Elkhart Juried Regional
This all-media competition is open to artists 18 years and older who are residents of Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Jasper, Kosciusko, Lake, LaGrange, LaPorte, Marshall, Newton, Noble, Porter, Pulaski, St. Joseph, Starke, Steuben or Whitley counties in Indiana and Berrien, Branch, Cass, or St. Joseph counties in Michigan.
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.
Click here for the 2018 prospectus (interactive PDF).
**Please take careful note that the entry form is now 5 pages. This should allow for easy readability and better understanding. You must fill out all pages and bring them with your entries during regular museum hours along with a self-addressed stamped envelope.
Exhibition sponsored by Elkhart County Convention & Visitors Bureau.
40th Elkhart Juried Regional Award Recipients
Photography Courtesy of The Essence of Light Photography (Vasilisa Kiselevich).
Tim Ackerson, Edwardsburg, MI “Native American Animal Guides,” wood Stan & June Disher Purchase Award
Mary Amador, Goshen, IN. “Sometimes I Cry,” mixed media Elkhart Arts Alliance Purchase Award
Jean Bargeron, Ogden Dunes, IN “Ogden Park,” oil Warrick & Boyn Purchase Award
Marvin Bartel, Goshen, IN “Hamper III,” stoneware Connie Fulmer Purchase Award
Tony Bianco, Chesterton, IN
“West of Rush”, acrylic
Michael & Rebecca Kubacki Purchase Award
John Blosser, Goshen, IN “Weeping Cherry-Spring,” watercolor Craig Gibson Purchase Award
Lea Bult, Coloma, MI “Last Light I,” oil Bill & Mary Kuhn Purchase Award
John K. Cassady, Sturgis, MI
“Destination Unknown”, oil on masonite
Jim Rieckhoff Purchase Award
Sharon Chupp, Elkhart, IN
“Envision”, acrylic
Dr. Malcolm Webber Purchase Award
Cynthia Cooper, Middlebury, IN “Fan Coral Movement 1,” ceramic John Disher Purchase Award
Frances Cox, Michiana Shores, IN
“Red Winged Vase”, oil
Drs. Dan & Linda Burns Purchase Award
Steve Creighton, Warsaw, IN “Goblet, Apples and Grapes,” oil Isabell Bassett Purchase Award
Linda Fritschner, Elkhart, IN “Red Wheel Barrow in Winter,” acrylic Jonas Howard Memorial Merit Award
Jerry Ginther, Rochester, IN “Table Waitress,” gouache & graphite Best Drawing Award
Lea Goldman, South Bend, IN
“Some See Angels”, oil
Steve & Traci Bollero Purchase Award
Abner Hershberger, Goshen, IN
“Intersection with White Field,” mixed media
Cornerstone CPA Group Purchase Award
Todd Hoover, South Bend, IN “Zig, Zag, Zick,” digital photograph
John & Sharon Feddersen Purchase Award
Randy Horst, Goshen, IN
“Ruth the Moabite,” mixed media
Best Mixed Media Award
Bill Kremer, Edwardsburg, MI
“Sculptural Vessel #1”, wood-fired stoneware Best Ceramic Award
“Sculptural Vessel #2”, wood-fired stoneware Wes Mark & Mary Harder Purchase Award
Dick Lehman, Goshen, IN
“Kintsugi-Repaired Jar,” wood-fired stoneware David Regan Purchase Award “Lidded Jar,” wood-fired stoneware Rob & Nanci Wirt Purchase Award
Colton Lunt, South Bend, IN “Untitled-1,” ceramic Rick & Cindy Burns Purchase Award “Untitled-2,” ceramic Steve & Jane Poe Purchase Award
Julie Manfredi, Elkhart, IN “Venice Values,” acrylic Brian & Summer King Purchase Award
Cynthia H. Marks, Elkhart, IN “Contemporary Amphora,” ceramic Jack & Karen Cittadine Purchase Award “Carved Vessel with House Wren,” ceramic Matt & Kari Hazelbaker Purchase Award
David Marks, Elkhart, IN “M-22 Barn,” digital photograph Scott & Angie Welter Purchase Award
Tom Meuninck, Walkerton, IN “Hare Raising,” porcelain Mark & Susan Henshaw Purchase Award
John Mishler, Goshen, IN “North Sail,” aluminum & paint Gordon Hughes & Jennifer Abrell Purchase Award
Dora Natella, Granger, IN “Erato,” plaster Jack & Karen Cittadine Best of Show
Julie Neises, Mishawaka, IN
“Duncan: The Endangered Pygmy Rabbit,” bronze
Scott & Kristin Mereness Purchase Award
Bryan Palmer, Goshen, IN “Celestial Passage through the Badlands,” digital photograph Mary Feddersen Memorial Purchase Award
K.D. Sleeper, Elkhart, IN
“Untitled,” wood
Terry Bryant & Liz Elliott Purchase Award
Batten Merit Award for Sculpture
Christian Smith, Elkhart, IN
“Solstice Tear,” mixed media
Jon & Meghan Wenger Purchase Award
Earl Vandygriff, Granger, IN
“Forest Stream,” digital photograph
Best Photography Award
Brotherson Family Purchase Award
Mike Yazel, Mentone, IN
“From the North,” watercolor
Best Painting Award
Kathy Zentz, Plymouth, IN “Just Off the Trail,” fiber collage Robert Weed Corporation Purchase Award
Lina Zerkle, Waterloo, IN “Friends and Family Ties,” fiber & mix. media Ken & Kathy Zienty Mixed Media Award
Thomas Zuber, Osceola, IN
“Storm Series 826,” acrylic
Joe & Yohanna Greenlee Purchase Award
