NIA Exhibit at Midwest Museum Opens April 7

NIA 75th anniversary exhibit postcard

Northern Indiana Artists celebrates the 75th anniversary of the organization with an exhibit at the Midwest Museum of American Art, 429 S. Main Street, Elkhart, IN. The exhibit, “Envisioning a Future, Remembering a Past,” will feature work by 72 NIA members, and will be on display at the Museum April 7-July 9, 2017. An awards reception will be held Sunday May 7 from 1-4pm. Throughout the exhibit period the Museum will feature NIA artists as speakers during its weekly Thursday “Noontime Talks” lecture series. A list of artists scheduled may be found in the NIA newsletter or at the Museum website. The Museum will commemorate its 38th anniversary this year. The exhibit may be viewed during Museum hours, Tuesday – Friday, 10am-4pm; Saturday and Sunday, 1-4pm.

NIA Kroc Center Exhibit Winners

"Bernice", Thomas Fehlner, Pen & Watercolor

Awards were presented at the NIA All-Member Exhibit opening reception January 13 at the Kroc Corps Community Center, South Bend. Judge’s awards were presented to Thomas Fehlner for his pen & watercolor, “Bernice (Mother)”; Barbara Gentner Stephonson for her pastel, “Highway Knight”; Mona Witt for her cold was & oil, “First Light”; and Kimberly DeNolf for her oil, “NNN on Portage”. Merit Awards went to Diane Overmyer for her oil, “Twilight in German Village”; Lea Goldman forĀ  her collage “Doll House”; and Erin Warner for her oil, “Be Brave.” Special Awards were as follows: Kaylee Dalton was awarded the Glenda Cobb Bixby Award for expressionistic work for “Overgrown”, encaustic mixed media; Todd Hoover received the Carolyn Jagodits Memorial Award for “The Goddess Juno”, photography/cyanotype/mixed media; and James F. Cooke received the Doni Hoevel Memorial Award for “Neolithic Dolnmen on the Burren, County Clare, Ireland”; oil.

Additional images of these awards can be found on nia-art.org. The exhibit runs through March 4, 2017.