43rd Elkhart Juried Regional
2021. This all-media competition is open to artists 18 years and older who are residents of Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Huntington, Jasper,
Kosciusko, Lake, LaGrange, LaPorte, Marshall, Newton, Noble, Porter, Pulaski, St. Joseph, Starke, Steuben, Wabash or Whitley counties
in Indiana and Berrien, Branch, Cass, or St. Joseph counties in Michigan. Entries accepted: September 7-18, 2021. Judging: September 19, 2021. Notifications Mailed: September 20, 2021. Each entrant may submit one (1) or two (2) works which must be original in concept and execution, created within the last two (2) years, not completed under instruction and not previously exhibited at the Midwest Museum or any other competition within the region. An entry fee of $25 for one (1) work or $40 for two (2) works applies.
2020 Award Winners
Tim Ackerson, Edwardsburg, MI Apollo, wood Jim Rieckhoff Purchase Award
Mary Amador, Goshen, IN What Holds You Together?, mixed media BEST MIXED MEDIA AWARD
Heidi Bailey, Warsaw, IN Fairy Tales are Subject to Decay, mixed media JACK & KAREN CITTADINE BEST OF SHOW
Roni Balthes, Elkhart, IN A Sunday Afternoon at the Art Institute, acrylic BEST PAINTING AWARD
Diane Beecher, Granger, IN Farmers Friend, oil on porcelain Steve & Jane Poe Purchase Award
John Blosser, Goshen, IN Second Visitation, watercolor Craig Gibson Purchase Award
Stephanie Carnell, Porter, IN Thus It Began, solarplate etching BEST PRINTMAKING AWARD
Cynthia Cooper, Middlebury, IN Buddha, stoneware Scott & Kristin Mereness Purchase Award We Are One, stoneware John & Nicole Disher Purchase Award
Frances Cox, Michiana Shores, IN
Fruit Bowl with Ribbon, oil
Susan & Mark Henshaw Purchase Award
Kimberly DeNolf, South Bend, IN Sunset on Angela, oil Jonas Howard Memorial Merit Award for Painting
Patrick Dillon, Goshen, IN Crazy, mixed wood Jack & Karen Cittadine Purchase Award
Lea Goldman, South Bend, IN Beauty, mixed media Steve & Traci Bollero Purchase Award
Danny Graber, Elkhart, IN Nestled in Winter Quiet, digital photo Mary Feddersen Memorial Purchase Award
Abner Hershberger, Goshen, IN
Field Disc, mixed media
Drs. Dan & Linda Burns Purchase Award
Todd Hoover, South Bend, IN Teach Your Children, digital photo BEST PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
Suzanne Koenigsberg, Union Pier, MI
Platter (blue), ceramic
Cornerstone CPA Group, LLP Purchase Award
Bill Kremer, Cassopolis, MI
Sculptural Vessel #1, stoneware Steve Gruber Purchase Award Sculptural Vessel #2, stoneware John & Sharon Feddersen Purchase Award
Marilyn Kruger, Akron, IN
Sweet Temptations, acrylic Liz Borger Purchase Award
Tuck Langland, Elkhart, IN
Frederick Douglass, urethane
Stan & June Disher Purchase Award
Dick Lehman, Goshen, IN Twice-fired, side-fired Tall Jar, stoneware Dr. Terry Bryant Purchase Award
Susan Lehman, Elkhart, IN Clouds and Dragons, paper collage Patty Brotherson Purchase Award
Richard Lemberg, Syracuse, IN
Sandhill Crane, steel Dr. Wes Mark & Dr. Mary Harder Purchase Award Batten Memorial Merit Award for Sculpture
Marcy Rowe Mitchell, Dowagiac, MI Pink Apron, acrylic Tim & Meg Shelly Purchase Award
Dora Natella, Granger, IN
Calliope, terra-cotta
BEST CERAMIC AWARD
Olga Orlovska-Soaltys, St. Joseph, MI Sunflower Paradise, reverse painting on glass Dr. Malcolm Webber Purchase Award
Louise Pappageorge, Three Oaks, MI Black Widow, mixed media BEST SCULPTURE AWARD
Susan Ring, North Manchester, IN
Hoosier Haybunk, oil
Warrick & Boyn LLP Purchase Award
Justin Rothshank, Goshen, IN Jar, wood-fired ceramic Bill & Mary Kuhn Purchase Award
Efrain Saune, Elkhart, IN
Red-tailed Hawk, diamond willow wood
Isabell Bassett Purchase Award
Mark Shubert, Osceola, IN Da Vinci Machine, assemblage Ken & Kathy Zienty Mixed Media Award
Michael Tudor, Elkhart, IN
Planked Bench, walnut wood
Dr. Rick & Cindy Burns Purchase Award
Earl Vandygriff, Granger, IN
Evening Finale, photograph
Jennifer Abrell & Dr. Gordon Hughes Purchase Award
Mark Wagner, Niles, MI Knotingham Pond, wood
John Follmer Purchase Award
Kathy Zentz, Plymouth, IN Morning Glow, fabric collage Robert Weed Corporation Purchase Award