The Carnegie Arts Center will be opening a new exhibit of works by regional artists in the Lobby Gallery this week. The annual exhibition, “Farms & Fields,” is a juried, all media show that celebrates the beauty and importance of agriculture.
Fifty-two works by 37 artists from throughout California were selected, representing 18 different regional communities. Juror Susan Stephenson, a well-known landscape painter and professor of Art at Stanislaus State, selected these works from more than 150 submissions. The exhibition includes paintings, photographs, prints, drawings, watercolors, mixed media, pastels, ceramics, woodworking and fabric arts. Subjects include field crops, orchards, farm equipment and buildings, livestock, irrigation, the people who work in agriculture and more.
The artists will be celebrated with a free reception, open to the public, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. May 7 as part of Art Around Town, the downtown Turlock art walk that happens quarterly and includes nine downtown businesses that feature art and more. The exhibition will run through July 25.
Awards totaling $1,100 were given to:
Best of Show
Rhett Regina Owings, Farm Near Tracy, gouache
Awards of Merit
Nicole Slater, Barns & Fields, collage
Monique Wales, Tranquility’s Veil, linocut print
Honorable Mentions
Anna Barber, Spring Barn, Digital photo montage
Amy Morgan, Thunderhead, collage
Patrick Rhames, Canola Oil, Color photograph
Calvin Teem, Spring Rake, Black & white photograph
Local artists included in the exhibition include: William Conrad, Turlock; Eric deOliveira, Hilmar; Rhett Regina Owings, Turlock; Philip Payne, Turlock; Linda Prather Nelson, Turlock; Kaitlyn Sanchez, Turlock; Jason Schaefer, Turlock; Margo Souza, Turlock; and Pam Toombs, Turlock.
