Competitions
40th Annual Smoky Hill Art Exhibition
April 24 - June 6, 2009

Sponsored by

Kansas Arts Commission, Emprise Bank, and AT&T

An exhibition of works selected from the Hays Arts Council’s annual state-wide, juried fine art competition.  As selected by Jan Schall, curator of the modern and contemporary art collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum, this exhibition of original works includes paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, sculpture and ceramics by artists throughout the state of Kansas.

JUROR

Jan Schall is the Sanders Sosland Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.  She holds a Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Texas and an M.A, in Art History and Archaeology from Washington University in St. Louis.  She curated the 2000 three-part NEA-supported millennium exhibition Tempus-Fugit: Time Flies and produced its catalog and award-winning website. More recently she co-curated a five-part exhibition of New Media Projects, has overseen the renovation and reinstallation of the Museum's Kansas City Sculpture Park, is working on a catalogue of the collection and maintains an active teaching schedule.

AWARDS

At the juror’s discretion, a total of $2,000 in cash prizes will be awarded. The HAC also promotes a purchase award program among its patrons.

Below is a sampling of the exhibition
Click on any photo to enlarge

Award Winners

 
Photos (Left to Right)
1 - "Machismo" - Ashton Ludden, Emporia   $300 Cash Award
2 - "Covenant" - Ann Zerger, Moundridge  $300 Cash Award
3 - "Seashell Exposed" - Chris Stein, Dodge City  $300 Cash Award
4 - "Hands" - Petr Grigorev, Great Bend  $300 Cash Award

Photos (Left to Right)
1 - "Aggregation II (Mount Saint Helens)" - Kevin Bernstein, Manhattan  
$150 Cash Award
2 - "Coyote Watches" - Catherine Hale Robins, Lawrence  $150 Cash Award
3 - "Solitary Simplicity" - Harold Gaston, Council Grove  $150 Cash Award
4 - "Cut for Silage" - Jean Terry, Lenexa  $150 Cash Award

Photos (Left to Right)
1 - "Refuge" - Jayson K.T. Schwaller, Hays   $100 Cash Award
2 - "Ascension" - Alan Detrich, Lawrence  $100 Cash Award
3 - "Nothing I Do is Ever Good Enough" - Wayne Conyers, McPherson  $100 Cash Award
 

 
Photos (Left to Right)
1 - "Organic Shockwave by Pool" - Barbara Rutherford, Hays    Juror's Merit
2 - "Trimester" - Michelle Parkman, Emporia    Juror's Merit
3 - "Drop" - Jennifer Higerd, Hays   Juror's Merit
4 - "Reflection-Bathing in the Sunset" - Yeqiang Wang, Topeka  Juror's Merit

Download the Entire 2009 Smoky Hill Art Exhibition Catalog