46th Elkhart Juried Regional
The Elkhart Juried Regional Exhibition is a major survey of current trends by artists from 20 northern Indiana counties and four southern Michigan counties.
This exhibit marks forty-plus years of providing artists in northern Indiana and southern Michigan an opportunity to show their work and compete for cash awards. Since 1979, the museum has provided over $750,000 in award monies to regional artists. This exhibition, as those in the past, provides an exciting survey of the most current art being produced throughout the Michiana region.
The exhibition will be on view at the Midwest Museum of American Art from October 5 through Sunday, December 22, 2024.
The 46th Elkhart Juried Regional is sponsored by Elkhart County CVB with additional support provided by James Rieckhoff & Janet Evanega-Rieckhoff and Drs. Wes Mark & Mary Harder.
2024 Award Winners
Norah Ruth Amstutz, South Bend, IN.
Uprising, ceramic
Best Ceramic Award
Heidi Bailey, Warsaw, IN.
Pinky Promise, mixed media
Best Sculpture Award
Mary Burke, Berrien Springs, MI.
Linear Compilation, mixed media
Steve Bollero Purchase Award
Kei Constantinov, Michigan City, IN.
In The Peony Garden, oil
Jurors Honorable Mention
Hilarie Couture, Fort Wayne, IN.
Tree Hugger, oil
John & Nicole Disher Purchase Award
Alan Ediger, Goshen, IN.
Ice Fisherman, photo
Mary Feddersen Memorial Purchase Award
Thomas Fehlner, Notre Dame, IN
The Band Plays On, oil and cold wax
Tim & Meg Shelly Purchase Award
Fall, St. Mary’s Lake, oil and cold wax
Warrick & Boyn, LLP Purchase Award
Joel Fremion, Ossian, IN.
Portrait of Brian Byrn, fiber
Dr. Rick & Cindy Burns Purchase Award
Jerry Ginther, Rochester, IN.
Making Decision, 2024, graphite
Jack & Karen Cittadine Best of Show
Gerrie Govert, Crown Point, IN.
Windswept, acrylic
Bill & Mary Kuhn Purchase Award
Warren Dunes, Michigan, acrylic
Joe Greenlee Purchase Award
E. Guncheon, Beverly Shores, IN.
Entwined Chaos, monofilament
Ken & Kathy Zienty Merit Award for Mixed Media
Gwen Gutwein, Fort Wayne, IN.
On Golden Pond, oil
Scott & Kristin Mereness Purchase Award
Randy Horst, Goshen, IN.
Jacob Wrestling The Angel At Night,
mixed media
Best Drawing Award
Eric Kaufmann, Goshen, IN.
Healing, ceramic
Stan & June Disher Purchase Award
Vasilisa Kiselevich, Buchanan, MI.
Chicago DNC Protest, 2024, photo
Best Photography Award
Nancy Klopfenstein, North Liberty, IN.
High On A Windy Hill, oil
Jonas Howard Memorial Merit Award for Painting
William Kremer, Cassopolis, MI.
Sculptural Vessel, stoneware
Jack & Angie Welter Purchase Award
Alan Larkin, South Bend, IN.
The Paper Bouquet, oil
Tom Soper Purchase Award
Dick Lehman, Goshen, IN.
Tsubo, stoneware
Jon & Meghan Wenger Purchase Award
Clifford Logan, Goshen, IN.
The Stoop, wood and quartz
William & Jeanne Batten Memorial Merit
Award For Sculpture
Sunday Mahaja, Goshen, IN.
Resting Beauty, metal
Jennifer Abrell & Dr. Gordon Hughes Purchase Award
Nektaria Mattheos, Granger, IN.
Box of Chocolates, acrylic
Dr. Terry Bryant Purchase Award
Marcy Mitchell, Dowagiac, MI.
Changing Scenery, oil
Connie Fulmer Purchase Award
Kamika Perry, Elkhart, IN.
Radiance, acrylic
Elkhart County Well Crafted Merit Award
Ramiro Rodriguez, South Bend, IN.
Tlaloc y Mishipeshu, linocut and paint pen
Susan Henshaw Purchase Award
Justin Rothshank, Goshen, IN.
Teapot, earthenware
Jane Burns Memorial Award for
Artistic Expression
Norbert Shimkus, South Bend, IN.
Queen Beeatrix, ceramic
Jurors Honorable Mention
Mark Shubert, Osceola, IN.
Forgotten War, acrylic, chalk, ink
Best Painting Award
Ruth Rosenbaum Memorial Purchase Award
Marcia Sindone, North Liberty, IN.
Mother Goosed, mixed media
Ken & Kathy Zienty Merit Award for Mixed Media
Freidric Slabach, Topeka, IN.
Going To Work, photo
Jurors Honorable Mention
Denise Tackett, Stevensville, MI.
Nightwatch, fiber
Best Fiber Award
Stephen Verace, Elkhart, IN.
Morning Walk, oil
Wade Mayberry Purchase Award
Mark Wagner, Niles, MI.
Wood Is Also It’s Memoir, wood
Drs. Dan & Linda Burns Purchase Award
Thomas Zuber, New Paris, IN.
Figure Fantasy, acrylic
Jack & Karen Cittadine Purchase Award