Silver wins Best in Show

      

Mary Hardy, head of the Art Department of Mississippi Gulf Coast College, judged the Vicksburg Art Association's 25th Annual Mississippi Artists Exhibition, and chose Lesley Silver's Mixed Media painting/collage entitled: Stories Without Morals as Best in Show from among the 138 entires in the show. Ms. Silver received a cash award of $500.

Awards were given in nine categories:

Watercolor, Photo Mono, Photo Color, Drawing, Mixed Media, 3 Dimensional, Oil, Acrylic, and Print.

A complete list of winners is available here.

And read comments made by the judge about many of the award winning pieces.

The Vicksburg Art Association would like to thank the following members of the community for sponsoring purchase awards:

Linden Plantation Gardens

Dr. & Mrs. Shawn Panzer

Ms. Carol Bonelli

Mrs. Gayle McCarty - Hinds Community College

Mr. & Mrs. Dan Waring

Mr. & Mrs. Emmett Atwood

Mr. David Dabney - The Martha Vick

The show may be viewed at the Old Constitution Firehouse Gallery during the following hours:

Oct. 23 Sun.........Show hours: 1:00 p.m -4:00 p.m.
Oct. 24, Mon....Show hours: 10:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m.
Oct. 25 Tue......Show hours: 10:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m.
Oct. 26, Wed.....Show hours 10:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m.