Breckenridge Fine Arts Center unveils awards for 33rd annual Juried Art Show
The Breckenridge Fine Arts Center recently unveiled the award recipients of the 33rd Annual National Juried Art Show, on exhibit now at the BFAC.
The art show includes more than 90 works from artists around Texas and other parts of the country, as well as by three local artists. Leslie Blackerby, Jerome Cooksey and Ardith McCann, all of Breckenridge, have art work in the exhibit.
“Jerome: A Life’s Collage,” by Barbara Hack of Flower Mound, Best of Show. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)
This year’s best of show is a large oil painting by Barbara Hack of Flower Mound, titled “Jerome: A Life’s Collage.” Hack also won Best of Show in the BFAC’s 2024 Juried Art Show with her painting “The Artist.”
The other awards this year include:
- Shalon Taylor Wilson Memorial Award: Riding the Wreck – Jerry Smyers, Holliday, Texas
- Lester & Virginia Clark Memorial Award: Rollin’ On the River – Liz Bartlett Culp, Midland, Texas
- Bob Swindle Award: West of the Tipi Rings – Michael Charron, Morrison, Colorado
- Honorable Mention: Morning in the ‘Hood – Liz Bartlett Culp, Midland, Texas
- Honorable Mention: The Art Collector – Steve Miller, Grand Prairie, Texas
- Honorable Mention: Chianti– Teresa Whitaker, Childress, Texas
- Honorable Mention: The Years – Steve Miller, Grand Prairie, Texas
- Honorable Mention: The Bond of a Horse and His Girl – Teresa Whitaker, Childress, Texas
The show features a variety of mediums, including paintings, drawings, sculpture, wood carvings, stained glass, mixed media and assemblages.
The BFAC also has a small exhibit of work by this year’s juror, Liz Bonham of Southlake, who will speak at the show’s closing reception on Oct. 11.
For more information, visit the website www.breckenridgefineart.org or call the Breckenridge Fine Arts Center at 254-559-6602. The BFAC is located at 207 N. Breckenridge Ave. and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays.
The main gallery of the Breckenridge Fine Arts Center is filled with more than 90 pieces of artwork chosen for the 33rd annual Juried Art Show. The exhibit will be on display through Oct. 11. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)
“West of the Tipi Rings,” by Michael Charron of Morrison, Colorado, Bob Swindle Award. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)
“Rollin’ On the River,” by Liz Bartlett Culp of Midland, Texas, Lester & Virginia Clark Memorial Award. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)
Cutline, top photo: The 2025 Juried Art Show is on exhibit in the main gallery of the Breckenridge Fine Arts Center. The works of art include the bronze sculpture, “Riding the Wreck” by Jerry Smyers of Holliday. The sculpture was chosen as the winner of the Shalon Taylor Wilson Memorial Award. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)
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