The Brown County Art Guild celebrated its fourth annual Art Colony Weekend Sept. 7 to 9. The rainy weather did not deter patrons and artists from participating in events, with more than a hundred people present.
Fourteen regional artists competed for $2,000 in cash prizes during the Villagescape Plein Air Paint Out on Sunday. The winners were:
- Wyatt LeGrand of Bloomfield: Frederick W. Rigley Founding Member Best of Show Award, $1,000
- Todd Derr of Owensboro, Kentucky: First place Margaret Colglazier Memorial Award, $500, and third place, $125
- Roy Boswell of Indianapolis: Second place Alec Jackson Memorial Award, $250
- Donna Shortt of Indianapolis: Art Alliance of Brown County Honorable Mention Award, $125.
Proceeding the paint-out, Jackson’s Auction & Real Estate Company hosted an art auction to benefit the Brown County Art Guild at the Brown County Historical Society. Featured works by current living guild member artists as well as works by master artists such as Marie Goth, V.J. Cariani, Carl Graf and Genevieve Goth Graf were available to bidders. A total of 115 paintings were auctioned.
[sc:text-divider text-divider-title=”Story continues below gallery” ]Award and event sponsors were Big Woods, the Brown County Community Foundation, Brown County Playhouse, Indiana Arts Commission, Jay and Ellen Carter, Rick and Cindy Colglazier, Jackson’s Auction, Rick and Brenda Kelly, the National Endowment for the Arts, Oornj Brandesign and RayMar Art Supplies.
The Brown County Art Guild, 48 S. Van Buren St., displays work from more than 40 local and regional artists. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. Limited parking is available behind the guild. Visit browncountyartguild.org or call 812-988-6185 for more information.
