92nd Annual McLean County Amateur Art Exhibition Award Winners (2019)
Merwin Medal – Best of Show – Camila Marianela, Illinois State University, BFA, “Untitled”
Ashley Ritter Most Promising Art Award – Ashley Spencer, Heyworth High School, “History Reimagined”
HIGH SCHOOL 1st PLACE 2nd PLACE
Painting Tyger Gudeman John McGowan
Graphics Benjamin Guo Rishith Talagadadeevi
Photography Maddy Day Rachel Kullman
Sculpture John Ames Emily Hlebasko
UNIVERSITY 1st PLACE 2nd PLACE
Painting Emily Minton Max Martin
Graphics Zoephia Laughlin Christopher Gabbrants
Photography Brianna Lehnen Jeffrey Smudde
Sculpture Eunjung Schantz Kirsten Heteji
ADULT 1st PLACE 2nd PLACE
Painting Robert Faulkner Allyson Frink
Graphics Kristin Bowers Johanna Weichsel
Photography Ariele Jones William Norris
Sculpture Michelle Hanacek Cliff Carney
This exhibition and awards are made possible by the generosity of these sponsors:
Jerry Antonini, Charles and Laura Baue, Miles and Ruth Blair, Tracey Covert, Gay Dolan, John Elterich and Karen Schmidt, Susan Emmerson, Linda Willis Fisher and Robert Fisher, Deanna Frautschi, John and Marilyn Freese, Tim Garvey and Paula Aschim, Alison Hatcher, Edward Hines, Brian and Yvonne Hoop, Doug and Kristen Johnson, Mike and Alexis Kalish, Koda Roamers Camera Club of Bloomington-Normal, Sheila Lamberson and Cheryl Divine, Anne and Steve Matter, Cathy Pratt and Dave Templeton, Morgan Price and Sarah Sciba, Jim and Pam Raymond, Laura and Bob Reardon, Carmel and Rod Rhoda, Nancy and Steve Snyder, Robert and Connie Stefl, and Lynn and Patsy Webber
92nd Annual McLean County Amateur Art Exhibition Award Winners
McLean County Arts Center received 231 entries for this year’s competition. The juror, Andrea Ferrigno, selected 99 artworks for the exhibition and awarded 26 cash prizes for outstanding works of art by amateur McLean County artists.
THIS YEAR'S JUDGE: Andrea Ferrigno was born in Des Moines, Iowa. She received her BFA from Kansas City Art Institute and her MFA from the University of Iowa. Ferrigno has exhibited nationally and internationally. She was recently included in exhibitions at Blue Mountain Gallery and The Painting Center in NYC. This past summer she was an artist fellow at Virginia Center for Creative Arts (VCCA) in Amherst, VA. She has also been a resident a DRAWinternational in Caylus, France and at the Vermont Studio Center. She was awarded the Helen Longmire Prize for her work, “Turning Time” at the St. Louis Artist Guild. Ferrigno is currently Assistant Professor of Fine Art at Knox, College in Galesburg, Illinois where she lives and works.
Entries received: Entries accepted:
HIGH SCHOOL 82 36
UNIVERSITY 59 33
ADULT 90 30
Total 231 Total 99
Juror’s Statement
"It was an honor to serve as the juror for the 89th Amateur Exhibition at McLean County Arts Center. Thank you to all who submitted. It was inspiring to spend time with everyone’s work and exciting to see the breadth and quality of creative work happening in McLean County. As the juror for this exhibition I looked for moments of surprise and for innovative and thoughtful approaches to the subject-matter, and composition, across genres. It was a difficult process narrowing down the submissions, and even more challenging to determine awards. There were many tough calls. I want to encourage everyone regardless of acceptance or not, to continue to create and to submit to future opportunities. Congratulations to all the artists and best wishes in your creative and professional pursuits!"
