Jacquelyn Wynn, Art is Ageless® Winner
Rolla Presbyterian Manor recently held a reception for the winning artists in the annual Art is Ageless® juried competition.
“It is such a privilege to not only exhibit artwork from our talented residents, but also to include artwork from the regions most talented artists,” said Joelle Freeland, marketing director. “The diversity of entries is as exciting the quality of the artwork itself.”[clear]
Winners in the Rolla Presbyterian Manor Art is Ageless juried competition were:
- Best of Show (amateur): Marvin Bookout, “Sod Covered Viking Church”
- Best of Show (professional): Gene Huebner, “Mother Nature”
- Judge’s Choice (amateur): Lyla McGinnis, “Beloved Daughter”
- Judge’s Choice (professional): Lynn Granneman, “The Mad Hatters”
Amateur winners:
- Christmas: Thelma Libhart, “Blue Boy”
- Drawings: Lucille Kinder, “Dad’s Cement Pond”
- Fiber Arts: Lyla McGinnis, “Iris Green Sweater”
- Mixed Media: Agnes Mitchell, “Greeting Cards”
- Needlepoint: Lyla McGinnis, “Beloved Daughter”
- Painting: Marvin Bookout, “Sod Covered Viking Church”
- Photography: George Karr, “Autumn Church”
- Sculpture/3-D: Lyla McGinnis, “Stained Glass Nativity”
Professional winners:
- Christmas: Jacquelyn J. Wynn, “Winter Bird”
- Mixed Media: Gene Huebner, “Dance Ballerina Dance”
- Painting: Pat Taylor, “Solitude”
- Sculpture/3-D: Russell New, “Red Headed Wood Pecker”
Local competition winners will be featured on Rolla Presbyterian Manor’s website, RollaPresbyterianManor.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 Rolla 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.