Art Acquisitions Purchase Exhibition
61st MEA/MAEA Art Acquisitions Purchase Awards Entries and Awards List
| Would You? | Sarah Crabtree |
| Flamboyant | Ashley Wallner |
| Bursting pod | Jeanine Smith |
| State of Michigan | Kevin McCown |
| Better Made | Keith Beale |
| Summer | Shari Russano |
| Window Shopping @ The Art Prize | Jim Banas |
| Chasing Blue Dreams | Julie Leopold Fernandez |
| Juxtaposition in Jazz | Josh Gove |
| Michigan Morning Walk | Suzanne Butler Lich |
| Radiant Serenity | Sara Black |
| Enchanted Sunset | Liz Costello |
| Barely Awake | Jacquelyn Dehring |
| Tri-Bowl | Barb Piper |
| Collection 2 | Carolyn Steenland |
| Two Bud Vase | Terry Fritche |
| Makin’ Deliveries | Bethany Goforth |
| “Holding Tight to Mom” | Lynn Gregg |
| Solstice Blessing | Christine Keefer |
| Waves of Blue | Annie Howard |
| Great Lakes (20×24” framed art quilt) | Carol Trojanowski |
| Blue Ringed Octopus | Molly McNeece |
| South Haven | Erica Davis Hernandez |
| Mountain Jar | Jacob Vinson |
| Aqua | Dan Slagter |
| Gerve | Kristina Barauskas |
| Mutation | Craig Linderman |
| Fabric Knot | Skye Cangemi |
| Straits of Mackinac II | Kevin McCown |
| C-Pink and Blue | Keith Beale |
| Trip Trap Trip Trap | SH Sundberg |
| Poplars | Shari Russano |
| Our Neighbors | Gabby Marder |
| Monday Morning | Sharon Fielder |
| Integrity | Heather Kelly |
| Just Hanging Around | Jacquelyn Dehring |
| Midnight | Carolyn Steenland |
| Brown spiked pod | Jeanine Smith |
| On the Rocks | Christine Keefer |
| Love Grows Here | Annie Howard |
| Raspberry | Mark Francisco |
| Nature’s Best (11×14” framed art quilt) | Carol Trojanowski |
| Crunch Beneath | Qynce Chumley |
| Ray of Sunshine | Molly McNeece |
| Mountain Teapot with Side Handle | Jacob Vinson |
| Fire | Dan Slagter |
| Geles | Kristina Barauskas |
| SC4 Main Building | Skye Cangemi |
| Grand Rapids | Kevin McCown |
| Round Island Lighthouse | Carol Patrick |
| Tableau | Josh Gove |
| Aqua/graphic | Tom Gohsman |
| Strike in Nashville | Gabriel Marderosian |
| Surface 7 | Sharon Fielder |
| Banty | Jacquelyn Dehring |
| Lake Pleasant Burros | Bethany Goforth |
| “Getting Instructions” | Lynn Gregg |
| Golden Hour | Christine Keefer |
| Prelude | Lisa Ewald |
| Scanning | Qynce Chumley |
| Spring Bloom | Sherri St Clair |
| Treasures of the Tide | Meagan Whittle |
| The Couch | Meagan Kubu |
| Clouds | Meredith Giltner |
| Go Ask Alice Paul | Sally Giroux |
| One-ness | Christopher Giroux |
| Tulip Time in Holland | Marie Honicker |
| Scarlett | Sherri St Clair |
| In the Light | Catherine Hetherington |
| Woven Foundations: Building Blocks of Art Education | Meagan Whittle |
| Shore | Meredith Giltner |
| Myth #7 | Christopher Giroux |
| Wave of Relief | Meredith Giltner |
| Iconic Mackinac | Victoria Hussey |
| Would You? | Sarah Crabtree |
| Summer | Shari Russano |
| State of Michigan | Kevin McCown |
| Chasing Blue Dreams | Julie Leopold Fernandez |
| Bursting pod | Jeanine Smith |
| Juxtaposition in Jazz | Josh Gove |
| Solstice Blessing | Christine Keefer |
| Flamboyant | Ashley Wallner |
| Love Grows Here | Annie Howard |
| Spring Bloom | Sherri St Clair |
| Window Shopping @ The Art Prize | Jim Banas |
| Midnight | Carolyn Steenland |
| In the Light | Catherine Hetherington |
| Scanning | Qynce Chumley |
| one-ness | Christopher Giroux |
| Makin’ Deliveries | Bethany Goforth |
| Tri-Bowl | Barb Piper |
| Aqua | Dan Slagter |
| Poplars | Shari Russano |
| Treasures of the Tide | Meagan Whittle |
| C-Pink and Blue | Keith Beale |
| Barely Awake | Jacquelyn Dehring |
| “Holding Tight to Mom” | Lynn Gregg |
| Michigan Morning Walk | Suzanne Butler Lich |
| Fire | Dan Slagter |
| Gerve | Kristina Barauskas |
| Mutation | Craig Linderman |
| Ray of Sunshine | Molly McNeece |
| Banty | Jacquelyn Dehring |
| Iconic Mackinac | Victoria Hussey |
| On the Rocks | Christine Keefer |
| State of Michigan | Kevin McCown |
Farmington art teacher wins Best in Show at MEA exhibition
MEA member Gabby Marderosian set a goal for 2025 to collect rejection slips as a means of pushing herself to complete personal art projects amid the demands of working as a traveling elementary art teacher in Farmington Public Schools.
“It’s a fun way of making yourself put yourself out there and not being afraid of getting rejected,” she said.
However, in her first-of-the-year submission to a juried art exhibition, Marderosian said she was “humbled, surprised and delighted” to win Best in Show. The fifth-year educator garnered the top honor in the 61st Annual MEA/MAEA Art Purchase Exhibition.
View this year’s entries below — hover your mouse over the thumbnail to see the artist and title of the piece, then click to see the full-size image.
Artists’ reception concludes 61st MEA/MAEA Art Exhibition
A first-of-its-kind artists’ reception capped off the 61st MEA/MAEA Art Acquisitions Purchase Exhibition, attracting several dozen participants to MEA Headquarters in East Lansing to honor works crafted by members from across the state.
“It was wonderful to celebrate the incredible talents of MEA members from every corner of Michigan,” said Heidi Posh, a Livonia art teacher who serves as co-chair of the MEA Art Acquisitions Committee.
View the 61st MEA/MAEA Annual Art Show Entries
