Art Acquisitions Purchase Exhibition
57th Annual MEA/MAEA Art Acquisitions Purchase Awards
Purpose of the Exhibit
The Michigan Education Association (MEA) and the Michigan Art Education Association
(MAEA) announce their annual purchase exhibit to acquire artwork to enhance the MEA headquarters in East Lansing and MEA regional and UniServ offices throughout the state. This exhibit provides an opportunity to showcase the artwork of our members.
57th Annual MEA/MAEA Art Acquisitions Purchase Exhibition Brochure
Eligibility
Any member in good standing of MEA, MAEA or MEA-Retired is eligible to submit artwork (this includes ESP and student members in good standing and MEA-Retired members with life membership dues paid in full). Proof of membership is necessary. No entry fee required.
Paintings, drawings, prints, ceramics, jewelry, metal work, enamels, mosaics, wood, fibers, stained glass, photographs, experimental media and sculptures are all eligible. All artwork submitted must be original work. Artwork deemed not original by the juror will not be accepted. Each artist may submit up to two works. Works not for sale will not be accepted.
Entry Form/Catalog Card
Entry form and virtual catalog card must be completed online at www.mea.org/awards/art It is important to include your email address on the entry information for future art show announcements, programs and notification of whether work is accepted.
The price of the artwork must be indicated on the entry form. Please consider the budget limitations of the committee when pricing your artwork. Pieces priced under $800 are more likely to be purchased. Works that are purchased will become part of MEA’s permanent collection. Works sold are not subject to a commission.
Virtual/Online Entry of Work
Between February 22 and March 11 complete the online form and upload a photo of your works using a .jpg file from your camera or from your cell phone using the largest size setting. If your work is framed be sure to include in photo and and if a ceramic, glass, fiber, wood piece ensure the there’s a solid background underneath and behind it in photo.
View the artwork accepted in the 56th annual exhibition—co-sponsored by MEA and the Michigan Art Education Association below:
2020 MEA/MAEA Art Acquisitions Purchase Awards Entries and Awards List
Ackerman Smith, Jeanine, Burton, Elijah, Mixed Paste/Pint/Collage, $1,000
Ackerman Smith, Jeanine, Burton, The Wave, Glass/Wood, $500
Banas, Jim, Okemos, After Dinner Mist, Acrylic on Canvas, SOLD
Banas, Jim, Okemos, Summer Respite, Acrylic on Canvas, $320
Berry, Christy, Quincy, Meijer, Watercolor and Ink, $350
Berry, Christy, Quincy, Middle Sister, Watercolor and Ink, SOLD
Brown-Cage, Deborah, Detroit, Eye Dream in Color, Felting (Needle), $450
Brown-Cage, Deborah, Detroit, Just a Little Lime Green, Acrylic Pouring, $275
Campbell, Andrew, Waterford, European Spring, Acrylic on Canvas, $400
Campbell, Cheryl, Waterford, Back in the Day, Acrylic on Canvas, $600
Campbell, Janine, Dorr, Slings and Arrows, Acrylic and Cut Paper on Board, $125
Cassidy, Helene, Canton, Spirited, Photography, $95
