharon Kreke
Amateur Sculpture
First Place Award
Steve Huskey
Two Toms Tangled in a Territorial Tussle
Kentucky Forge Council
Amateur Works on Paper
First Place Award
Jeffrey Purvis
Ruger
Mike and Leigh Harper
Amateur Works on Paper
Second Place Award
Laura DeLancey
Cascadia
James & Anna Jo Johnson in memory of Ann T. Travelstead
Amateur Works on Paper
Third Place Award
Janie Hunt
Jungkook BTS
David and Laura Harper Lee
Professional Ceramics & Glass
First Place Award
Lynette Frey Haggbloom
Compressed
Kate Hudepohl
Professional Ceramics & Glass
Second Place Award
Donna Schulte
Eastern Gorilla (Gorilla beringei) – Critically Endangered
ArtWorks, Inc.
Professional Ceramics & Glass
Third Place Award
Greg Strange
Broken Shield
David and Laura Harper Lee
Professional Fiber Arts
First Place Award
Lynne Ferguson
Bird Weave II
David and Laura Harper Lee
Professional Fiber Arts
Second Place Award
McKenna Webb
Autumnal Harvest
Anonymous
Professional Fiber Arts
Third Place Award
Colleen Hathaway
Waves III
Sharon Kreke
Professional Mixed Media
First Place Award
Lynn Robertson
“Ground Zero”
Art Matters Studio and Gallery
Professional Mixed Media
Second Place Award
Bob Brigl
A Melville Landmark
Sharon Kreke
Professional Mixed Media
Third Place Award
Charlotte Brindley
The Wailing Cry of the World (Justice Has Forsaken Me)
Sam and Mary Evans
Professional Painting
First Place Award
Sydney Herndon
Scurry
Mike and Leigh Harper
Professional Painting
Second Place Award
Matthew Fleishman
Creatures
The World’s Greatest Studio Tour
Professional Painting
Third Place Award
Connie Erickson
The Scotsman
James & Anna Jo Johnson in memory of Ann T. Travelstead
Professional Photography
First Place Award
Sheila Reeves
Morning Blues
Craig and Deborah Browning
Professional Photography
Second Place Award
Carelissa Young
Kara
ArtWorks, Inc.
Professional Photography
Third PlaceAward
Lauren Milliken
Joy Ride
Sam and Mary Evans
Professional Sculpture
First Place Award
Elizabeth Hoffman
Invaded
Nancy Baird
Professional Sculpture
Second Place Award
Michael Wheatley
Eden
Michael and Leslie Nichols
Professional Sculpture
Third Place Award
David Marquez
Window 002
WKU League of Sculptors
Professional Watercolor
First Place Award
Steven Clay
Eye of the Storm
Connie and Tom Foster in memory of Mrs. Virginia B. Miller
Professional Watercolor
Second Place Award
Jay Dougherty
Turtle Spotting
Ellis Walker Gallery
Professional Works on Paper
First Place Award
Judith E. Gray
The Decorative Approach to a Deliberate Fiction
Kate Hudepohl
Professional Works on Paper
Second Place Award
Anika Mosby
Fever Dream
Ellis Walker Gallery
Professional Works on Paper
Third Place Award
Samuel Clay Hunt
Reflections on a Lisbon Street
Dr. Raymond Cravens
Ceramics & Glass
Honorable Mention
Betsy Shoenfelt
All-Star Bowl
Brent and Holly Oglesbee
Watercolor
Honorable Mention
Gail Stuart
Poppy’s Pond
Marcia J. Brown
The exhibition will be on display until April 5, 2019. For more information about the art show or other upcoming events, visit wku.edu/kentuckymuseum.
