Exhibition

Judge:  Pat Meras

Important Dates:

Registration: April 23 – April 30. All art must be received by Sunday, April 30.

Show runs May 2 – May 31, 2023

Reception: May 13, 2023 1 pm to 4 pm
Pick up: May 27 – June 3

 Gallery open Saturdays 10 am to 4 pm and Sundays 1 pm to 4 pm, and most Mondays and Tuesdays from 11 am to 4 pm or by appointment. 

Registration Fee

A $10 non-refundable entry fee for each entry (limit two).

 

Helen Norris Open Art Show

52nd Annual Exhibition – May 2023

The Helen Norris Open Art Show (named for the first Gallery Manager, Helen Norris, after she retired in 1995) has been an annual event since the opening of the Sidney Art Gallery in the early years of the Sidney Museum and Arts Association (1972).  The importance of The Helen Norris Open Art Show is three fold:

  • to provide a venue for artists to compete/exhibit/sell their art work
  • to bring together an outstanding exhibit of art brought by the overwhelming amount of participants
  • to teach the beginning artist as well as the public about what goes into creating, presenting, and selling fine art.

The show hosts a different judge every year. During the artists’ reception the judge critiques the first place winners, giving the reasons for picking these particular pieces thereby educating those present in what to look for in fine art.   As last year, we plan to video the show and the judge and post online.  We are hoping for good weather and an outside reception in June.  The judge will have her own show at the Sidney Gallery in June of 2024.

First Place Winners of each category in the Helen Norris Open Art Show are invited to the Winners’ Circle in January of the next year.

Click on the tab for the entries in each category

3d Mixed Media

1st Place

Dan Spence – Scorpion

2nd Place

Winifred Andrews – Laundry Day

3rd Place

Jacob Cowen – Jar

Honorable Mention

David Lewis – Big Sunny Day

Entries Also From

Winifred Andrews – Summertime
Cole Newcomer – Ramen Bowl
Cole Newcomer – Soup Bowl
Jacob Cowen – Woodfire Vase

Oil/Acrylic

1st Place

Amy Burnett – My Great Grandfather

2nd Place

Mary McInnis – Anne’s Driveway

3rd Place

Shirley Sakatani – I Still See You

Honorable Mention

Christine Hella Cott Thompson – Outdoor Room
Fan Zhang – Old Town Port Orchard
Rose Guastella – All that Quiet

Entries Also From

Connie Danderand – Conversations in Dimensions
Mary McInnis – Welcome to Winslow
Connie Danderand – Jim and Deb
Barbara Grahn – Wooden Boats
Janette Stiles – Photo Booth Dogs
Anne Peters – Baby Zebra
Christine Hella Cott Thompson – Outdoor Room
Zoe Hauenstein – Unfinished Business
Elisabeth Daquilante – Siren’s Kiss
Elisabeth Daquilante – Awake
Zoe Hauenstein – Psych-O-Delic Void
Roy Carr – Monet Lily Pond
Anne Peters – Brilliant Tulips
Rose Guastella – Anticipation
Roy Carr – Mt. Rainier, Liberty Cap Side
Kim Spence – Letting Go
Shirley Sakatani – Come Morning Light
Christine Hella Cott Thompson – Waiting for the Kiss

Watercolor

1st Place

Anna Hower – Twilight’s Glow

2d Place

Sherry Beck – Don’t Mess with Mama

3rd Place

Rachel Brown – Madrona

Honorable Mention

Fan Zhang – Poppy

Entries also from

Kim Spence – Expanding Joy
Irene Bergsagel – Peek A Boo
LaVida White – Ray of Sunshine
Penny Percenti – Burano
Rachel Brown – Fleur
Anna Hower – Unnamed-Tree
Irene Bergsagel – Summer Blooms

Mixed Media

1st Place

Crystal LaDue – Dance With Me To The Bird Song

2d Place

Victoria Tierney – Peonies #2

3rd Place

Sherry Beck – Fern Fantasy

Honorable Mention

Lizbeth Bayliss – Poseys

Entries also from

Amy Burnett – In Between Seasons
Lizbeth Bayliss – Summer Garden
Maria Amburn – Incoming
Victoria Tierney – Peonies #1
Elissa Whittleton – Ocean Bluffs
Maria Amburn – Exploration
Sherry Beck – Fern Fantasy
J. Louis King – #135
Cynthia Schaum – Ollie the Octopus

 

 

Photography

1st Place

Nick Whittleton – Calm Before A Storm

2nd Place

J. Louis King – Train #7 Route

3rd Place

Russell Hauenstein – Peaceful

Honorable Mention

Cynthia Schaum – Hey There!

Entries Also from

E. Aaron Schosso – Reflections in a Pond
Russell Hauenstein – Trifecta
Nick Whittleton – Drycreek Valley1st Place

Drawing

1st Place

Elissa Whittleton – Tree of Life

2nd Place

Janette Stiles – Zabu, White Tiger 

The People’s Choice is up to you so be sure to come in and vote for your favorite piece until the end of show on June 30. We can hardly wait to find out.