ArtSpace/Lima announces Spring Show award winners
Awards have been announced for the ArtSpace 70th Annual Spring Show. Sally Windle, Executive Director for ArtSpace/Lima released the following winning artists and their entries.
Best of Show – Jo Bonifas, Spencerville – Organic Table Series – Forged Steel First Place Award – Tim Wharton – Shipwreck – Sculpture
Second Place Award – Kelly Massillo – Queen of Hearts - Acrylic
Third Place Award – Barbara Ward - Organized Whimsy #2, State 2 - Acrylic on Canvas
Bruce Chesser Award - Robert Minto - Small Container (Fred) - Stoneware Farmer
Family Award for Sculpture - Joe Bonifas - Totemic Series #1 - Forged Steel
Farmer Family Award - Mike Huffman - Belligerent Mythology - Oil on Canvas
Martha Gustad Award - Tom Lehman, Elida - Half Way Market - Pen & Ink Meg
Dickason Award – Amanda Rose – Continental - Zen Sonoma – Watercolor and Ink
The show juror was Andrew Hershberger, Professor of Art History, BGSU.
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