-Andrea Ferrigno
Pictured Above: Maggie Kunze, MCAC Curator, Andrea Ferrigno, Exhibition Judge, and Emily Wiles, MCAC Intern
Accepted Artwork List
First Name |
Last Name |
Class |
Artwork #1 Title |
Artwork #2 Title |
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Sally |
Berry |
Adult |
Sea Music |
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Kristin |
Bowers |
Adult |
Heat Wave |
Immolation |
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Taylor |
Braasch |
Adult |
"Yearling" |
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Jeanna |
Campbell |
Adult |
#MeToo |
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Felicia |
Cannon |
Adult |
potentially necessary but unseen |
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Cliff |
Carney |
Adult |
Ooks Florp Zapper |
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Kiera |
Dymit |
Adult |
The Open Heart |
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Robert |
Faulkner |
Adult |
G'night Darling |
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Allyson |
Frink |
Adult |
Moraine View Mist |
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Pam |
Gates |
Adult |
Infectious Laughter |
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Amber |
Gravett |
Adult |
Animal Totems |
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Cathie |
Haab |
Adult |
Information Fatigue |
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Michelle |
Hanacek |
Adult |
Promise |
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Susan |
Holifield |
Adult |
The empty glass |
The Farm |
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Yvonne |
Hoop |
Adult |
Fish One |
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Ariele |
Jones |
Adult |
Foxie 1920 |
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Mardell |
Klasen |
Adult |
October |
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Don |
Necessary |
Adult |
Hunter's gift |
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William |
Norris |
Adult |
Ah Such a Place |
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Shirley |
Passmore |
Adult |
Burning Bush |
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Sajay |
Sadasivan |
Adult |
Green Beings |
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Kyle |
Schiebel |
Adult |
Nepenthe |
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Joan |
Shelton |
Adult |
Rough Waters |
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Eric |
Shine |
Adult |
Reclining Male Torso, Charcoal, 2018 |
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Judy |
Steffens |
Adult |
Lounging Legs |
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Alan |
Swanson |
Adult |
untitled |
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Jessie |
Swiech |
Adult |
Genessee Park |
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Johanna |
Weichsel |
Adult |
Selfie |
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Izabela |
Batko |
College |
Untitled |
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Ryland |
BeDell |
College |
Up In The Brume |
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Chloe |
Bell |
College |
Self Portrait |
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Mario |
Clarke |
College |
Mental Corset |
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Logan |
Daugherty |
College |
Static |
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Daniel |
DeJarld |
College |
Fishbone |
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Andrea |
DuBois |
College |
Bittersweet |
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Christopher |
Gabbrants |
College |
Colors and Contours, Year 1 |
Nightshop |
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Arianna |
Garcia |
College |
Max |
Polly |
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Shea |
Grehan |
College |
Illusion |
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Kirsten |
Heteji |
College |
Unititled |
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Halie |
Hugenberg |
College |
Starvin' Marvin |
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Raya |
Hussein |
College |
Sugar Flowers |
Metallic |
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Becca |
Kordas |
College |
A Walk in the Woods |
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Joe |
Koski |
College |
Curtains and Sunlight |
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Zoephia |
Laughlin |
College |
Tuesday's Lunch |
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Brianna |
Lehnen |
College |
I am a Woman Waiting, Day #8030 |
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Camila |
Marianela |
College |
Untitled |
Untitled |
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Max |
Martin |
College |
Duality |
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Emily |
Minton |
College |
All Positions |
Untitled |
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Eunjung |
Schantz |
College |
Fishing Sun |
Whale Coffee Dripper and cups set |
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Jeffrey |
Smudde |
College |
Untitled (2019) |
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Regan |
Stewart |
College |
Through the Bars |
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Lucas |
Stiegman |
College |
pink fuzzy handcuffs |
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Kelsey |
Vaughn |
College |
Surface Area |
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Mary |
Wilhelm |
College |
Untitled (2018) |
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Anisha |
Amaravadi |
High School |
Mandala Absoluteness- Delightful facets |
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John |
Ames |
High School |
"Incidental Compounds DeConstructed" |
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Stephanie |
Baker |
High School |
Into the Looking Glass |
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Mollie |
Brothers |
High School |
City of Echos |
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Gracie |
Burleson |
High School |
Winter Escape |
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Moriah |
Burton |
High School |
Me, Myself and I |
The Mess After the Party |
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Jacob |
Croke |
High School |
Mother Mary |
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Maddy |
Day |
High School |
Valerie |
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Jessica |
Dougall |
High School |
Baby Grizzly |
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Megan |
Fulton |
High School |
Invasion |
Flower girl |
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Tyler |
Grimsley |
High School |
Reflection |
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Tyger |
Gudeman |
High School |
Sightseeing |
Holding On |
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Benjamin |
Guo |
High School |
The Sacred Scarab |
Berry Reflective |
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Emily |
Hlebasko |
High School |
Mans footprint |
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Kirsten |
Kindred |
High School |
Self-Portriat |
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Rachel |
Kullman |
High School |
Sterling Silver |
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Mary |
Leahey |
High School |
The Project |
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Austin |
Lopez |
High School |
When Everything Else Burns, I'll Be There |
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Madelyn |
Lyle |
High School |
Strawberry Shortcake |
Saugatuck |
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Samuel |
Mason |
High School |
A Sneaking Clematis |
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John |
McGowan |
High School |
CUBE |
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Alexa |
Nave |
High School |
Rainbow Reflection |
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Olivia |
Sidem |
High School |
Royalty |
Cherry Soda Pop |
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Taylor |
Sondgeroth |
High School |
Dairy Cows |
The New Generation |
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Ashley |
Spencer |
High School |
History Reimagined |
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Greta |
Springer |
High School |
Sunlit Dunes |
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Skyler |
Stoller |
High School |
Friday night lights |
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Rishith |
Talagadadeevi |
High School |
Inspection |
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Gabe |
Tobin |
High School |
Heavy Metal |
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Ellana |
Tobin |
High School |
Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus |
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