Two Exhibits Now Showing at Anna Arts Center

Strictly Digital Photography Exhibit

Starting Tuesday, Aug 13, the hours for your viewing pleasure is from 4-6 pm!

·         76 Individual Photographs

·         22 Entrants including photographers from Carbondale, Cape Girardeau Missouri, Swansea Illinois and various other parts of the region.

·         Awards: Tom Bell of Makanda – Best Of Show ($200) and Best Of Black And White Category ($50).  Bell entered several impressive poster-sized black and white photographs.

·         David Hammond, a board member of the Marion Camera Club, and a resident of Goreville won the Best Of Nature Category.

·         Brett Crow of Cape Girardeau entered three photographs and was winner of the Portraits, People, and Events Category.

·         Dan Owens of Anna won the Best Of Landscape Category.

·         Glen Bishop of Jonesboro won Best Of Manipulated Photographs with a photo featuring a cottonmouth that was taken at the Silvermines Recreational Area in southern Missouri.

·         Seven $20 Merit Awards were presented.  Dan Owens of Anna won two Merit Awards, one of which was for an interesting 3-D landscape accompanied by 3-D glasses for viewing.  Other winners were Eldon Benz of Carbondale, Steve Johnson of Anna, Cindy Allen of Anna, Connie Morgan of Carbondale, and Glen Bishop of Jonesboro.

·         3 of the photos have already been purchased with a 20% commission going to the Anna Arts Center.



What’s Hatching in Union County?

Exhibit is Open from 9-12, noon and 4-6 pm.

·         Exhibition displays 42 roosters, chickens or hens by 31 artists from Southern Illinois.

·         Linda Clutts won the Best of Show by creating a life size chicken in a rocking chair and reading the Gazette Democrat.

·         2-D Adult category, Tie for First place by Joan Miller’s oil painting of two roosters  and Kathy Cotton’s digital rooster, Second place was Janet Bixler’s two roosters in their pen, and Third place was Carol Dooley’s water color of three roosters.

·         2-D, age 12-18 category, Amanda Hawk’s pencil drawing of a rooster won First place.

·         2-D age 4-11 category, Aidan Whitemountain took First place with his ink drawing of the Chicken Pen and Second place with his tempera painting of a rooster. Third place went to Rose Whitemountain with her oil pastel picture of The Yard of Chickens.

·         3-D Adult category, Susan Steck won First place with her quilt wall hanging of roosters and chickens and Second place with her rooster banner made with beads.  Third place went to Linda Clutts display of chickens reading the Monday’s Pub.

·         3-D age 12-18 category was won by Mackenzie Bryant with her paper mache’ rooster.

·         3-D age 4-11 category winners were First place by Aidan Whitemountain’s Chicken Duck Man, Second place by Clint Westermark’s paper mache’ chicken, and Third place by McKenna Hickey’s mask.

·         Merit Awards:  Charlene Kozora, Josh Shearer, Rita Laminack, Max Castle, and Alexis Hammock.