People’s Choice winners Barbara Culley, left, and Sue Vince.
This year’s Art is Ageless event at Salina Presbyterian Manor featured more than 85 artworks and several new artists. This event continues to grow with new faces and names each year.
Our featured resident artist this year was photographer Gerald Karnes. He entered two photos in the competition and displayed many more in the featured artist exhibit. As a child, Gerald borrowed his sister’s Brownie 620 for a trip to a recreation camp in Missouri and was hooked.
After retirement, he bought a new digital camera and started noticing more of Salina photojournalist Tom Dorsey’s and Dr. Dale Cole’s work. Gerald took classes from Dr. Cole and has pursued his art in photography and other forms. He has taken painting classes with Barb Culley at the Senior Center and has participated with Jenny Redmond in “painting as therapy” both during and after receiving cancer treatments at the Tammy Walker Cancer Center in Salina.
We also are proud of the Art Discovery classes that have become an ongoing opportunity for residents to try new forms of art. Our first class was photography with Dr. Cole several years ago, and the most recent class was about making new jewelry from old and unwanted pieces. That class was featured in our February newsletter, and several of the new creations were entered in this year’s Art is Ageless juried exhibit. Category winners in this year’s Art is Ageless exhibit were:
- Best in Show: Mary Ann Tanking, “Tangled Thoughts and Fireflies”
- People’s Choice (tie): Barbara Culley, “Sunflowers Galore;” Sue Vince, “Kick Back and Relax”
- Christmas (amateur): Dixie Lee Haddock, “Saint Nicklaus”
- Drawing (professional): Marie Robinson, “Homeless in Salina”
- Fiber Arts (professional): Kristy Yenkey, “Fireflies and Butterflies”
- Fiber Arts (amateur): Pauline Gilmore, “Rag Rug”
- Mixed Media/Crafts (professional): Barbara Culley, “Sunflowers Galore”
- Mixed Media/Crafts (amateur): Marie Robinson, “Celebration in India”
- Needlework (amateur): Kathleen Tremblay, “Nestlenook Farm”
- Painting (professional): Mary Ann Tanking, “Tangled Thoughts and Fireflies”
- Painting (amateur): Sylvia Phillips, “Silver Pot”
- Photography (amateur): Gerald Karnes, “Fall Flight”
- Quilting, machine-stitched (professional): Mary Ann Tanking, “Butterflies are Free”
- Quilting, machine-stitched (amateur): Nadine Griffin, “Flowers”
- Quilting, hand-stitched (amateur): Nelda Emig, “First Bloom”
The artists’ reception and presentation of awards took place March 10. Winning art will be sent to the Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America corporate office for masterpiece level judging by various galleries. Winning artwork at that level may be featured in the 2017 Art is Ageless calendar and note cards. Both calendars and cards should be available by Nov. 1, 2016.
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