Indiana University East announced the Top Eleven Award and Purchase Award recipients during the Whitewater Valley Annual Art Competition reception held October 26.

This year’s competition was juried by Katherine Sherwood, a professor at UC Berkeley in the art department and the Disability Studies Program. The competition accepts entries from artists throughout a 300-mile radius around Richmond.

The Whitewater Valley Annual Art Competition exhibit in The Gallery and Meijer Artway, located in Whitewater Hall, is open now through December 9. A full list of entrants to the exhibit is available on the IU East Media Relations website.

Visitors are welcome to view the exhibit during gallery hours, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, call Ed Thornburg, gallery curator, at (765) 973-8605 or visit iue.edu/gallery.

2011 Whitewater Top Eleven Merit Award Winners
Scott Anderson, Hartford City, Ind.: “The Prophet, His Ego, and 7 Unoriginal Sins” Acrylic on Canvas

David Cunningham, Indianapolis, Ind.: “The Present” Oil on Panel

Erik Austin Deerly, Fishers, Ind.: “Force” Pigment Ink on Watercolor Paper

David Hannon, Muncie, Ind.: “Hide and Seek” Oil on Panel

Jim Hair, Richmond, Ind.: “County Fair” Digital Photograph

Katie Jacob, Richmond, Ind.: “The Owl and the Pussycat” Mixed Media

Benny Kenworthy, Richmond, Ind.: “Romancing the Barn” Acrylic / Mixed

Brandon McFadden, Centerville, Ind.: “Red Sky in the Morning” Burnished Lacquer Stoneware

Diana Pappin, Richmond, Ind.: “Sacred Silence” Digital Photograph

Nicole Pancini, Muncie, Ind.: “Survival” Acrylic on Canvas

Mark Sawrie, Muncie, Ind.: “Stragglers” Pigment Print on Canvas (PH)

Purchase Awards
Gail Ginther, Metamora, Ind.: “Evening Rain” Acrylic on Canvas

Larry Graham, Muncie, Ind.: “Cityscape #13” Automotive Lacquer on Paper

Sara Fleenor, Eaton, Ohio: “Cans” Oil on Canvas

Nicole Pancini, Muncie, Ind.: “Survival” Acrylic on Canvas