2024 Robin Nance Metz Art Competition

The 2024 Robin Nance Metz Art Competition opening and gallery reception was held on Thursday, January 25, 2024 in the Shelby County Arts Center’s EBSCO Fine Art Gallery.

The SCAC was excited to host this annual juried gallery exhibit. In 2023, the SCAC decided to rename the Adult Juried Art Exhibit to honor the artistic legacy of Shelby County artist, Robin Nance Metz, who passed away from cancer in 2022. Robin was a light to all around her and we hope this exhibit celebrates her artistic spirit and the inspiration that remains.

This year’s exhibit was judged by Artist Stacey Holloway. Of more than 85 artists who entered the competition, less than 50 were accepted to the show. Holloway certainly had her work cut out for her when she decided which pieces to accept into the show based on digital entries alone. After the accepted pieces arrived in the gallery, Holloway then came to the gallery and did the final round of judging in person. After spending several hours contemplating her choices, she made her selections, and prizes were awarded the opening night of the exhibit. Check out the gallery at the bottom of the page for the winning selections and honorable mentions.

Each fall this exhibit submission opens up to all Alabama Artists ages 18 and up.

 

Winning Artists:

Best in Show: Ted Metz – Engineered to Deplete and Destroy, Designed to Protect

Best in Fiber Arts: Bethany Moody – Blacksplat

Best in Photography: Madelyn Carr Bonnett – Fern Frenzy 3

Best in Drawing: Michelle Branson – Fine Lines

Best in Painting: Anna Lyle – It’s all around me, it’s in my clothes

Best in Sculpture: Emily Meisler – Recede

Best in Fine Art Crafts: Margaret Hutcheson – Pricilla

Best in Printmaking: Nicholas Tisdale – di-chot-o-tomy: Above/Below I

Executive Director’s Choice: Scott Meyer – Alchemy Wall Assemblage

Staff Choice: Rik Lazenby – Transition in Blue Sharp

Honorable Mentions:

Fiber Arts: Leanna Leithauser-Lesley – Exaggerated Sense of Spectacle

Photography: Bob Quarles – Final Belongings

Drawing: Danielle Tickell – Blue Lung

Painting: Terry Beckham – Philmont Spring

Sculpture: Jacob Oglesby – Heart on My Sleeve

Fine Art Crafts: Janice Eubank – Hard Water

 

Participating Artists:

Deborah Ballog – Terry Beckham – Jonathan Beeson – Donnalee Blankenship – Jennifer Blanton – Charlotte Blencowe – Madelyn Carr Bonnett – Michelle Branson – Kimberley A. Brown – Richard Brown – Alexandria Byrd – Tom Dameron – Lina De Lorenci Johnson – Janice James Eubank – Bella Glattli – Karen Graffeo – Tiffany Hawkins – Adena Helm – Eamon Hogg – Meghan Howell – Margaret Hutcheson – Rik Lazenby – Leanna Leithauser-Lesley – Anna Lyle – Jessica McClurg – Jennifer McCohnell – Kayli Meek – Emily Meisler – Ted Metz – Scott Meyer –  Caroline Myers – Bethany Moody – Elaine Nelson – Jacob Oglesby – Kimberly Orsini – Richard Pugh – Bob Quarles – Tammy Robbins – Dawn South – Beverly J. Stewart – Robert Sturgis – Wanda Sullivan – Danielle Tickell – Nicholas Tisdale – Kay Vinson – Ted Vodde – Laura Walker – Joseph Wheeler – K. Randall Wilcox – Abbey Wilkerson