47th Elkhart Juried Regional
Call for Entries! September 2 through 13, 2025
On View from October 4 through December 31, 2025
The Elkhart Juried Regional 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.
The Elkhart Juried Regional has become an important survey of the very best of what is happening currently in Michiana. It marks forty-plus years of providing artists in northern Indiana and southern Michigan an opportunity to show their work and compete for cash awards. Since 1979, the museum has provided over $750,000 in award monies to regional artists.
It is through your contributions that the Midwest Museum of American Art is assured of continuing its commitment to excellence, year-round operation, and support of our regional artist community.
2024 Awards
Juror Awards
Jack & Karen Cittadine Best of Show
Making Decision, graphite
Jerry Ginther, Rochester, IN
Best Painting
Forgotten War, painting
Mark Shubert, Osceola, IN
Best Photography
Chicago DNC Protest, photograph
Vasilisa Kiselevich, Buchanan, MI
Best Sculpture
Pinky Promise, sculpture
Heidi Bailey, Warsaw, IN
Best Ceramic
Uprising, ceramic
Norah Ruth Amstutz, South Bend, IN
Best Drawing
Jacob Wrestling the Angel at Night, drawing
Randy Horst, Goshen, IN
Best Mixed Media or Fiber
Nightwatch, fiber
Denise Tackett, Stevensville, MI
Jurors Honorable Mention
The Peony Garden, oil
Kei Constantinov, Michigan City, IN
Jurors Honorable Mention
Queen Beatrix, 2024, ceramic
Norbert Shimkus, South Bend, IN
Jurors Honorable Mention
Going to Work, 2024, photograph
Freidric Slabach, Topeka, IN
William & Jeanne Batten Memorial Merit Award for Sculpture (Donated by The Batten Sisters & Grandchildren)
The Stoop, wood and quartz
Clifford Logan, Goshen, IN
Jane Burns Memorial Award for Artistic Expression (Donated by The Burns Family)
Teapot, earthenware
Justin Rothshank, Goshen, IN
Jonas Howard Memorial Merit Award for Painting (Donated by Brian & Lisa Byrn)
High on a Windy Hill, oil
Nancy Klopfenstein, North Liberty, IN
Well Crafted Elkhart County Merit Award (Donated by the Elkhart County CVB)
Radiance, acrylic
Kamika Perry, Elkhart, IN
Ken & Kathy Zienty Merit Award for Mixed Media (Donated by Ken & Kathy Zienty)
Mother Goosed, mixed media
Marcia Sindone, North Liberty, IN
$900 Purchase Award Patrons/Artists
Jennifer Abrell & Dr. Gordon Hughes
Resting Beauty, metal
Sunday Mahaja, Goshen, IN
Steve Bollero
Linear Compilation, mixed media
Mary Burke, Berrien Springs, MI
Dr. Terry Bryant
Box of Chocolates, acrylic
Nektaria Mattheos, Granger, IN
Dr. Daniel & Dr. Linda Burns
Wood is also it’s Memoir, wood
Mark Wagner, Niles, MI
Dr. Rick & Cindy Burns
Portrait of Brian Byrn, fiber
Joel Fremion, Ossian, IN
Jack & Karen Cittadine
Figure Fantasy, acrylic
Thomas Zuber, New Paris, IN
Stan & June Disher
Healing, ceramic
Eric Kaufman, Goshen, IN
Connie Fulmer
Changing Scenery, oil
Marcy Mitchell, Dowagiac, MI
Joe Greenlee
Waren Dunes, Michigan, acrylic
Gerri Govert, Crown Point, IN
Bill & Mary Kuhn
Windswept, acrylic
Gerri Govert, Crown Point, IN
Wade Mayberry
Morning Walk, oil
Stephen Verace, Elkhart, IN
Scott & Kristin Mereness
On Golden Pond, oil
Gwen Gutwein, Fort Wayne, IN
Tim & Meg Shelly
The Band Plays On, oil and cold wax
Thomas Fehlner, Notre Dame, IN
Tom Soper
The Paper Bouquet, oil
Alan Larkin, South Bend, IN
Jack & Angie Welter
Sculpture Vessel, stoneware
William Kremer, Cassopolis, MI
Jon & Meghan Wenger
Tsubo, stoneware
Dick Lehman, Goshen, IN
$700 Purchase Award Patrons/Artists
John & Nicole Disher
Tree Hugger, oil
Hilarie Couture, Fort Wayne, IN
$500 Purchase Award Patrons/Artists
Mary Feddersen Memorial Purchase Award for Photography (Given by Susan Lehman & Connie Minzey)
Ice Fisherman, photograph
Alan Ediger, Goshen, IN
Susan Henshaw
Tlaloc y Mishipeshu, linocut and paint pen
Ramiro Rodriguez, South Bend, IN
Ruth Rosenbaum Memorial Purchase Award
Forgotten War, painting
Mark Shubert, Osceola, IN
Warrick & Boyn, LLP
Fall, St Mary’s Lake, oil and cold wax
Thomas Fehlner, Notre Dame, IN