June 6 – June 20, 2015
Indiana Heritage Arts Show and Sale
June 6 – June 20, 2015
Hoosier artists are busy preparing for the 37th Indiana Heritage Arts( IHA) Exhibition and Sale, an annual event in Nashville that draws more than 130 artists and some 400 works of art.
This year’ s show begins Saturday, June 6 at the Brown County Art Gallery, corner of Main Street and Artist Drive, and concludes June 20. The free event is one of the biggest art competitions in the Midwest with prize winners sharing more than a $ 30,000 purse. In the last year, artists also benefitted from more than $ 60,000 in purchase awards. All works juried into the show are for sale.
A gala reception and preview will be Friday, June 5. State Representative Eric Koch will be emcee for the popular event and will announce this year’ s prize winners.
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Jim Ross, of Eckert & Ross Fine Art of Indianapolis, is returning show chairman. He said,“ Indiana Heritage Arts strives with its annual exhibit to provide the best opportunity possible for traditional Indiana artists to showcase their work to the patrons who are eager to collect it. We accomplish this by catering to the artist’ s needs as much as we can, and by securing exhibit judges that are sympathetic to our goals. The bottom line is that we are here to serve artists, and to keep alive the rich tradition of Indiana art.”
James Richards, of Decatur, Georgia is this year’ s judge.“ Richards travels the world, painting from life, and teaching and sharing his knowledge— a primary facet of his career,“ Ross said.
Richards was first place winner in the 2013 America’ s Great Paint Out, and four-time Artist Choice winner at The Forgotten Coast Plein Air Festival. He conducts art workshops in the U. S. and France.
IHA maintains a year-round exhibit and sale space in the Gallery. Each year the IHA board of directors buys a painting to add to its permanent collection, also housed in the Gallery.
Hours for the show are 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 on Sunday.
Lake James, Indiana artist Fred Doloresco captured the top $ 5,000 prize for the second year running in 2014 with his impressionistic painting of“ Kettle Corn.” Second place winner in 2014 was Indianapolis artist Todd Reifers with a painting,“ Winter Shadows, Monument Circle.”“ Miner’ s Falls,” painted by Dale Popovich of northern Indiana, was third prize winner.
Awards of excellence were given to Jerry Smith of Crawfordsville, Ken Bucklew of Spencer, Bill Inman of Muncie, and J. D. Naraine of Indianapolis.
The board of directors purchased Nashville artist Lyle Denney’ s“ I. U. Summer Studies” for its permanent collection.
2015 Call for Entry has been mailed to artists and are available from the website < www. indianaheritagearts. org >. Additional information about the show is available at( 812) 988-4609. •
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