ArtsWest is a major juried exhibit for regional artists. This year exhibition juror Anastasia Shartin – the visual arts director at the Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson – selected 68 pieces from 60 artists in a variety of media. The Artist Reception & Awards Ceremony took place on Thursday, February 26 at the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library. More photos below!

ArtsWest 36 Award Winners

Best of Show
Justin Dancing Hawk, Eau Claire
Anishinaabe Pride (view it)

First Prize
Gail Schellinger, Eau Claire
Bassets and Bubbles (view it)

Second Prize
Robert Gehrke, Eau Claire
Good Neighbors (view it)

Third Prize
Mary Ellen Hagenauer, Verona
David (view it)

Honorable Mentions
Amanda Boehm, Eau Claire
The Reinterpreted Swiss Family Robinson

Gail Brunner, Prescott
Memory of Winters Past

Mary Diman, Madison
Drool Baby

Marcella Edmund, Eau Claire
Folly

Kay Geraghty, Mondovi
Winter Pine

Joseph Haid, Hudson
Tree Series 1

Wendy Ike, Plum City
Hanging On

Patrick Loftesnes, Eau Claire
Flight to Hades

Rich Meredith, Elk Mound
Wood Opus No. 36

Richard Milheiser, Altoona
Slab Pot with Dots

Dennis Newton, Pepin
Golden Autumn

Daniella Painter, Eau Claire
Average

Jacob Popek, Menomonie
Untitled (Dirty Dancing in Order to Fish)

Barbara Shafer, Eau Claire
Anna in the Sunlight

Jason Stabenow, Eau Claire
Hustle & Bustle

Erika Terwilliger Eau Claire
Untitled 1

Nan Zimdars, Madison
Early Morning Calm