The Turlock City Arts Commission is proud to announce the award winners of their 27th Annual Spring Juried Art Show and Sale. The exhibition is being presented at the City Gallery, located inside Turlock City Hall at 156 S. Broadway in Turlock. The show runs from March 6 – April 30, with a public reception and awards ceremony scheduled for Thursday, April 30, from 6-8 p.m.
Valetta Boudreau of Turlock will take the Best of Show award for her oil self-portrait; the $500 award is generously sponsored by Teichert Construction. Artel Arts Center sponsors a special award which this year goes to Modesto artist Barbara Gill Salerno.
The three juror panel selected 62 outstanding works from among the 153 entries received. Each year the exhibition is open to artists who live in central California. This year the show includes the work of 48 artists from the communities of Turlock, Modesto, Patterson, Ceres, Merced, Atwater, Denair, Lodi, Riverbank, Salida, Stockton, and Waterford. A complete list of award winners and sponsors follows.
Admission to the exhibition is free; hours are 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Friday, and evenings during public meetings (2nd & 4th Tuesdays of each month during City Council meetings; 2nd Thursdays during Arts Commission meetings).
The mission of the Turlock City Arts Commission (TCAC) is to protect and enhance the cultural richness and diversity of the Turlock community by promoting the visual, performing, and literary arts in the city.
Turlock City Arts Commission’s 27th Annual Spring Juried Art Show Award Winners
Best of Show
Valetta Boudreau (Turlock), Self Portrait #1, oil on canvas
Sponsored by Teichert Construction
Artel Award
Barbara Gill Salerno, Red Wine Sun, mixed media
Sponsored by Artel Art Center
Acrylic & Oil
1st Place:
Jose Hernandez, Still Life #8
2nd Place:
Chella, Thornton Vines
3rd Place:
Valetta Boudreau, Self Portrait #2
Honorable Mention:
Virginia White, Clouds Over the Foothills
Drawing & Graphics
1st Place:
Justin Blizzard, Sketch of Jim
2nd Place:
Tinna Savini, Fall Equinox
3rd Place:
Francis Haidar, Half Dome
Honorable Mention:
Milt Bullard, Snow on River Rocks, Yosemite
Mixed Media
1st Place:
Christian Hali, Empire No. 1
2nd Place:
Judith Cochran, Goldn Fruit
3rd Place:
Kate Jackson, Mapquest – World Asunder
Honorable Mention:
Claudia Silva-Doo, Nita’s Lychees
Photography
1st Place:
William Harris, Shapes
2nd Place:
Rob Bearden, Chicago Reflection
3rd Place:
Ben Swift, Juniper at Utica
Honorable Mention:
Elias Funez, Del Puerto Canyon
Three-dimensional
1st Place:
Joshua Danner, Homunculus
2nd Place:
Dennis Langley, The Solar Run
3rd Place:
Christine Johnson, The Keepers
Honorable Mention:
Steve Brewer, Reflections
Watercolor
1st Place:
Kate Jackson, Oh, That Blue
2nd Place:
Eileen Butcher, Livermore Farm
3rd Place:
Janet Wheeler, Raggedy Cowboy
Honorable Mention:
Gaye Wolf, Fresh Picked
