Group Exhibition: “61st Mid-States Art Exhibition” at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science
December 14, 2022
61st Mid-States Art Exhibition
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Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science
Evansville, IN
About the exhibition:
Inaugurated in 1948 as the Tri-State Art Exhibition, the competition was organized by the Evansville Museum to showcase emerging artists residing within a 100-mile radius of Evansville. Paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, and crafts were reviewed by a jury of two or three arts professionals and, in addition to forming the exhibition, the jurors selected one work to be purchased for the Evansville Museum’s permanent art collection. Purchase and merit awards are underwritten by Evansville individuals, corporations, foundations, and philanthropic organizations and given each year and they allow the Museum to acquire works for our contemporary art collection and merit awards are an important encouragement to and recognition of regional artists.
About the juror:
The juror for the 61st Annual Mid-States Art Exhibition, Dr. Heidi A. Strobel, serves as Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs and Professor of Art History at the University of North Texas. A Evansville native from 2004 and 2021, Heidi served as an art historian in the Archaeology and Art History Department at the University of Evansville and the first curator of the Peters-Margedant House. In selecting from the over 200 entries submitted, works by 52 artists from across the states of Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio and Missouri were included in this year’s iteration.
For more information about the exhibit visit: https://emuseum.org/changing-exhibitions/2022/61st-mid-states-art-exhibition
