Muskegon, Museum of Art

82nd Regional Exhibition

May 27 through August 25

2nd Place
Jill Eggers
Returning to Earth

Best of Show
Molly Marie Nuzzo
Muskegon
Cristy

3rd Place
Peter Blackburn
Muskegon
Moonrise, Badlands National Park

Director’s Choice
Geary Jones
City of Stars Revisited

Curator’s Choice
Lee S. Brown
Paleo-data Stream

The Muskegon Museum of Art’s 82nd Regional Exhibition, the longest-standing regional art exhibition in Michigan, opens at 10:00 am, May 27 and runs through August 25, 2010. The public is invited to an opening reception on Thursday, May 27, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. Artist awards will be presented starting at 7:00 pm. Reception admission is free.

The annual juried exhibition provides an opportunity to recognize both amateur and professional artists in the region and is a cultural tradition known for its competitive nature and for its professional presentation. Most of the artwork in the exhibition is available for sale.

Entry was open to West Michigan and Lansing area amateur and professional artists. During registration days earlier this month, 361 artists entered a total of 622 artworks for juror consideration. From these, guest juror, Detroit artist Jim Nawara, selected 145 works by 117 artists for the exhibition. The selected artwork includes paintings, photographs, fiber art, prints, drawings, and sculpture. Nawara is also a professor of art at Wayne State University, Detroit, where he has taught since 1969. A different juror is invited to participate in the selection process each year.

2010 Juror
Painter and printmaker Jim Nawara has been part of the Detroit art scene for more than 35 years. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and completed his Master of Fine Arts degree in painting and printmaking at the University of Illinois. In 1969 he accepted a teaching appointment at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, where he is currently professor of art. His prints, drawings and paintings have been shown in a long list of national and international group exhibitions over the past two decades. Additionally, he has had several solo exhibitions, including an exhibition of his landscape paintings entitled Overviews and Afterlands at the MMA in the latter part of 2007. Nawara’s work has been acquired for numerous museum and university collections including the Detroit Institute of Arts, Boston Museum of Fine Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Butler Institute of American Art, and the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. His work has focused on landscape views, based on observation and interests in geology, cartography and archaeology.

The 82nd Regional Exhibition is underwritten by the DTE Energy Foundation. Artist cash awards are provided, in part, by Fifth Third Bank. Media sponsors are Blue Lake Public Radio and The Muskegon Chronicle.

82nd Regional Exhibition Awards

Artist Cash Awards

$750 Best of Show
Molly Marie Nuzzo
Muskegon
Cristy
Oil on board

$500 2nd Place
Jill Eggers
Returning to Earth
Oil on canvas

$300 3rd Place
Peter Blackburn
Muskegon
Moonrise, Badlands National Park
Black and white photography

$250 Director’s Choice
Geary Jones
City of Stars Revisited
Oil and acrylic

$250 Curator’s Choice
Lee S. Brown
Paleo-data Stream
Cedar, enamel, cast concrete

$250 Friends of Art
James Johnson
Grand Rapids
In-Line Skater
Watercolor

$250 Robert and Veronica Youngman Memorial Award for Graphic Arts
Chris LaPorte
Grand Rapids
Barbara
Pencil on paper

$200 West Michigan Potters Guild–Eleanore Smith Memorial
Susan Boehme
Nesting Instinct
Clay, wood

$150 William L. “Bill” Rogers Best Photography Award
Jeremy Emmendorfer
Presence
Photography

$100 Docents’ Choice
Nat Rosales
Manistee
Dark Horse 53
Mixed media, found objects

$100 Honorable Mention
Lisa Ambrose
Plainwell
Angel
Oil on board

$100 Honorable Mention
Boyd Quinn
Grand Rapids
Pack
Oil on cardboard

$100 Honorable Mention
Victoria Veenstra
Spring Lake
Vi Scrabbles for Position
Chromogenic pinhole photography

$100 People's Choice Award

Thomas H. West

Holton

Westland Special

Wood

Purchase Awards
Purchase awards were provided by: American Grease Stick Company, Richard Charles Ford and John B. Hills, Grand Valley State University Art Gallery, Huntington National Bank, Trip and Nina Johnson, John Kadelsik, Jr., Susan Meston, Patrick J. O’Leary, Marge Potter, and RNW Investment Company. The following artists received purchase awards:
Richard Aardsma, Grandville
Nick Antonakis, Rockford
Susan Boehme, Twin Lake

Brent Daniell, Muskegon

Marc Hoeksema, Spring Lake
David Huang, Sand Lake
Nicholas Hullibarger, Adrian
Tate King, Muskegon
Gerald Lafferty, Jr., Muskegon
Lori McElrath-Eslick, Muskegon

Matt Nesbary, Muskegon
Henk Ottens, Grand Haven
Brad Patterson, Grand Haven
Paul Petersen, Muskegon
Steve Replogle, Fremont
Elizabeth Reynders, Grand Rapids
John Riepma, Grand Haven
Don Spezia, Whitehall
Robert C. Stone, Grand Rapids
Mary Sundstrom, Grand Haven
Dee Versluis, Grand Rapids