124th Annual Exhibition by Indiana and Ohio Artists

Exhibit Dates: November 3, 2022 – January, 7, 2023

Note: RAM is closed December 22 – January 2 for the Holidays.

This juried exhibition features artists over 18 years of age who reside in the states of Indiana or Ohio. It is the oldest juried art contest in the State of Indiana.

The 124th Annual Exhibit will be open to the public on November 3 with our first public, in-person reception and awards ceremony since 2019. This year’s juror is nationally acclaimed, Carl Samson.

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Advanced Division Accepted Artist List:

Kimberly Anderson
Scott Anderson
Michael Atwell
Craig D. Barton
Walt Bistline
Andrea Bojrab
Rhonda Bontrager
Roy Boswell
Ronn Brown
Mark Burkett
JoAnne Burkhard
Tracy Burns
Brian Burt
Kalleen Chilcote
Debbie Cole
Jodie Cole-Mulle
Rick Coleman
Hilarie Couture
Linda Crank
India Cruse Griffin
David Dale
Dale Danowski
Fred Doloresco
Stephen Edwards
Karen Fehr
Brad Fields
Ronda Fischer
Beth Forst
Joel Fremion
Mark Gardner
Ann Geise
Charlene George
Amy Glass
Genny Gordy
Karen Graeser
Kathy Girten
Chris Griffin-Woods
Gwen Gutwein
Susan Gutzwiller
Sandy Hall
David Hannon
Thomas A. Himsel
Al Hopkins
Corrine Hull
Allen Hutton
David B. Johnson
Sarojini Johnson
Diane Kiemeyer
Jason Knapp
Alan Larkin
Janice Lindboe
Beverly S. Mathis
Antonio McAfee
Jeanne McLeish
Bob Meyers
Steve Minnick
David Musselman
Patricia Nelson
Nancy Nordloh Neville
Pam Newell
Sarabeth Noggle
Dennis Orlowski
Kate Orr
Diane Overmyer
Mark Pearson
Lisa Pfenninger
Steve Pfenninger
Aaron Pickens
Dianna Porter
June Presnell
Ron Richcreek
Anna Roberts
Joe Rohrman
Donald A. Schuster
William Schwab
Jean Selanders
Carol Sexton
Lawrence Sexton
Donna Shortt
Daniel Sims
Jenny Moore Smith
Jerry Smith
Robert M. Smith
Patti Starr
Carol Strock Wasson
Mark Van Buskirk
Justin Vining
Deb Ward
Steve Weidert
Rick D. Wilson
Marilyn Witt
Steve Wohler
Dan Woodson
Tom Woodson
Shirley Woolard
Carrie Wright
Susan Yanos
Norman Ziolkowski

Amateur Division Accepted Artist List:

Abigail Adamson
Jana Angelucci
Kathy Bird
Steve Bromberg
Judy Buchholz
Jenelle Burris
Zake Campbell
Christine Casteel
Colby Cox
Jayce Cox
Suzanne Cox
Jeanne Felmy
Misty Fox
Lindsey Garrett
Prinshu Gautam
Morris Gibbons
Lindsey Griffin
Angel Guzman
Esther Hale
Betty Knapp
Heather Knight
Jenie Lahmann
Charles Martin
Gloria May
Jean McCauley
Sharon McQueen
Rachel Michael
Edwin Ortiz Aguirre
Nathen Peck
Abigail Perkins
Debbie Richcreek
David Samuels
Kaden Sebastian
Allison Smiley
Brent Smith
Larry Sturgis
Tarah Trueblood
Kate Wallace
Venna Werner
John Whittaker
Shirley Wise

About the Juror:

Carl Samson is a repeat winner at the National Portrait Competition, winning both The Grand Prize and The Portrait Institute Award for Distinguished Achievement in Portrait Painting. He was one of five American plein-air painters invited to work with the Union of Russian Artists in Moscow, and has lectured and demonstrated painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York as the American Society of Portrait Artists’ Distinguished Guest of Honor.

His groundbreaking, Triumph of Truth, received The Phil Desind Award for most outstanding representational painting at the Butler Institute of American Art, and his Portrait of Natalie Portman as Padme Amidala (collection of George Lucas, image below) was published in Star Wars Art: Visions, and was shown most recently in Japan. Samson’s work has been purchased by the Cincinnati Art Museum and has been the subject of numerous articles in a variety of media including American Artist, International Artist and The Artist’s Magazine. His clients include director George Lucas, Procter & Gamble, E. W. Scripps and other businesses and corporations, universities, colleges and schools of learning, government, judicial, medical, legal and religious entities, clubs, foundations, arts organizations, museums and discerning collectors worldwide. In June of 2022, he was awarded the MaDowell Medal for his contribution to the arts.

A Cincinnati resident since 1986, Carl works and exhibits in a historic 1887 Queen Anne house near the Cincinnati Art Museum that was once the home and studio of Herman and Bessie Wessel, students of artist Frank Duveneck. He continues to welcome both public and private commissions.

CALENDAR OF IMPORTANT DATES:

September 30: Postmark Deadline for Entry
October 7, 9 am – 4 pm: Works delivered to RAM
October 21, 22: 10 am – 5 pm: Pick up of unaccepted works
November 3, 2022: 7PM In McGuire Memorial Hall Auditorium
Exhibit Open To Public November 3th, 2022
January 7th, 2023: Exhibition Closes
January 13, 14 & 15th, 10 am – 5 pm: Pick-up all artwork

Download the 2022 Annual Exhibition Prospectus and Registration Form Here