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Due to the stay-at home order, the LowellArts Gallery has been closed. Recently the staff created a virtual tour of its current exhibition featuring 56 West Michigan arts.

The Annual West Michigan Art Competition highlights outstanding artwork by West Michigan artists. With the being the 34th yer, the competition has become well-respected exhibition that many artists strive to be a part of. Of the 226 artists who submitted work to be juried at this year’s competition, 56 artists had their work selected to be on display a the LowellArts Gallery.

At a well-attended reception on March 5, this year’s juror, Jim Nawara, a professor emeritus of Painting and Drawing in the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art history at Wayne State University, shared with attendees comments about his process for selecting the works that were selected for the show. Also at the event, he presented five artists with honorable mention awards and another five artists with monetary awards totaling $2,500.

Award Winners

David Besteman

JA Dine

Taylor Hendrix

Doug Klemm

Taylor Mazer

Honorable Mention

Richard Aardsma

Amy Johnson

Frank Leasure

Maria Lemon

Michael Nashef