The OAC Riffe Gallery presents Watercolor Ohio 2016: 39th Annual Juried Exhibition, October 27, 2016 – January 7, 2017.
Watercolor Ohio 2016 is a broad and diverse display of watercolor and its modern applications. The Ohio Watercolor Society (OWS), a member-based nonprofit dedicated to artists working with water-based media, produces this annual competitive juried exhibition.
Carrie Burns Brown, a mixed media artist and National Watercolor Society member living in South Carolina, served as exhibition juror. The call-for-entry was open to all OWS members, and 80 pieces were juried into the exhibition. Burns Brown selected the top three award winners, as well as the top 25 pieces which will continue to travel to other cultural institutions in Ohio after the Riffe Gallery display closes on January 7, 2017. The top three awards were chosen by the exhibition juror and are courtesy of the OWS. All other awards were selected and funded by their respective sponsors.
Gold Medal, $1,000: Frederick C. Graff, Medina, Codding Hill
Silver Medal, $750: Charles Rowland, Lewis Center, In the port of Marseille
Bronze Medal, $600: Carol Griffith, Orient, Bad Science
Johnson Investment Council Award, $500: Ted Vassar, Palmyra, MI, Seismic Fault Line
Dick Blick Award, $500: Ted Lawson, Canton, Rush Hour 111
Cheap Joe’s Award, $450: Karen Becker Benedetti, Kettering, Ancestry
Fredrix Art Canvas Co. Award, $450: Leonard Williams, Waynesville, Boulder River Sunset
Ron Rollins Memorial Award, $400: David Ruckman, Mansfield, Algoma Steel House
In addition to sponsored and juror-chosen awards, this year’s Jim Brower Lifetime Achievement Award winner is Marilyn Stocker, and Josie Bunstine is the recipient of the Hacker-Hodnott Scholarship. These awards were chosen and supported by OWS. The pieces will also be on view in Watercolor Ohio 2016.
