Midyear Exhibition

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

The 80th annual Midyear Exhibition is now on view at the Butler Institute of American Art, and will run through Aug. 28.

The show is a juried exhibition of original work in all two-dimensional media, including oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, drawings, prints, photographs and digital works, from artists age 18 or older residing within the United States.

Juror for this year’s exhibition was John Vanco, director and chief curator of the Erie Art Museum.

This year’s show accepted 93 entries from 74 artists from 14 states, from a total of 775 entries from 293 artists from 29 states. A catalog of the works included in the exhibition is available through the Butler gift shop.

“This year’s exhibition certainly shows that contemporary art is alive and well in this country,” said Louis A. Zona, director of the Butler.

Douglas Wiltraut (Whitehall, Pa.) was awarded the first-place prize for his painting “Stowaway.”

Second place was awarded to Judith Brandon (Cleveland) for her mixed media piece titled “Slumbering Monk.”

Vincent Giarrano (Washington Depot, Conn.) won third place for “Tribecca.”

“Roller Derby Queen,” an oil portrait by August Burns, was awarded the Allied Artists of America Award.

The 80th National Midyear Exhibition is sponsored in part by the Allied Artists of America, a nonprofit national art society.