Embracing Art XXII

The Carnegie Visual Arts Center presents the 22nd annual exhibit Embracing Arts, A Coming Together of Amateur & Professional Artists from April 16th-May 25th, 2024.

Events to be held in celebration of this exhibit are:

Embracing Art XXII  Open House & Awards Presentation,
Tuesday, April 16th, 10:00-5:00
All-day Open House and winners of the Embracing Art exhibit will be announced in the Gallery by Executive Director, Kim Mitchell at 12:15.

Artist Reception, Friday, April 19th, 6:00-7:30 pm
Join us for the Artists’ Reception of Embracing Art, A Coming Together of Amateur and Professional Artists. Members-FREE and Guests-$5. Appetizers and a cash bar will be available.

Embracing Art is an annual juried exhibit featuring works by North Alabama-connected artists and was the inaugural exhibit for the Carnegie Visual Arts Center in April 2003. The exhibit includes works in multiple media including pencil, watercolor, oil, acrylic, clay, and mixed media. The artists are included in the exhibit from their submitted applications including photographs of up to two pieces of their art.

Embracing Art XXII Exhibiting Artists

Anna Alexander                  Cher Arnold                       Lexie Austin

Emily Barkley                     Jennifer Barnard               Sherman Barnes

Janice Barrett                     Kristine Beadle                  Amita Bhakta

Jim Boroch                          Kim Carr                             Kathleen L. Bost

Kimberly A. Brown            Mary Anna Brown             Marie Camp

Kim Carr                              Julia Carter                         Anna Caudle

Leslie Caudle                      Gracie Clark                        Tammy Clark

Sonya Clemmons               Monica Dahl                        Denise Dekemper

Margaret Dukeman           Jim Dykes                            Lindsay Elmore

Marsha Ercegovic               Sara Beth Fair                    Misty Granade

Kate Gurganus                    Kimberlee Guthrie             Jacqueline R. Hart

Rick Henry                           Rickie Higgins                    Margaret Homeyer

Hannah Howe                     Barbara Howell                  Autum Husley

Taryn Chase Jackson         Mary Beth Johns               Gary A Jones

Tonya G Jones                    Pamela Sue Keller              Daniel Lee

Linda Sanders Lee             Johanna Littleton               Michael Manly

Laura McCormick              Haley Mcinnis                     Reesa Milam

Brenda Miller                     Michie’ Mooney                  Jennifer Mumby

Ashley Navor-Martinez     Anna Nelson                      Jose’ A Ortiz

Rick Parker                          Melissa Parker                   Kathryn Pilgrim

Kim Pourcho                       Mary H Reed                       Liza Richey

Nicholas Rizzo                    Azamsadat Sadeghi            Mallie Sedlak

Jackie Segars                      Payge Semmes                     Jennifer Shaver

Kris Blitz Shelleday           Tara Solomon                      Rebecca Sower

Mavis Stephens                  Ludmilla Stevens                Matilda Sumners

Samantha Tallichet           Bryson Thurston                 Arcenia Turrentine

Kathryn Lansing Vaughn  Gary Walker                       Laura Walker

Beth Walldorf                     Jamie Ward                         Christina Wegman

Rick White                          Karen Young

Artists receiving awards:

1^st-“Dawn”  by Rebecca Sower

2^nd-“William in Plaid” by Mary Beth “Bee” Johns

3^rd-“Surface Leviathan ” by Aadya Gray

Director’s Choice: “Clean Heat” by Mary Anna Brown

Curator’s Choice: “Goddess” by Samantha Tallichet

Honorable mention:

“Wandering” by Amita Bhakta

“Boiled Peanuts” by Ann Caudle

“Far Far Away” by Marsha Ercegovic

“Yank” by Sara Beth Fair

“We Got By” by Gary A Jones

“Composition in Red & Grey” by Rick Parker

“After the Storm”  by Mary H Reed

“Old Bank Parlor Piano (Decatur)” by Christina Wegman