“The quality of the work for this show,” wrote juror Kathleen Giles,” was outstanding! We have so many talented members. Once an artist masters the technique of their chosen medium, their creative voice can really shine through. Technique and medium become almost unimportant to the viewer as we are immersed in the artist’s story. There were so many wonderfully original and excellently crafted works. It was an honor to be a judge” 

Our thanks go out to the selection jurors for AWA’s 2019 Spring Online Juried Show: AWA Signature Member Kathleen Giles (NY); Lynn Dates, former Executive Director of 171 Cedar Arts Center (NY); and Cheryl Newby, owner of the the Cheryl Newby Gallery (SC). From a pool of 1,198 incredible works, these jurors selected 108 paintings and sculptures for this year’s show. View the full show HERE.

Cheryl Newby selected the award winners, congratulations one and all!

Grand Prize – $2,000 cash award!
Allure of Kimono by Carla O’Connor
Watercolor & Gouache, 30″ x 22″

Second Prize
Wyld Man by Barbara Dahlstedt, CPSA, CPX
Colored Pencil on Toned Paper, 24″ x 18″

Thrid Prize
Mutual by Stephanie Revennaugh
Bronze, 63″ x 53″ x 18″

Outstanding Still LIfe Award
Morning Shadows by Loren Dibenedetto
Oil, 24″ x 30″

Outstanding Landscape Award
Between Shadows and Lights by Hebe Brooks
Oil, 12″ x 16″

Outstanding Figurative Award
Party of One by Shana Levenson
Oil, 60″ x 40″

Outstanding Sculpture Award
Breakaway by Sandy Graves
Bronze, 19″ x 9″ x 5″

Award of Merit
Wild Blue Yonder by Julie Nighswonger
Oil, 30″ x 40″

Award of Merit
Offering of Strength by Barbara Hack
Oil, 40″ x 30″

Award of Merit
A Force of Nature by Cindy Long
Pencil, 13″ x 10″

Award of Merit
Stairway to Heaven by Lynette Cook
Acrylic, 24″ x 24″

Award of Merit
She Is Me But I Am Not Her by Paige Wallis
Acrylic, 20″ x 16″

Award of Merit
Morning’s Gift by Linda Mutti
Soft pastel, 12″ x 16″

Award of Merit
The Gold Coat by Hope Reis
Oil, 30″ x 24″

Award of Merit
Winter Relic by Susie Seerey-Lester
Acrylic, 16″ x 12″