Healing through the Arts

See the artwork up close. Paintings will be on display from Aug-Nov in the Cancer Center at St.Johns Mercy Hospital in St.Louis. the display or gallery is referred to as: Healing through the Arts. The hope is that the art somehow brightens their day or touches them.

The 41st Annual Area Artist Exhibit and Competition, titled ORIGINALE, will be held at the Hannibal Arts Council from September 9 through October 6. The exhibit and competition, hosted by Riverland Artists Group, features the area's largest representation of local artists residing within a 50-mile radius of Hannibal.

Riverland Artists Group is expecting at least 200 pieces by over 70 area artists to be exhibited in the following mediums: Oil/oil pastel; Drawings/Prints (pencil, charcoal, soft pastel, lithography, soft ground etching, monotypes); Water media (watercolor, gouache, egg tempera); Sculpture/assemblage; Mixed media; Photography; and Acrylic (glassed and unglassed acrylics). Placement awards will be given in each of the seven categories, in addition to placement awards, and a variety of Patron Awards.

Originale Awards presented Friday, September 9

Winner of PATRON AWARDS:

Brent Jacobson Memorial Award “Coming out of a Dark Year”

Doris Ahrens Memorial Award “Spiritual Path #2”

Acrylics
1st Place – “Coming out of a Dark Year”