Next Member Meeting: Saturday, March 14
10:00 am
St. Joseph County Public Library
Francis Branch, Pasture Room
52655 N Ironwood Road, South Bend
Speaker: Artist & Illustrator Lee Bauman
Pay your dues.
2026 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.
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Exhibits
1st Unitarian Church
801 E. Washington St., South Bend
February 20-April 11
“Thinking of Spring”
Drop Off: Friday February 20, 11am-1:30pm
Reception: Sunday February 22, 11:45am-1:30pm
Pick up: Saturday, April 11, 11am – 2 pm
Commission: 15%
Judge: TBA
All Member Show
Fernwood Botanical Garden
13988 Rangeline Road, Niles, MI
August 22-November 2, 2025
Pick up November 2, 3-4pm
Theme: Nature’s Gifts
Juror: Robert Nowalk, owner of, The Unintended Curator gallery, Culver, Indiana
Beatrice Hartig Zimmerman Memorial Award
Diane Overmyer
Rhododendron, Oil
Carolyn Jagodits Memorial Award
Catherine McCormick, Meadow Leading to Bog Path, Pastel
NIA Memorial Award
Daniel J. Slattery,
Sunset at Bryce, Pastel
Glenda Cob Bixby Award for Expressionistic Work
Laura Hensley
Abstract Sunflower
Fluid Acrylic Painting
Judges Awards
Laurie Rousseau
Asclepias Fyriaca, Common Milkweed, Monotype Print
Laura Elliott
Quiet Strength, Photography
Mary Meehan Firtl,
Stable View, Soft Pastel
Elizabeth Simeri,
Through the Mist
Acrylic on Canvas
Merit Awards
Anne Marie Peck,
Singular Focus, Traditional Gouache
Jude Phillips,
A Bucolic Afternoon, Pastel
Vaselisa Kiselevich,
Squanga Lake, Photography
Anne Marie Peck,
Radiance, Traditional Gouache
Judge’s Statement
Overall, the exhibition has incredible interest and laudable merit in the variety of 2-d and 3-d media being pursued by the Northern Indiana Artists. There are some truly exceptional works here, but unfortunately, a limited number of opportunities for distinction. These few are singled out for creative vision in the Judges Awards, technical and creative competence in the Merit Awards and overall excellence in the named awards.
Past Exhibits
Heartland Art Center
214 N Michigan Street, Plymouth, Indiana
April 1-26, 2025
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 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
