The Mission of the Arts Council is to increase
awareness and accessibility of the arts in southwestern Indiana

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Inspired Women in Art

2008 Award Winners

Inspired Women Winners

Front row - L to R: Donna Kipp, Nancy Raen-Mendez, Cynthia Watson, Lisa Booe, Katie Chandler, Sheri Sullivan

Back row - L to R: Amy Moore, Scarlet Fields, Julie Byczynski, Chris Ryan - CEO of The Women's Hospital, Jan Rhea Unfried, Deborah Ball

Winners missing from photo: Twila Black, Joan Kempf-deJong, Jan Frazier & Lisa Heichelbech

BEST OF SHOW - $400

Nancy Raen-Mendez, EV - Body of work:
"Jaya Ganesua," acrylic, NFS
"Maya," acrylic, NFS

2D AWARDS

  • 1st - $250 Amy Moore, Poseyville, IN
    "Our Lady," mixed media, $450
  • 2nd - $150 Jan Frazier, Owensboro, KY
    "Beijing Hutong," pastel, $900
  • 3rd - $100 Jan Rhea Unfried, EV
    "Juicy," gouache, $1,200
  • HM - $25 Cynthia Watson, EV
    "Blocked," acrylic, $450
  • HM - $25 Twila Black, Vincennes, IN
    "Red Shoe Pub," photography, $250
  • HM - $25 Donna Kipp, Newburgh, IN
    "Me!," watercolor, $250
  • HM - $25 Joan Kempf-dejong, Newburgh, IN
    "Interfoil," digital painting, NFS

3D AWARDS

  • 1st - $250 Julie Byczynski, EV
    "Take the Stairs," ceramic, $865
  • 2nd - $150 Katie Chandler, EV
    "The Yearning," barrel fired stoneware, $400
  • 3rd - $100 Scarlett Fields, EV
    "Mrs. Lackey - Before the Pink," mixed media, $150
  • HM - $25 Sherry Sullivan, Oakland City, IN
    "Layers of Protection," mixed media, $1,000
  • HM - $25 Deborah Ball, EV
    "Orthodoxy," stoneware, $500
  • HM - $25 Lisa Heichelbech, EV
    "Feuillage," ceramic, $145
  • HM - $25 Lisa Booe, EV
    "Contemplation," stoneware, $250
Indiana Arts Commission

This activity is made possible in part with support of the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, the Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.