Salina shares Art is Ageless juried exhibit results

The Art is Ageless exhibit for Salina Presbyterian Manor set a record for submissions with a total of 95 this year. Creativity abounded! The featured artist this year was Don Smischny, who displayed many of the stained glass pieces he has created in past years. He was available exhibit hours to discuss his art with viewers.

This year’s winners by category:

  • Photography (amateur): 
    • Gerald Karnes for “Painted Lady”
  • Needlework  (amateur):
    • 1st, Kathleen Leckband for “Away We Go!”
    • 2nd, Place, Jean Hamilton for “Winter Place Setting”
  • Painting (amateur):
    • 1st, Julia Stanley for “Morning Flight”
    • 2nd, Betty Worrell for “Shambled Seashore”
    • 3rd, Dixie Haddock for “Pretty Poppies”
  • Quilting, hand (amateur):
    • Ruby McBee for “French braid pillow shams”
  • Quilting, machine (amateur):
    • 1st, Nelda Emig for “Heirloom Stitches”
    • 2nd, Nadine Griffin for “Vegetable Garden”
  • Quilting, machine (professional):
    • 1st, Mary Ann Tanking for “Green Tea Jelly Roll Surprise With Leftovers”
  • Sculpture/3D (amateur): 2nd, Pamela Barker for “Giant Redwood”
  • Mixed Media/Crafts (amateur):
    • 1st, Don Smischny for “Shades of Blue”;
    • 2nd, Don Smischny for “Chickadees”;
    • 3rd, Dora Ross for “Sunset Over Reservation”
  • Mixed Media/Crafts (professional):
    • 1st, Kristy Yenkey for “My Mandela (with Haiku poem)”
    • 2nd, Kristy Yenkey for “Barcelona”
  • Fiber Arts (amateur):
    • 1st, Muriel Otis for “Tied Yarn Chain Scarf”
    • 2nd, Dorothy Favors for “Tied Yarn Chain Scarf”
  • Drawing (amateur):
    • 1st, Marie Robinson for “Study of a Pear”
    • 2nd, Marie Robinson for “Save Girl”
    • 3rd, Donna Phillips for “Sunflower”
  • Christmas (amateur):
    • 1st, Dixie Haddock for “Santa Is Watching You”
    • 2nd, Kathleen Leckband for “Wayfaring Santa”
    • 3rd, Pamela Barker for “O Christmas Tree”
  • Christmas (professional):
    • Kristy Yenkey for “Spode Christmas Tree”
    • Kristy Yenkey for “Christmas Plum Pudding”
  • People’s Choice: 
    • Dixie Haddock for “Pretty Poppies”
  • Best Of Show: 
    • Nelda Emig for “Heirloom Stitches”

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