Exhibition
Judge: J. Louis King
Important Dates:
Gallery open Saturdays 10 am to 4 pm and Sundays 1 pm to 4 pm and most Thursdays from 11 am to 4pm or by appointment
Reception: June 18, 2022 1 pm to 4 pm
Pick up: June 26 – June 30 – by appointment10 am – 4 pm
Helen Norris Open Art Show
51st Annual Exhibition – May/June 2022
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 his own show at the Sidney Gallery in June of 2023.
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.
May 1 – June 30, 2022
- And the Winners Are . . .
- 3d Mixed Media
- Oil/Acrylic
- Watercolor
- Mixed Media
- Photography
- Drawing
- Judge's Choice
- People's Choice
Click on the tab for the entries in each category
3d Mixed Media
1st Place
Barbara Bourscheidt – Fern Platter
2nd Place
Dan Spence – Dragonfly – Fused Glass & Mechanical parts
Oil/Acrylic
1st Place
Shirley Sakatani – Honey
2nd Place
Dianne Gardner – Fields of Peace
3rd Place
William Walcott – A New Beginning
Honorable Mention
Dianne Gardner – Making Waves
Rose Guastella – Summer Dahlia
Anne Peters – Snarling Tiger
Also Participating
Roy Carr
Connie Dandurand
Janice Krieger
Crystal LaDue
Kim Spence
Christine Thompson
Victoria Tierney
Shelly Wilkerson
Watercolor
1st Place
Sherry Beck – Dragonfly Garden
2nd Place
Elissa Whittleton – SKOK Valley High Water
3rd Place
Anna Hower – Unnamed Path
Honorable Mention
Anna Hower – Shades of Monet
Jane Krause – Rufous Hummingbird
Also Participating
Irene Bergsagel
Rachel Brown
Susan Giles
Barbara Grahn
Ernie Shriner
Mixed Media
1st Place
Ben Butcher – Seven
2nd Place
Maria Amburn – Flames – Paper, paint
3rd Place
Victoria Tierney – 3rd Place – Corona Eclipse- Fabric, thread, paper, words
Honorable Mention
Davis Lewis – Days Catch – Plaster, paint, fabric
Also Participating
Lizbeth Bayliss
Shelly Wilkerson
Photography
1st Place
Glen Wilkerson – Northhead Lighthouse
2nd Place
Nick Whittleton – Sunset Rays
3rd Place
Glen Wilkerson – Power of the Ocean
Honorable Mention
Nick Whittleton – Winter Vista
Also Participating
Russell Hauenstein
E. Faithe Lester
Drawing
1st Place
Elissa Whittleton – Phoenix Raising – colored pencil
2nd Place
Mike Steffensrud – City – colored pencil
3rd Place
William Walcott – Reflections IV– colored pencil
Honorable Mention
Janette Stiles – Honorable Mention – MacGuffin, Tirol Stone Sheep – colored pencil
Other Participants
Maria Amburn
Jessica Parker
Ben Butcher – Seven – Mixed Media
Connie Dandurand – “Finding Peace”
Video courtesy of Rose Guastella