Indiana Heritage Arts 2008 Show

Out of some 170 Indiana artists entered, 25 artists were judged as winners in the 30th anniversary exhibition and sale organized by Indiana Heritage Arts, Inc. The sale opened Friday night at the Brown County Art Gallery in Nashville with a reception and awards ceremony where winning artists were given over $20,000 in prize money. The exhibit opens to the public on Saturday June 7 and will remain open through Saturday, June 21st. Over 140 paintings were juried into the show and all are for sale. The top prize of $5,000 went to Denise Frazier-Pettee of Indianapolis, for "Lotus Pond", Second Place and $3,000 went to Jerry Smith of Crawfordsville for "Summer Grazing" and Third Place and $2,000 went to Todd Reifers of Indianapolis for "Weeding the Garden". Any artist with a tie to Indiana is eligible to enter what has become one of the largest art competitions in the Mid-West. IHA is a non-profit group based in Brown County that supports Indiana’s heritage style artists. It makes its home at the historic Brown County Art Gallery in Nashville. Prize winners will remain on display in the IHA room after the exhibition closes later this month. Other prize winners include four $1,000 Awards of Excellence. They went to Carol Strock Wasson of Union City, Fred Doloresco of Fort Wayne, John Michael Carter of Louisville, Ky, and Dan Woodson of Muncie. Memorial Prize winners went to Ron Mack of Indianapolis, Mary Gretsinger of Columbus, Chris Newlund of Columbus, David Woodson of Muncie, Joel Knapp of Bugg Hollow, Tennessee, William Borden of Hanover, Thomas Himsel of Brownsburg and Randall Scott Harden of Noblesville. Merit Prizes of $250.00 went to Jodie Friend of Bloomington, Tim Greatbatch of Nashville, C.W. Mundy of Indianapolis, Ken Bucklew of Spencer, Thom Robinson of Bedford, Mary Ann Davis of Indianapolis, Rita Spalding of Carmel, Libby Whipple of Avon, Robert Eberle of Indianapolis and Judith Weiss of Noblesville. There will also be a special purchase for the IHA Permanent Collection that will be chosen by the Board of Director’s on opening night and a People’s Choice Award of $500 that will be voted on by exhibit visitors through the run of the show. 2008 IHA Show and Exhibition Preps Underway The call for entries has begun for the 30th annual Indiana Heritage Arts Exhibition and Sale coming this June. The event is one of the largest and richest art competitions in the Mid-West and is held each year at the historic Brown County Art Gallery in Nashville. The show opens with an awards reception on Friday, June 6 and then to the public on Saturday, June 7 for a two week run. Last year over 200 artists entered and winners took home over $70,000 in prize money and purchase awards. All artists must be 18 years of age or older and have a tie to Indiana. The competition is for heritage style artists following in the impressionist tradition of the early colony that began at the turn of the last century in Nashville. A major rule change this year requires that all work must be fresh and not exhibited in any other juried show. As in the past, all work must be offered for sale. A total of three pieces may be entered, but no photography or computer work is accepted. The exhibit will be held at the Brown County Art Gallery at the corner of Main Street and Artist Drive in Nashville. 2008 Call for Entry 2008 Registration Cards

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