Farmington Presbyterian Manor announces Art is Ageless® winners

Linda Freeman, “Good Morning, Gerald!”

Farmington Presbyterian Manor recently held a reception for this year’s Art is Ageless® winners in the annual juried competition. “We feel privileged to not only exhibit artwork from our talented residents, but also to include artwork from the regions most talented artists,” said Jennifer Williams, marketing director. “The diversity of entries is as exciting the quality of the artwork itself.”[clear] Winners in the Farmington Presbyterian Manor Art is Ageless juried competition were:

• Best of Show: Linda Freeman, “Good Morning, Gerald!”
• People’s Choice:  V. Ruth Horton, “Carefree Days of Childhood”
• Judge’s Choice: Jeanette Bishop, “Luscious Lemons”
• Judge’s Choice: Juanita Rapp Wyman, “Sun Setting Along Zell Road”
• Christmas (amateur): Robert Payne, “Christmas Not Forgotten”
• Drawing (amateur): Jeanette Bishop, “Oriole & J.O. on the Rocks”
• Mixed Media/Crafts (amateur):  Virginia Chapman, “Contrasts”
• Needlework (amateur): Catherine Mallery, “Old Joe and Annie”
• Painting (amateur): V. Ruth Horton, “Carefree Days of Childhood”
• Photography (amateur):  Iris Vincent, “Puffy Cover”
• Quilting (amateur): Nancy Steinmeyer, “Small Calico Nine-Patch Quilt”
• Sculpture/3-D (amateur):  Ralph Martin, “Norse Staff”
• Christmas (professional):  Iris Vincent, “Christmas”
• Drawing (professional): Anita Alsup, “Lady with a Smile”
• Mixed Media/Crafts (professional):  Owen Sloan, “Spoon Jewelry Set”
• Painting (professional): Vada Galvan, “Crock with Grapes”
• Needlework (professional):  Juanita Rapp Wyman, “Heirloom Crazy Quilt Pillow”
• Sculpture/3-D (professional): Gene Thompson, “Dogwood Jewelry Chest”

Local competition winners will be featured on Farmington Presbyterian Manor’s website, FarmingtonPresbyterianManor.org, and will join winners from 17 other Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America communities to be judged at the masterpiece level. Winning entries at the masterpiece level may be selected for publication in PMMA’s annual Art is Ageless calendar and note cards. Art is Ageless, open exclusively to people age 65 and older, is a copyrighted program of Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America. For the competition, works must have been completed in the past five years. Artists not interested in competition were invited to enter the Art is Ageless exhibit only. Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America’s Art is Ageless program encourages Farmington Presbyterian Manor residents and other area seniors to express their creativity through its annual competition, as well as art classes, musical and dramatic events, educational opportunities and current events discussions throughout the year. Started in 1980, Art is Ageless is an extension of Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America’s wellness programs, which focus on mental, physical, social and spiritual health. Residents and friends of Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America’s Art is Ageless program are proving that art, in any form, is an ageless ambition.