May 2025 Newsletter

Pay your dues.
2025-26 dues of $30 are due March 1. After March 31 the payment is $35.
Dues must be current in order to participate in NIA exhibits.

Exhibits

Upcoming

Heartland Art Center
214 N Michigan Street, Plymouth, Indiana
April 1-26, 2025

Reception & Awards: Saturday, April 26, 1-3 pm
Pick-Up: April 26, 3 p.m
Gallery Hours: Tues. – Fri., 11-6 • Sat., 11-4
Judge: Kolt Lucius Sizer, curator of education at SBMA
Congratulations to our award winners:

Juror Awards
Cara Lawson-Bell
Different and Included, Sculpture
Catherine McCormick
Autumn Kaleidoscope, Pastel,
Barbara DeLeu
A Most Treasured Gift

Merit Awards
Dee Thornton
Omnicast, Pastel
Jude Phillips
Street View with Blue Shutters, Watercolor and Ink
Phil Gleissner
Gracie, Photography


First Unitarian Church, 801 E Washington Street, South Bend, Indiana
January 25 — March 8, 2025
Exhibit judge: Mark Rospenda, Gallery Director, IUSB

Judge’s Statement

Judge’s Awards
Mary Pence Bagiackas, Didn’t Listen, Acrylic on canvas
Anne Marie Peck, Tranquility, Watercolor
Laurie Rousseau, Femininity, Monotype print

Merit Awards
Sunday Mahaja, Unbroken, Painted steel
Susan Pelka, The Creek on Trowbridge’s Farm, Acrylic
Barbara Walsh, Gliding Through Winter, Watercolor

New Members
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Past Exhibits

Roti Roti Art Center, 117 W. Front St., Buchanan, MI
Fehlner Family Gallery

May 20-June 30, 2024

Judge’s Awards
Phil Gleisnner
Rainbow Falls
Photography

Barbara DeLeu
Why God Why
Watercolor and Gouache

Daniel J Slattery
County Kerry
Watercolor

Merit Awards
Mona Witt
Dancing Trees
Pastel

Catherine McCormick
Light Through the Trees
Pastel

Sunday Mahaja
Resting Beauty
Metal