Conner, Deborah, Newport, Waiting to Fly, Acrylic, $350
Conner, Deborah, Newport, Look Who’s Home, Acrylic, SOLD
Converse, Jack, Saline, Autocross, Photography $175
Costello, Elizabeth, West Bloomfield, Follow Me, Photography, $150
Davis-Hernandez, Erica, Royal Oak, Port Sanilac Cairn, Digital Photography, $149
Davis-Hernandez, Erica, Royal Oak, Wawatam Lighthouse, St. Ignace, Digital Photography, $89
Dittrich, Frances, Haslett, See How They Run, Sakura Poster Color Black Paper, $50
Dittrich, Frances, Haslett, Bull’s Eye, Sakura Poster Color Black Paper, $50
Donogave, James, Let Me Breath Fire Down on You, Serigraphy, $100
Donogave, James, The Only Sentimental Thing I Could Think Of, Lithograph, $150
Ellis, Joel, Haslett, Wet Beach, Oil on Canvas, $450
Ewald, Lisa, Millington, Truck Trail, Photography on Canvas, $350
Ewald, Lisa, Millington, Relics, Pinhole Photography, $450
Ford, Colleen, Swartz Creek, Desert Bloom, Acrylic, SOLD
Giroux, Sally, Saginaw, Seers, Fiber, $425
Giroux, Sally, Saginaw, Dove’s Cry, Graphite, $350
Gove, Joshua, St. Johns, La Mujer, Collagraph Print, SOLD
Gove, Joshua, St. Johns, Tingalope, Chine-Collé Relief Print, $400
Grace, Sigrid, Rochester Hills, Pulling Together, Acrylic on Canvas, $250
Grace, Sigrid, Rochester Hills, Encounter on the Path, Acrylic on Canvas, $250
Gregg, Lynn, South Lyon, Pride, Photography, SOLD
Gregg, Lynn, Haiti Street Scene, Photography, $525
Hesch, Christine, Mason, Ropes, Graphite Pencil, $50
Hesch, Christine, Mason, Weaving in Orange & Greens, Fibers, $50
Hetherington, Catherine, Howell, Nicki, Alla-Prima Oil, $500
Hetherington, Catherine, Howell, Jennabelle’s Heritage, Alla-Prima Oil, $450
House, Nancy, East Lansing, Three, Watercolor, $300
Howard, Annie, Adrian, Circle Series #2, Paper, SOLD
Hussey, Victoria, Clinton Twp., As I Walked the Trail, Photography, $45
Hussey, Victoria, Clinton Twp., Afternoon Light, Photography, $60
Iagulli Geren, Lisa, Jerome, Remembrance, Mixed Media, $790
Kay-Rivera, Jennifer, Warren, At A Distance, Photography, $60
Kruszynski, Susan, Muskegon, Wildflower Wonders of Michigan, Fiber Art, $1,500
Kruszynski, Susan, Muskegon, Over the Cattails, Fiber Art, $500
Kubu, Meagan, Perry, Fear Overcome By Faith, Acrylic on Vinyl Record, $85
Lane, Jacqueline, Detroit, Floral Composition (2), Acrylic on Wood, $50
Linderman, Craig, Pinckney, Traverse City Cherry Farm, Graphite Pencil, $300
Linderman, Craig, Pinckney, Downhill, Colored Pencil, Ink, SOLD
Lindke, Bonnie, Grand Rapids, 2 Horsepower, Oil, $450
Lindke, Bonnie, Grand Rapids, Love Goes Around in a Circle, Oil, $350
Matus, Christa, Flushing, Chaos, Acrylic on Canvas, $195
Miller Coy, Pat, Paw Paw, When the Cows Come Home, Acrylic, $250
Miller Coy, Pat, Paw Paw, Bond Falls Trail, Watercolor, $400
Minor, Harlan, New Baltimore, Field Study II, Acrylic Canvas, $350
Noirot, Tammy, Colon, Idiot Mittens, Photography, $150
Novak, Andrea, Novi, King Fisher II, Acrylic and Resin, SOLD
Patrick, Carol, Lansing, Lover’s Leap, Photography, $300
Rayner, Keith, St. Clair Shores, Lore in the Kitchen, Cyanotype, SOLD
Rayner, Keith, St. Clair Shores, Lore’s Blanket, Fiber (Weaving), $200
