Local Artist and Natchitoches Art Guild president Mary Striegel represented Natchitoches with an acrylic painting of her granddaughter titled “Maddie and the Straw Hat” as the Shreveport Art Club held its 103rd Juried Art Show in the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum near the state fairgrounds, Sunday, August 4. Ms. Striegel was one of 20 artists who produced 58 paintings for the show.
Edgar Cano-Lopez, Assistant Professor of Art at Northwestern State University, served as the judge for the Exhibit. In addition to his teaching duties, Cano-Lopez is a well regarded artist in our community. The colorful mural at the Ben D. Johnson Center’s community garden is perhaps his best known work. The show’s prize winners were as follows.
Best of Show: “Their Master’s Voice” by LSUS Biology Professor Steve Banks
1St Place: “Golden Slumbers” by Jim Huckabay
2nd Place: “Decanters on the Windowsill” by Ron Hazen
3rd Place: “Monstera” by Sherri Skrivanos
Earning Honorable Mentions were Beverly Schroeder, Trudy Daniel, Linda Jones, Kathleen Pate-Rives and Ron Hazen.
