Each year, Crooked Tree Arts Center invites artists throughout the state of Michigan to submit works to be considered for an all-media juried exhibition. This year's guest juror, Nicole Webb Collections Manager for the Art Gallery at Grand Valley State University, selected 51 works from 206 entries to be included in the exhibition. The selected works represent a diversity of subjects and artistic approaches. Photographs, paintings, printmaking, ceramics, and mixed-media works will be on display.
Participating artists:
Kristine Avery, Juanita Baldwin, Kathy Brady, Heather Briggs, Beth Bynum, Chelsea Chick, Cheryl Chidester, Winnie Chrzanowski, Alisa Clark, Cheryl Correll, Robert deJonge, Amalia Dorion, Henry Droski, Janice Dumas, Susan Glass, Dennis Gordon, Barbara Greenwood, Marcia Guetschow, Tatsuki Hakoyama, Kelly Heck, Marilyn Hoogstraten, Mark Hoover, Erin Houghtaling, Debra Howard, Vicki Hujsak, Vicki Janssens, William Lindemann, Kimberly Long, Sue Majewski, Marie Marfia, Douglas McElroy, Mercedes Michalowski, Taryn Okesson, Barbara Reich, Christine Ritchie, Shanna Robinson, Paul Rose, Monica Safin Fedak, Sandra Sholl, Kristianne Tefft, Susan Thompson, Jennifer Tobias, Tim Wade, Donald Woodward, and Jackson Wrede.
Awards:
Honorable Mention:
Dennis Gordon for “Into the Woods Yellow”
Tatsuki Hakoyama for “The Broken Wheel of Fortune”
Erin Houghtaling for “Falsus Animus”
Douglas McElroy for “Relief”
Jackson Wrede for “Girl with a Sleeve”
Third Place:
Barbara Greenwood for “Summer Breeze”
Second Place:
Kathy Brady for “Towers #29”
First Place:
Heather Briggs and Kimberly Long for “Mother’s Table and Flourishing Heirlooms”
Image credit: Marcia Guetschow, Stand Still, mokuhanga, 10.5 x 14 in., 2023 (detail)
