July 2 – August 15, 2021

Figures of Speech is a competitive exhibition open to artists 18 years of age or older who live, or have once lived, in the Midwest and created artwork. Artists are asked to create a work of art inspired by a figure of speech and are then juried in.

BEST OF SHOW
Jenny Moore Smith, Once in a Blue Moon

FIRST PLACE & PURCHASE AWARD 
Gerald Traicoff, The Lime Light

SECOND PLACE
Joe Rohrman, Above it All

THIRD PLACE
Arthur Jaggard, A Ram,  A Lamb, A Ding-Dong

HONORABLE MENTION
Bert Happel, Explosion of Color

HONORABLE MENTION 
Samson Hunckler, It’s All Greek to Me

HONORABLE MENTION
Ann Johnson, This Side Up

HONORABLE MENTION 
Leslie Ober, Walking on Eggshells

HONORABLE MENTION 
Michael Prater, Birds of a Feather