Honor Awards 2021

Honor Awards 2021 June 12-July 15, 2021

 Please join Art Saint Louis for Honor Awards 2021, our Summer 2021 exhibit in the Gallery featuring works by ten Award-winning St. Louis regional artists who received Awards of Excellence for their works in our 2019 exhibits.

Graphic design by Emily Crull.Graphic design by Emily Crull.

Honor Awards 2021 features recent artworks by ten Award-winning regional artists from Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky. The 53 artworks in this exhibition include painting, photography, and ceramic sculpture. We invite you to also view highlights from the exhibit as well as images of all of the featured artworks in our Facebook album for the show here.

Honor Awards 2021 is presented in the Art Saint Louis Gallery from June 12 through July 15, 2021.


The Art Saint Louis Gallery is free and open to the public Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and all are welcome. School groups or any group larger than 7 people, please make an appointment with us in advance of your visit.

 
OUR JUROR

We are honored to have the opportunity to work with artist and art educator Amy Maclennan as Juror for this exhibit. Amy MacLennan is an Associate Professor at McKendree University and Director of McKendree University Gallery of Art, in Lebanon, Illinois. MacLennan is a figurative painter and printmaker, and member of the Midwest Paint Group. She was an artist-in-residence at Prairie Center of the Arts, in Peoria, Illinois; Jentel, in northern Wyoming; Montana Artists Refuge, and Eye-Land Coordination in Montana. Ms. MacLennan completed her MFA in painting and drawing at Indiana State University, in Terre Haute, IN.


PARKING RECOMMENDATIONS
Art Saint Louis is located at 1223 Pine Street in downtown St. Louis. There are parking meters on Pine Street and Olive Street and all nearby streets. Parking meters run 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Fines are steep ($20), so don't let your meter expire. Visit Downtown St. Louis.org's website for additional parking suggestions. You might also download the handy Parkmobile app, whereby you can pay for and monitor parking meter via your mobile phone.

Hourly parking is usually available in the Park Pacific Garage located on Olive just West of Tucker (entrance is on the South side of Olive). Parking is at your own expense and payable by credit card upon exiting the garage. Access to the garage & hours are currently limited. For info: 888-614-7426. Be sure to take your parking receipt/ticket with you when you exit your car to visit the Gallery or you won't be able to get back in to the garage to get to your garage. Your parking ticket is your key to get back in to the garage. Art Saint Louis cannot validate parking.

The Gallery is easily accessible by Public Transportation with MetroLink and MetroBus with MetroBus stops nearby.
If you are uncomfortable driving downtown, you might want to consider a carpool or rideshare to our location.


The ten featured artists in Honor Awards 2021 are:

CB Adams, St. Charles, MO
Racheal Bruce, Louis, MO
Mark Appling Fisher, St. Charles, MO
John Hardecke, Washington, MO
Naomi Sugino Lear, Columbia, MO
Jenna McNair, St. Louis, MO  
Christina McNealy, Troy, IL
Bob Rickert, Chesterfield, MO
Andrea Vadner, Richmond Heights, MO
Ben Walker, Paducah, KY


Some of the 53 artworks featured in Honor Awards 2021:

CB Adams, St. Charles, MO. “Pedal Another Cause.” 2019. Silver Gelatin Photograph, 16”x20”. 	$350.CB Adams, St. Charles, MO. “Pedal Another Cause.” 2019. Silver Gelatin Photograph, 16”x20”. $350. Racheal Bruce, St. Louis, MO. “Spoken.” 2019. Etched Mirror, 6.625”x14”. $200.Racheal Bruce, St. Louis, MO. “Spoken.” 2019. Etched Mirror, 6.625”x14”. $200. Mark Appling Fisher, St. Charles, MO. “Dialogue Six.” 2020. Digital Photograph on Archival Paper, 20”x36”. $750.Mark Appling Fisher, St. Charles, MO. “Dialogue Six.” 2020. Digital Photograph on Archival Paper, 20”x36”. $750.
John Hardecke, Washington, MO. “Unforgiven.” 2019. Acrylic on Canvas, 38”x50”. $800.John Hardecke, Washington, MO. “Unforgiven.” 2019. Acrylic on Canvas, 38”x50”. $800. Naomi Sugino Lear, Columbia, MO. “While they were gone.” 2016. Oil on Canvas, 22”x27”. Not for Sale.Naomi Sugino Lear, Columbia, MO. “While they were gone.” 2016. Oil on Canvas, 22”x27”. Not for Sale. Jenna McNair, St. Louis, MO. “Measure of a Woman.” 2018. Oil on Canvas, 40”x60”. $3,000.Jenna McNair, St. Louis, MO. “Measure of a Woman.” 2018. Oil on Canvas, 40”x60”. $3,000.
Christina McNealy, Troy, IL. “Illuminating Entropy.” 2018. Porcelain, Luster, Candles, 7”x7”x3”. Not for Sale.Christina McNealy, Troy, IL. “Illuminating Entropy.” 2018. Porcelain, Luster, Candles, 7”x7”x3”. Not for Sale. Bob Rickert, Chesterfield, MO. “Great Sand Dunes National Park #12.” 2019. Digital Photograph on Baryta Fiber Paper, 26”x30”. $350.Bob Rickert, Chesterfield, MO. “Great Sand Dunes National Park #12.” 2019. Digital Photograph on Baryta Fiber Paper, 26”x30”. $350. ndrea Vadner, Richmond Heights, MO. “Passage.” 2020. Mixed Media on Paper, 43”x45.5”. $3,000.ndrea Vadner, Richmond Heights, MO. “Passage.” 2020. Mixed Media on Paper, 43”x45.5”. $3,000.
3Ben Walker, Paducah, KY. “The Intruder.” 2017. Pen on Illustration Board, 10.5”x7.5”. $400.3Ben Walker, Paducah, KY. “The Intruder.” 2017. Pen on Illustration Board, 10.5”x7.5”. $400.

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