NIA Artists Sunday Mahaja, Bob Williams, Joan Tweedell and Joan Spohrer will have booths at the For the Love of Art Fair, Saturday, March 4 10am – 6pm at Century Center, 120 S.St. Joseph St., South Bend. The 2017 show will feature over 50 artists with a variety of different media from pottery, fine woodwork, handcrafted furniture, blown glass, fiber art, sculptures, paintings, and many more beautiful things to decorate your home or give as gifts. For more information visit http://www.fortheloveofartfair.com
Mary Ann Butkovich at Buchanan Art Center
Mary Ann Roach Butkovich will exhibit at the Buchanan Arts Center, 117 W. Front Street, Buchanan, MI Fbruary 22-April 8, 2017. Artist’s Reception will be Sunday, February 26, 2-5pm.
NIA Artists in Area Exhibits this Weekend
Jennifer Calhoun will have recent work in The Colfax Campus Gallery exhibition’s second “On Exhibit: 2016-2017” series through the month of February. Opening Reception February 3, 7-9pm. Her entry, “All the Beauty Around Us” features work in acrylic and oil. The Colfax Gallery is at 914 Lincoln Way West, South Bend. http://sbheritage.org/learn-discover/colfax-campus-gallery/
Joan Spohrer will have two watercolors in the Area Artists Association exhibit, “Poetry Without Words”, at the Chesterton Art Center, through February. Opening reception Sunday February 5, 2-4pm. http://www.chestertonart.com/events/event/area-artists-associations-exhibit-titled-poetry-without-words/
NIA Artists in Upcoming Area Exhibits
NIA artists’ work will be on exhibit through the coming weeks at several area shows:
Northern Indiana Pastel Society, Spencer Gallery, Mishawaka Downtown Library, 209 Licolnway East, Mishawaka, through February 2. nipsociety.org
St. Joe Valley Watercolor Society, Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley, 3202 Shalom Way, South Bend. Opening Reception January 29, 3:00 – 5:00pm. Exhibit ends March 26. stjoevalleywatercolor.com
Carnegie Center for the Arts 2017 Juried Exhibit, Opening Reception January 22, 2:00 – 4:00 pm, exhibit runs through February 18. The Carnegie Center for the Arts is located at 107 N. Main Street, Three Rivers, MI. trcarnegie.com
And don’t forget the Northern Indiana Artists’ All Member exhibit at the Kroc Corps Community Center, 900 W. Western Ave., South Bend, runs through March 4!
NIA Kroc Center Exhibit Winners
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 for 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.