Misc Information | Muncie Artists Guild

2023 MAG Annual Art Show Sponsors:

Special thanks to Minnetrista Cultural Center for allowing MAG to hold the annual show at their facility. The Muncie Artists Guild greatly appreciates the following local merchants for their generous merchants' awards:

Art Mart & Karen Fisher to recipient, Jerry Wire

Concrete Statuaries to recipient, Jill Palumbo
Gordy Fine Art and Framing & Barb and Carl Shaffer to recipient, Tom Heatherly
Identity Salon 120 & Heather Luna to recipient, Sheila Piazza
Made in Muncie Pottery & Toren Scott to recipient, Vern Bedel
Massage Therapy Associates of Muncie & Jules Carter to recipient, Liz Guntle
Rosebud Coffee House & Tiara Hicks to recipient, Maria Walker
State Farm Insurance & Jason White to recipient, Chicqiela Elbert
Vera Mae's Bistro & Steve Fennimore and Kent Shuff to recipient Sara Shaffer

Minnetrista

1200 N. Minnetrista Parkway, Muncie, IN

The 2022 art show judge, Pat Nelson, is an independent and unbiased art professional who is not a member and not affiliated with the Muncie Artists Guild.

2022 Award Recipients:

OIL

Tom Heatherly, Burr's Tractor, 1st Place & Merchant Award, Take Five, 3rd Place.
Karen Evans, Winds of Change, 2nd Place.
Deborah Brown, Dawn of Hope Honorable Mention.

ACRYLIC

Sarah Shaffer, Blue Jars, 1st Place & Merchant Award, Washington Bridge, 2nd Place.
Diane Burrell, A&K Rootbeer Truck, Alexandria, IN, 3rd Place.
Terri Best, Commack Station, Honorable Mention.

PASTEL

J ill Palumbo, Appeal to the Great Spirit, 1st Place & Merchant Award.
Lylanne Musselman, Muncie Depot WWII Sendoff, 2nd Place.
Carla Corbin, The Great Mound, Fall Afternoon, 3rd Place.
Karen Fisher, Court House-Wheat, Honorable Mention.
Jean McCauley, Home Court, Honorable Mention.

WATERCOLOR

Vern Bedel, White River Along Wheeling, 1st Place & Merchant Award.
Lylanne Musselman, Waterfowl of Westside Park, 2nd Place.
Michele Wilson, Fishing at Mount Summit Lake, 3rd Place.
Sue Gordy, Trail Ride, Honorary Mention.

MIXED MEDIA

Liz Guntle, Frog in a Selma Pond, 1st Place & Merchant Award, January Morning at the Duck Pond, 3rd Place.
Chicquiela Elbert, Frog Baby, 2nd Place.
Deborah Brown, Spring Treasure, Honorable Mention.

DRAWING

Sheila Piazza, Friday Night Ritual, Muncie, 1st Place & Merchant Award.
Vern Bedel, Former Home of William and Emma Ball, 2nd Place.
Anita Jones, Pizza King Calling, 3rd Place.

3-D

Maria Walker, Native Turtle, 1st Place & Merchant Award.
Madelyn Heskett, Paeonia, 2nd Place, The Beauty of the Place I Call Home, 3rd Place.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Chicqiela Elbert, Woodland Totem 1st Place.
Maria Walker, Riggin Barn, 2nd Place.

BALL JAR CATEGORY

Jerry Wire, Muncie Money Maker, Acrylic, 1st Place, Best of Show & Merchant Award.
Vern Bedel, Ball Jar Lemonade @ Payne's, Mixed Media, 2nd Place.
Carla Corbin, Summer in Ball Jars, Textile/Mixed Media, 3rd Place
Chicquiela Elbert, Ball Jars and Glass Beads, Photography, Honorary Mention.
Deborah Brown, Collecting Wild Violets, Oil on Linen, Honorary Mention.