Congratulations to the award winners of AWA’s 2023 museum exhibition Pushing Forward Reaching Back at Brookgreen Gardens 

The Awards Jurors had an extremely difficult task! Thank you again to jurors Anne Brown, retired Associate Publisher, Streamline Publishing, Kaitee Floyd, owner of Floyd Fine Arts and Robin Salmon, VP of Art and Historical Collections/Curator of Sculpture, Brookgreen Gardens. 

Awards Jurors

GRAND PRIZE AWARD $10,000 funded by

Presenting Sponsor Edmund S. Twining III

Hope by Master Signature member Kirsten Kokkin, Bronze 60x24x32

NAMED AWARDS

AWA PRESIDENT’S AWARD $1,000 funded by Christine Drewyer

Little Flower Girl by Associate with Distinction member Carmen Drake, Oil, 10×13 

CHARLES PRATT AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN ANIMALS $1,000 funded by Anonymous

Aria by Associate member A.G. Markel, Bronze, 19x10x6

CHARLES PRATT AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN STILL LIFE $1,000 funded by Anonymous

Fiori Immortali by Signature member Liane Whittum, Oil, 13×30

KATHLEEN J. SMITH HUMANITY IN ART AWARD $1,000 funded by Angela Mia & Family

The Bond by Signature member Linda Heath Clark, Scratchboard, 5×7

KIM MINICHIELLO MEMORIAL EXCELLENCE IN WATERCOLOR $750 funded by Sandy Delehanty, Miriam Esteve, Laurie Stevens (Please note the jurors did not know the donors when choosing)

Calm Waters by Master Signature member Sandy Delehanty, Watercolor, 18×24

FRANCES TRACHOK MEMORIAL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE $750 funded by Cathryne Trachok & Family

Local Dirt by Master Signature member Elizabeth Pollie, Oil, 30×30

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE $500 each

LANDSCAPE, SEASCAPE OR CITYSCAPE funded by Gleim Criswell Family in loving memory of Mary Zimmerman Criswell

Afternoon Piazza del Popolo by Signature member Michele Usibelli, Oil, 24×18

FIGURATIVE OR PORTRAITURE funded by Mary Ann Cherry

The Blue Butterfly by Signature member Daniela Werneck, Watercolor on Aquabord, 20×20

STILL LIFE funded by Barbara J. Mason

An Essay in Glamour by Signature member Eileen Nistler, Colored Pencil, 11×11

ABSTRACT OR MIXED MEDIA funded by Dr. Saeid Khansarinia

Mythos by Associate with Distinction member Maryann DellaRocco, Colored Pencil, 20×16

SCULPTURE funded by Charles & Paula Holtzclaw

Cat Nap by Master Signature member Rosetta, Bronze, 10×10.5×13

ANIMALS funded by Robin & Raymond King

Helping Hand by Signature member Pokey Park, Bronze, 16x15x9

OPEN FOR JUROR CHOICE funded by Roxanne Fleszar & Michel Appellis

Somewhere Deep by Associate member Megan Aline, Acrylic and Oil, 24×30

OPEN FOR JUROR CHOICE funded by Anonymous

She Moves the Stars by Master Signature member Angela Mia, Bronze, 33x19x10

DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT $250 each

2D Pastel funded by Tracey Norvell

Pleasures of Life by Associate with Distinction member Julie Howard, Soft Pastel, 14×14

2D Oil funded by Cheryl & Fred Newby

Come September by Master Signature member Paula Holtzclaw, Oil, 16×20

2D Oil funded by Robert Lange Studios 

At the Opening by Signature member Gaylynn Ribeira, Oil on Copper, 8×10

2D Watercolor funded by Julia Edmunds in honor of Judy M Edmunds

Life is Having a Spark of Hope by Signature member Kathleen Giles, Watercolor, 22×30

2D Watercolor funded by Kimberley & Jay Rhee

Little Artemis by Associate with Distinction member Arline Mann, Watercolor, 24×24

2D Acrylic funded by Laurie C. Zimmerman

in memory of her parents Mr. & Mrs. Caldwell Thomas Zimmerman

Thumbs Up by Associate with Distinction member Cher Pruys, Acrylic, 10×9

2D Pencil funded by Charleston Artist Collective

Color Runs Through My Veins by Signature member Barbara Dahlstedt, Colored Pencil, 18×24

3D funded by Anonymous

A Moment’s Rest by Master Signature member Kim Kori, Bronze, 5.5x6x3.75

3D funded by Bella Muse Productions

Sought and Found by Master Signature member Diane D. Mason, Bronze,10×11.5×11

OPEN FOR JUROR CHOICE funded by Meyer Vogl Gallery

Can I Get the Door for You by Associate member Grace Athena Flott, Oil on Aluminum Panel, 36×24

OPEN FOR JUROR CHOICE funded by Jeanne Reavis

Moonlight Serenade by Master Signature member Lisa Gleim, Soft Pastel, 30×19

HONORABLE MENTION AWARDS $150 each

OPEN FOR JUROR CHOICE funded by Anonymous

Oasis by Signature member DeAnn Prosia, Printmaking, 12×12

OPEN FOR JUROR CHOICE funded by Anonymous

Bigger Than the Both of Us by Signature member Cathryne Trachok, Oil, 40×30