Out & About: Latrobe Art Center opens doors for Open Show reception

Latrobe Art Center’s annual Open Show welcomes works by artists of all ages and experience levels.

The name was especially apt this year, as the center opened its doors for a May 13 reception that drew a group of people happy to socialize again after months of isolation.

“This is the first time we’ve really been out,” said exhibiting artist Sherrie Dunlap Gallagher, who attended with her husband, Sean Gallagher, and mother, Mary Ann Dunlap.

Executive Director Michael Tusay, who came to the center in January, said he was impressed by the depth of artistic talent revealed in the show. The center received 265 submissions from 110 artists for the show, and many are offered for sale.

Tusay announced a long list of awards juried by Kristin Miller, site coordinator of the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley.

Honorees included:

• Best of Show: Elizabeth Roseborough
• Awards of Distinction: Briana McGee, pencil/ink; D’Anna V. Kromen, acrylic/oil; Peg Panasiti, watercolor; Deborah Byham, mixed media/3-D; Lynda Kirby, photography/digital; and Felipe Delfino, Linley Nagy and Rachel Wheeler, honorable mentions
• Open Division for established artists: Jan Landini, first; Barbara Jewell, second; Kathy Rafferty, third
• Amateur Artist Division: Debbie King, first; Amber Miller, second; Martie Sanner, third
• College Artist Division: Clair Sirofchuck, first; Robbie Kollar, second; Mary Laughlin, third
• Young Artist Division: Virginia Burkley, first; Evelyn Makosey, second; Avery Kapusta-Nelson, third
• Latrobe Art League Awards: John Kaclik, open division; Larry Miller, amateur artist division; Clair Sirofchuck, student artist.

The Open Show runs through June 5 in the center at 819 Ligonier St.

Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free.

Details: 724-537-7011 or latrobeartcenter.org