(STATEHOUSE) – Today, Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, Treasurer Kelly Mitchell and the Indiana Arts Commission hosted a reception to celebrate the 2020 Hoosier Women Artists exhibition at the Statehouse.
“Being able to promote female artists throughout our state each year brings me such pride and joy,” Crouch said. “We had so many incredible pieces of art submitted, and I cannot wait to have them displayed in my office. There are so many talented Hoosier women and I want them all to continue to share their artistic talents with others.”
The Hoosier Women Artists program was established in 2008 to celebrate the importance of the arts in Indiana’s communities and showcase the work of talented female artists throughout the state. The annual exhibition was announced in January, and today’s 46 honorees were selected out of more than 112 entries. The entries were judged by a panel of visual Indiana arts professionals and then selected for display by Crouch and Mitchell.
The panelists include:
- Alex Hall, Artist, Fort Wayne
- Sayaka Ganz, Artist, Fort Wayne
- Karen Baldner, Artist/Professor, IUPUI Herron, Indianapolis
“As always, the amount of talent and creativity Hoosier women possess and display is impressive,” Mitchell said. “I am honored to celebrate their skill by displaying these beautiful works of art in our office during the coming year.”
The 46 pieces of artwork will be displayed in the offices of Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, Treasurer of State Kelly Mitchell, Secretary of State Connie Lawson, Auditor of State Tera Klutz, Chief Justice Loretta Rush and Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick, as well as at the Governor’s Residence in honor of the First Lady.
Below is a list of the selected artists.
| First Name | Last Name | Displayed | City | Title | Medium | Price |
| Susan | Alterio | TOS | Valparaiso | Under the Shelf Ice | Photography | $200.00 |
| Martha | Bladen | LG | Vevay | Ladies for Liberty | Collage, artful reuse of purposeful things | $250.00 |
| Anne-Karine | Bley | TOS | Bloomington | Garden Club | Oil on panel | $300.00 |
| Lindsey | Bridge | LG | Indianapolis | Here Comes the Sun | Pigmented resin and gold leaf | $780.00 |
| Sharon | Bussert | SOS | Nashville | Spring Mill State Park | Photography | $119.00 |
| Kalleen | Chilcote | LG | Indianapolis | Bubble | Mixed – gelli print with collage, colored pencil and embroidery | $180.00 |
| Mary | Clouse | TOS | Fountaintown | Snap of a Twig | Watercolor on yupo (heavy weight) | $990.00 |
| Bridget | Covert | DOE | Munster | Alongside I-94 | Photograph | $350.00 |
| Rebecca | Davies | LG | Dillsboro | 1953. Four Generations of Voters..every time. | Acrylic on canvas | $2500.00 |
| Dawn | Diamantopoulos | FL | Highland | Sisters | Gouache, watercolor, relief printmaking over pulp painting | $300.00 |
| Julie | Dishman | LG | Hagerstown | Mary Dyer on the Earlham College Campus | iPhotography | $200.00 |
| Grace | Butedma Gonso | TOS | Coal City | Goose Pond, Greene Co, IN | Oil | $600.00 |
| Megan | Dragstrem | LG | Amboy | The Tender Touch | Photography | NFS |
| Nina | Unternahrer | LG | Warsaw | “Shiny Star” | Acryllic on fabric | $125.00 |
| Francene | Farmer | SOS | Sulphur | I VOTE because I CAN | Acrylic on stretched canvas | $2000.00 |
| Kenya | Ferrand-Ott | AOS | West Lafayette | I am not a Pest | Acrylic painting | Sold |
| Penny | French-Deal | LG | North Manchester | Paving the Road | Oil on linen | $1600.00 |
| Lisa | Gardner | LG | Leo | Declare Demand Amend | Watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink | $300.00 |
| Michelle | Golden | TOS | Hammond | The Freedom Wheel | Mixed media assemblage to include bicycle tire, satin printed ribbon, silver ink and a 1979 Susan B. Anthony coin | NFS |
| Eileen | Siefker | LG | Greencastle | “A Whole Lot of Nothing” | Canvas and acrylic paint | $50.00 |
| Esther | Guncheon | AOS | Michigan City | Tenacity-Hoosier Suffragists | Paper, ink, thread | $3200.00 |
| Gwendolyn | Gutwein | TOS | Fort Wayne | Perry County Indiana, Ubelhor Family Log Barn | Oil | NFS |
| Alice | Harpel | TOS | Crawfordsville | Hoosier Fence Row | Pastel | $400.00 |
| Julia | Holmaas | LG | LaPorte | My mother, my inspiration to VOTE. | Watercolor | NFS |
| Joni | Huber | LG | Batesville | Women Bring All Voters Into the World | Mixed media, found paper, newspaper, ribbon, etc. on canvas | $1500.00 |
| Kathy | Hunter | CJ Rush | Fishers | Progression | Acrylics on canvas | $150.00 |
| Sarah | Kercheval | LG | Indianapolis | True Friends Share the Journey | Photography | NFS |
| Kathleen | Lenkowsky | TOS | Bloomington | Morning in Jerusalem | Textiles: mix of hand painted and commercially printed fabrics; embroidery thread | $2000.00 |
| Joanna | Lowry | TOS | Plymouth | HWA 2020 JML | Photography | $350.00 |
| Madhuchhanda | Mandal | TOS | Carmel | At the Wash Basin | Acrylic | $800.00 |
| Charlene | Marsh | LG | Nashville | “Snow in Yellowwood Forest, January 27, 2019” | Plein air oil painting | $2000.00 |
| Nektaria | Mattheos | LG | Granger | Women Unbreakable: Together Indelible Flying the Colors of Courage &Endurance | Acrylic | $900.00 |
| Patricia | McGriffin | FL | Carmel | White Orchid | Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas | $1500.00 |
| Ann | McGriffin | TOS | Indianapolis | For Eva Kor, A7063 | Acrylic, pencil, china marker on stretched canvas | NFS |
| Kami | Noland | DOE | Indianapolis | Manufactured Truth | Mixed media (acrylic, oil pastel, charcoal) | $950.00 |
| Alyssa | Overton | LG | Greenwood | Our Voice Matters | Charcoal | $185.00 |
| Lacy | Pearson | TOS | Carmel | Burning Furiously Beautiful | Ink and metallic pigment on claybord | $1200.00 |
| Nicole | Powell | TOS | Indianapolis | Hindered In Helping | Oil on canvas | $2500.00 |
| Brenda | Ramseier | LG | Silver Lake | Teach Your Children Well | Pen and ink | $600.00 |
| Britt | Ritchie | TOS | Indianapolis | Hoosier Flora 02 | Oil on canvas | $1100.00 |
| Rashelle | Roos | TOS | Gary | woman. | Mixed media (graphite, ink, acrylic, oil) on stretched canvas | $1800.00 |
| Darlene | Rosario-Reese | TOS | East Chicago | “A Mile In Our Shoes” | Folk Art Acrylic Paint, Painters Pens and a small amount of Crayola Coloring Pencils. | $100.00 |
| Brooke | Rothshank | LG | Goshen | Hoosier Heroines | Watercolor on paper | $400.00 |
| Kevin | Schultz | LG | Floyds Knobs | The Spirit Lives On | Mixed media fibers: cyanotype printed on fabric, fabric, thread, acrylic paint, ribbons, fine point marker and crochet lace. | $600.00 |
| Brenda | Stichter | TOS | Warsaw | The Garden Gate | Acrylic | $1200.00 |
| Cynthia | Young | LG | Zionsville | All Votes Count | Pastel | $500.00 |
