July 7 – September 2, 2023

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
Cathy Williams, The Admiral was Three Sheets to the Wind

FIRST PLACE  
Joe Rohrman, Here’s Looking at You

SECOND PLACE
Gerald Traicoff, Thinking Outside the Buddha Box

THIRD PLACE
Katrina Valuyeva, Thoughts are Seeds for the Future

HONORABLE MENTION
Scott Anderson, Misdirection with Pie

HONORABLE MENTION 
Tremain Farrar, Birds of a Feather Flock Together

HONORABLE MENTION
Judy Kreiger, Follow the Leader

HONORABLE MENTION
Michael Prater, Hold Your Horses 

HONORABLE MENTION 
Joe Rohrman, Looks Can Be Deceiving

HONORABLE MENTION
Pam Stults, Once in a Blue Moon

HONORABLE MENTION
Vicky White, You’re My Best Bud