Reva, Robin, South Haven, Coins/Man Through Time, Acrylic. $600
Rose, Rachel, Rochester, Vase 1, Clay, $50
Shadbolt, Kerry, East Lansing, Spring Beauties, Ceramic, $125
Shadbolt, Kerry, East Lansing, Who Are You, Ceramic, $150
Sharp, Sharada, Shelby Twp., All I Oli, Colored Pencil, $120
Sharp, Sharada, Shelby Twp., Casa Batllo, Barcelona Tempera Batik, SOLD
Shopinski, Tony, Detroit, bee, Oil on Canvas, SOLD
Steenland, Carolyn, Newaygo, Wintertide, Fused Glass, $200
Steenland, Carolyn, Newaygo, Ancestors, Fused Glass, $100
Thiery, Thomas, Adrian, Butterfly Girls, Uspantán Guatemala, Watercolor, $475
Thiery, Thomas, Adrian, Even Cows Need a Vacation, Bovine Beach, Watercolor, SOLD
Trapp Bohner, Gail, Osseo, Luscious Blooms, Watercolor and Ink, $245
Trent, Deborah, Grand Rapids, Fall’s End, Pastels, $350
Trent, Deborah, Grand Rapids, Fall 1, Pastels, $350
Trojanowski, Carol, Haslett, Splendid Colors, Art Quilt (Fiber Art), $325
Trojanowski, Carol, Haslett, Winter Beauty, Art Quilt (Fiber Art), SOLD
VanHouten, Adam, Traverse City, Anchored at Northport, Oil on Canvas, $450
VanHouten, Adam, Traverse City, Cascading Waters, Watercolor on Paper, $375
Vartarian, Pat, Novi, Accordion Man, Photo Weaving w/Sequin Beads Embroidery, $500
Wolke Bowersox, Danna, Northville, November Wood III, Metal and Wood, $400
Thiery, Thomas, Adrian, Even Cows Need a Vacation, Bovine Beach, Watercolor, SOLD
Banas, Jim, Okemos, After Dinner Mist, Acrylic on Canvas, SOLD
Conner, Deborah, Newport, Waiting to Fly, Acrylic, $350
Gove, Joshua, St. Johns, La Mujer, Collagraph Print, SOLD
Gregg, Lynn, South Lyon, Pride, Photography, SOLD
Hetherington, Catherine, Howell, Jennabelle’s Heritage, Alla-Prima Oil, $450
Linderman, Craig, Pinckney, Traverse City Cherry Farm, Graphite Pencil, $300
Novak, Andrea, Novi, King Fisher II, Acrylic and Resin, SOLD
VanHouten, Adam, Traverse City, Cascading Waters, Watercolor on Paper, $375
Banas, Jim, Okemos, Summer Respite, Acrylic on Canvas, $320
Cassidy, Helene, Canton, Spirited, Photography, $95
Conner, Deborah, Newport, Look Who’s Home, Acrylic, SOLD
Giroux, Sally, Saginaw, Seers, Fiber, $425
Howard, Annie, Adrian, Circle Series #2, Paper, SOLD
Trent, Deborah, Grand Rapids, Fall 1, Pastels, $350
Trojanowski, Carol, Haslett Winter Beauty, Art Quilt (Fiber Art). SOLD
IN HONOR OF ART EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR – Erica Davis-Hernandez
Thiery, Thomas, Adrian, Even Cows Need a Vacation, Bovine Beach, Watercolor, SOLD
Banas, Jim, Okemos, After Dinner Mist, Acrylic on Canvas
Berry, Christy, Quincy, Middle Sister, Watercolor and Ink
Conner, Deborah, Newport, Look Who’s Home, Acrylic
Gove, Joshua, St. Johns, La Mujer, Collagraph Print
Gregg, Lynn, South Lyon, Pride, Photography
Howard, Annie, Adrian, Circle Series #2, Paper
Linderman, Craig, Pinckney, Downhill, Colored Pencil, Ink, SOLD
Novak, Andrea, Novi, King Fisher II, Acrylic and Resin, SOLD
Rayner, Keith, St. Claire Shores, Lore in the Kitchen, Cyanotype, SOLD
Sharp, Sharada, Shelby Twp., Casa Batllo, Barcelona Tempera Batik, SOLD
Trojanowski, Carol, Haslett Winter Beauty, Art Quilt (Fiber Art). SOLD