About
The Rock Island Art Guild Fine Arts Exhibition has been organized by the Guild since 1970 and hosted for the last six years by the Figge Art Museum. This year, artists living within 200 miles of the Figge working in any medium, including sound, performance, video, painting, sculpture, and works on paper, were invited to apply and submit up to three works for consideration. Susan Watts, owner and director of Olson-Larson Galleries in Des Moines, selected the works for the exhibition and chose this year’s award winners. Awards for first and second place, the Sally MacMillan Watercolor Award, the Founder’s Award, the Zeivel Harris Sculpture Award, and the Honorable Mention Award were presented on March 3 as well as the new $300 New Media Award presented to an artist working in video, sound, or digital art. And of course the People’s Choice Award and Children’s Choice Award winners were also presented. Below is a list of the winners:
Honorable Mention Awards $100
Artist Name: Aaron Lurth
Title of Work: The Barber
Artist Name: Tianqiutao Chen
Title of Work: Seen/Unseen: The Migrant Children
Sally MacMillan Watercolor Award $500
Artist Name: Barbara Weets
Title of Work: Little Blue Herons
Sculpture Award In Memory of Zeivel Harris $500
Artist Name: Jocelyn Chateauvert
Title of Work: Slice
Digital Art, Performance, Sound, and Video Award $300
Artist Name: Dana Potter and Alex McKenzie
Title of Work: Retrack
Founders Award in honor of Mary Lou Romeo $300
Artist Name: Timothy Rees
Title of Work: The Bribe
Second Place $500
Artist Name: Larassa Kabel
Title of Work: Spirit House
First Place $1,000
Artist Name: Tim Olson
Title of Work: Triptych of the Adoration at the Terrace Heights Mobile Home
Our Sponsors
This exhibition is made possible through the generous sponsorship of the Rock Island Art Guild.