Local artists featured in Hoosier Salon exhibition
Two Brown County artists were featured in Indiana’s longest running annual exhibition of works by Hoosier artists.
Patricia Rhoden and Terri Schulz, both of Nashville, were accepted into the 97th annual Hoosier Art Salon exhibition. The first Hoosier Salon opened in 1925 at Marshall Field and Company Galleries in Chicago. It was created by Daughters of Indiana to demonstrate that Indiana artists deserve national recognition.
The 2021 exhibition was on display at the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis from Aug. 21 through Oct. 24.
Schulz was featured in the exhibition for the first time this year. Three of her works were showcased, which is the maximum amount allowed for a single artist. Her works exhibited were “Under the Apple Tree,” “Kitchen Counter Floral” and “Sunshine,” which are all pastels on sanded grit paper. “Sunshine” received fourth place overall and won a $2,000 prize.
Rhoden is a longtime contributor to the Hoosier Salon. Her work “Reaching,” an oil and silver leaf on canvas, is one of 10 of her works accepted in the last 13 years.
Visit www.hoosiersalon.org to see the entire exhibit.
Art show to run through November
Ascension Fine Arts, 61 W. Main St., will be hosting “The Sea is Lush,” an art show featuring oil painter Sharon Weis through the end of this month.
The show will run through Nov. 30 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
An art teacher at Walden School, Weis uses composition, perspective ships, emotive color correlations and natural rhythms set by the sea and sky to create aesthetic divisions of space. She enjoys painting on birch plywood to draw inspiration from the natural world.
Craft show makes something out of nothing
COLUMBUS — The Déjà Vu craft show, features many professional artists that create art out of almost nothing. Artwork available for purchase includes wearable art, weaving, leatherwork, woodworking and more.
The show will take place at the Commons, 300 Washington St., on Nov. 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free in celebration of America Recycles Day.
Seasons Holiday Art and Craft Show coming back
Plans are being finalized for the return of The Seasons Holiday Art and Craft Show after missing last year because of COVID.
This year’s show, a Thanksgiving weekend tradition for nearly 40 years, will be Friday, Nov. 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Seasons Conference Center. There is no admission charge and parking is free.
While booth space is nearly filled, there is still room for a few more artists and crafters to apply.
Currently, the juried show will offer handmade pottery, both useful and decorative; felt Christmas ornaments; woodworking projects; primitive paintings; wildlife photography; fine painting; handmade baskets; soaps; crocheting; knitting and embroidery work; fine jewelry; and from the longest returning artist who has exhibited at the show for all but one year, hand-painted folk art tree ornaments.
The Brown County 4-H Club will also offer their fresh holiday pine wreaths and swags as one of their fundraisers.
Each juried artist and crafter doing the show has signed an agreement to be fully vaccinated to help make the show as safe as possible. Additionally, if conditions warrant, all vaccinated artists and crafters will wear masks. Signs will be posted outside the conference center requesting that all guests be vaccinated. Guests may also be required to wear masks if warranted at the time of the show. Masks will be available at the door for anyone needing one.
For more information, including breakfast, brunch and lunch offerings available at the show in the conference center, visit the show’s website, seasonsartandcraftshow.com.
Hoosier Homestead farms sought for history book
The Indiana State Department of Agriculture and the Hoosier Homestead award program plan to publish “Hoosier Homestead Farms: Honoring Farm Legacy,” a history-focused coffee table book.
Owners of Hoosier Homestead farms are invited to submit a free 300 word history of their farm and a photo for the book. Information should include the year the farm started, how many generations have worked on it and owned it, crops grown, places crops are sold and the year the farm was inducted as a Hoosier Homestead Farm.
Visit www.acclaimpress.com to submit or reserve a copy. Submissions may also be emailed to [email protected].
The deadline for submissions and reserving a copy is Nov. 30.
