Artworks chosen for Latrobe Art Center’s annual Mister Fred Rogers Juried Fine Arts Exhibition have a chance to earn another distinction: They’ll also be considered for inclusion in Greater Latrobe School District’s special art collection.
The exhibition opened with a Sept. 9 reception in the center at 819 Ligonier St. and runs through Sept. 30.
Near the end of the run, junior high and high school students involved with the GLSD Art Conservation Trust will tour the show to make selections to be considered Nov. 4 at the trust’s annual gala.
There’s also a bonus for artists whose work is hanging in the center’s secondary gallery, but is not part of the Rogers exhibition. The students also will consider those pieces, said LAC Executive Director Michael Tusay.
This year’s signature exhibition drew about 200 submissions from artists around Western Pennsylvania, Tusay said. Of those, 60 works by 39 artists were chosen by juror Patrick Lee.
A painter and graduate of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Lee has shown his work in galleries and shows both around the country and locally, including The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, the Saint Vincent College gallery, The State Museum of Pennsylvania and various Pittsburgh-area galleries.
His solo exhibition, “Inventions and Observations,” is on display through Sept. 27 in the Stop Watch Gallery & Studio in Greensburg.
“I was excited to see that some 3D work was accepted,” Tusay said. “We don’t get too many 3D pieces.”
These awards were announced during the reception:
• Best of Show — “Late Night Drizzle on Dolphy Road,” painting by Joseph Ryznar
• Mister Fred Rogers Award of Distinction — “Pennsylvania Farmland,” painting by Deborah Walker
• Ned J. Nakles Award for Excellence in Oil/Acrylic — “Glass and Tin,” painting by Robert D. Huckestein
• Awards of Merit — “Goose Head Study,” Eileen Stoner; “Barn With History,” Becky Mormack; “The Core of the Matter,” Eileen Yeager; “Evening Mist,” Margie Jenke; “Emergence II,” Paul Sirofchuck; and “The Heeling,” Cheryl Cochran.
The exhibition can be viewed from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free.
Details: latrobeartcenter.org
