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
Purchase Award, Tucson Desert Art Museum –
Lees Ferry Landing by Lili Ann Laurin
Distinguised Acheivement Award (Landscape, Seascape or Cityscape) –
Look Skywards by Anne Harkness
Distinguished Achievement Award (Figurative or Portraiture) –
Sengalese by Linda West
Distinguished Achievement Award (Still Life) –
Cherries and Reflection by Soon Y. Warren
Distinguished Achievement Award (Sculpture) –
Amber Waves by Tucker Bailey
Friends of Western Art Award of Excellence –
Crossing the Divide by Elizabeth Pollie
Natural History Interpretation Award of Recognition (Painting or Drawing) –
Along the Fireline by Kathrine Lemke Waste
Natural History Interpretation Award of Recognition (Sculpture) –
I Spy by Cathryn Jenkins
Marilyn Newmark Foundation Award –
Celestial Joy by Carol Alleman
Southwest Art Magazine Award –
Lees Ferry Landing by Lili anne Laurin
Art of the West Award –
Morning Awakening by Cecy Turner
American Art Collector Award –
Beyond the Sky by Terry Cooke Hall
Fine Art Connoisseur Award –
Pensive I by Christina Kuo
Award of Excellence –
The Feed Mill, Marfa by Julie Davis
Award of Excellence –
Tethered Together by Jenny Buckner
Award of Excellence –
Boundless Sanctuary by Linda Glover Gooch
Award of Excellence –
His Own Drum by Suzi Baker
Award of Excellence –
Compliments by Cathryne Trachok
Award of Excellence –
The Joke – Jokester & Guffaw by Star Liana York
Award of Excellence –
An Old Friend by Sarah Webber
Award of Excellence –
Intertwined by Allison Kroll
King of Frames Award –
The City Awaits by Kelly Birkenruth
King of Frames Award –
Boundless Sanctuary by Linda Glover Gooch
King of Frames Award –
Cherries and Reflection by Soon Y. Warren
To view the entire show, click HERE
