Erie Art Museum Premieres Its 87th Annual Spring Show
Summary
Juror’s awards were given to David Bennett, Acer Ulma Contorta; Daniel Burke, Church Mice; Lee Forrest, Capital; Cara Jung, Bawdy Hunkers: Blue; Robert Raack, Awakening; Carole Werder, The Three Graces Today (Franny, Pearl and Dore).Shimomura’s paintings, prints, and theatre pieces address sociopolitical issues of Asian America and have often been inspired by diaries kept by his late immigrant grandmother for 56 years of her life.He has had over 125 solo exhibitions of paintings and prints, as well as presenting his experimental theater pieces at such venues as the Franklin Furnace, New York City, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.The Erie Art Museum also holds a collection of over 6,000 objects, which includes significant works in American ceramics, Tibetan paintings, Indian bronzes, contemporary baskets, and a variety of other categories.The cash awards will be divided among the juror’s selections of the best work in the show.Juror’s awards were given to David Bennett, Acer Ulma Contorta; Daniel Burke, Church Mice; Lee Forrest, Capital; Cara Jung, Bawdy Hunkers: Blue; Robert Raack, Awakening; Carole Werder, The Three Graces Today (Franny, Pearl and Dore).Honorable mentions were given to Daniel Burke, Kitchen Mice; Devon Dill, Suicide Fantasy no.