Winners of the Ingrid Nickelsen Trust Women’s Juried Exhibition Announced

Press release from the Humboldt Arts Council:

Annakatrin Burnham

Lori Goodman

Anna Oneglia

Christy Tjaden

The Humboldt Arts Council in partnership with the Ingrid Nickelsen Trust is pleased to announce the award winners of the Ingrid Nickelsen Trust Women’s Juried Exhibition as selected by juror Joan Gold. 234 Humboldt County Women Artists entered the juried exhibition with 114 works of art chosen for inclusion in the exhibition. 11 awards were presented on Saturday, August 6^th prior to Arts Alive.

Ten Ingrid Nickelsen Trust Awards were presented to the following artists: Anna Oneglia for She Opened Her Mouth (& Things Flew Out); Sherry Hazelton for Agnes; Laura Corsiglia for Current; Carol Anderson for 5 Sapsuckers; Lori Goodman for knots, sticks, stories; Trixie Galletti for Wedding Cake; Cheryl Peterson Rau for Garden Explosion; Christy Tjaden for Nostalgia as Landscape: Wandering in a Long Forgotten Love Song, She Found Two Snakes Where Once She Believed There Was A Road; Shoshana McAvoy for Warrior Women;  and Naomi Ruth Olson for One Thousand Landscapes. The Juror’s Choice Award was presented to Annakatrin Burnham for Generations.

Joan Gold shared her thoughts on jurying the exhibition in a statement:

“The experience of being juror for this exhibition was a surprise and a pleasure. I had expected to be overwhelmed: the number of entries was daunting (234!). The work that I reviewed was of mostly high quality so making the selection wasn’t easy, but it was often delightful. As an artist and juror and human, I have biases and taste which have developed over a long life. While I tried to keep a rein on these, I also needed them in order for my choices to be genuine. Some of the attributes to which I respond in the visual arts are: first and foremost sincerity by which I mean I am not taken by work that intends to get the viewer’s attention by shock, voyeurism, or disturbing images. Clearly a bias on my part. Some of the features that I do value which do not necessarily all need to be present are: good handling of the medium(s) used, sensitive color choices, some kind of intent or vision apparent in the form of color juxtaposition, or pattern, or shape, or line or a visible energy to mention a few. Actually, I don’t think a fine painting or three dimensional work should be analyzed to determine what makes it good. What you see is what counts. Some information about symbolism or the artist’s vision or history or such might help to understand something more about the visual but the work still needs to stand on its own.”

Award winners along with the other works included in the exhibition will be on view through September 18^th in the Thonson and Anderson Galleries at the Morris Graves Museum of Art along with two exhibitions of Ingrid Nickelsen’s work.

The Morris Graves Museum of Art, located at 636 F Street, Eureka is open to the public noon-5p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults; $2 for seniors (age 65 and over), military veterans, and students with ID; children 17 and under free; Families with an EBT Card and valid ID receive free admission through the Museums for All initiative, Museum members are free. Admission is always free for everyone on the first Saturday of every month, including First Saturday Night Arts Alive!, 6-9 p.m. and Mini Masters at the MGMA.