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Award Winners at AWA’s 2017 Exhibition at the Tucson Desert Art Museum Announced

“The Tucson Desert Art Museum is proud to be a part of history in hosting the first of American Women Artists’ 25 in 25 shows. What an outstanding show!  It truly reflects the superb quality of our nation’s best women artists.”  – Rhonda Smith, Director, Tucson Desert Art Museum

Congratulations to the following artists who won awards at the reception, Novembers 3, 2017, for Under A Vast Sky, an exhibition of works by American Women Artists at the Tucson Desert Art Museum. Thanks go out to our three awards jurors: Christine Brindza, Curator, Tucson Museum of Art; Mark Sublette, President, Medicine Man Gallery; and Rhonda Smith, Director, Tucson Desert Art Museum, who had the difficult task of selecting the award winners out of 145 works.

Grand Prize Award – 
Pensive I by Christina Kuo
Kuo Christina Pensive 1 Oil 16 x 12 sm

Purchase Award, Tucson Desert Art Museum –
Lees Ferry Landing by Lili Ann Laurin
Laurin Lili Anne Lees Ferry Landing oil 18 x 24 sm

Distinguised Acheivement Award (Landscape, Seascape or Cityscape) –
Look Skywards by Anne Harkness
Harkness Anne Look Skywards Oil 48 x 36 sm

Distinguished Achievement Award (Figurative or Portraiture) – 
Sengalese by Linda West
West Linda Senegalese Bronze 15x8x8 sm

Distinguished Achievement Award (Still Life) –
Cherries and Reflection by Soon Y. Warren
Warren Soon Cherries and Reflection watercolor on paper 22 x 30 sm

Distinguished Achievement Award (Sculpture) –
Amber Waves by Tucker Bailey
Bailey Tucker Waves bronze

Friends of Western Art Award of Excellence –
Crossing the Divide by Elizabeth Pollie
Pollie Elizabeth Crossing the Divide oil

Natural History Interpretation Award of Recognition (Painting or Drawing) –
Along the Fireline by Kathrine Lemke Waste

Waste Kathrine Lemke Along the Fireline sm

Natural History Interpretation Award of Recognition (Sculpture) –
I Spy by Cathryn Jenkins
Jenkins Cathryn I Spy Portoro Marble 14x18x9 sm

Marilyn Newmark Foundation Award –
Celestial Joy by Carol Alleman

Alleman Carol Celestial Joy bronze sm

Southwest Art Magazine Award –
Lees Ferry Landing by Lili anne Laurin
Laurin Lili Anne Lees Ferry Landing oil 18 x 24 sm

Art of the West Award –
Morning Awakening by Cecy Turner
Turner Cecy Morning Awakening oil 31 x 36 sm

American Art Collector Award –
Beyond the Sky by Terry Cooke Hall

Hall Terry Cooke Beyond the Sky oil 36 x 30

Fine Art Connoisseur Award – 
Pensive I by Christina Kuo
Kuo Christina Pensive 1 Oil 16 x 12 sm

Award of Excellence –
The Feed Mill, Marfa by Julie Davis
Davis Julie The Feed Mill Marfa Oil 11 x 14 sm

Award of Excellence –
Tethered Together by Jenny Buckner
Buckner Jenny Tethered Together oil 24 x 24 sm

Award of Excellence –
Boundless Sanctuary by Linda Glover Gooch
Gooch Linda Glover The Boundless Sancturary 36 x 40 Oil sm

Award of Excellence –
His Own Drum by Suzi Baker
Baker Suzi His Own Drum 24 x 18 charcoal graphite chalk sm

Award of Excellence –
Compliments by Cathryne Trachok
Trachok Cathryne A Compliments Oil 36 x 60 sm

Award of Excellence –
The Joke – Jokester & Guffaw by Star Liana York
York Star The Joke Jokester Guffaw sm

Award of Excellence –
An Old Friend by Sarah Webber
Webber Sarah An Old Friend Oil 24x24 sm

Award of Excellence –
Intertwined by Allison Kroll
Kroll Allison Intertwined oil 40x30 sm 

King of Frames Award – 
The City Awaits by Kelly Birkenruth
Birkenruth Kelly The City Awaits Oil 24 x 30 sm

King of Frames Award –
Boundless Sanctuary by Linda Glover Gooch
Gooch Linda Glover The Boundless Sancturary 36 x 40 Oil sm

King of Frames Award –
Cherries and Reflection by Soon Y. Warren
Warren Soon Cherries and Reflection watercolor on paper 22 x 30 sm

To view the entire show, click HERE