46th Annual Juried Exhibition

Sponsored by CenturyTel

This year’s juror is Miranda Lash, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art for the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA).

Artists:

• Sarah Alewyne – Gloster, LA
• Brad Arender – Monroe, LA
• Bess Bieluczyk – Ruston, LA
• Sheila Ernst-Bifano – Houston, TX
• Critz Campbell – Mississippi State, MS
• Jenny Zoe Casey – Tavares, FL
• Joshua Chambers – Ruston, LA
• Kyle A. Chaput – Corpus Christi, TX
• Wang-Ling Chou – Pineville, LA
• Linda Dautreuil – Covington, LA – Best in Show
• Mark Denham – Baton Rouge, LA
• Jenny Ellerbe – Monroe, LA
• Dara Engler – Monroe, LA
• Tate Foley – Athens, GA
• Giacomo Fortunato – New York, NY
• Ernie L. Fournet – New Iberia, LA
• Laura Gipson – New Orleans, LA – Second Place
• Jay Gould – Ruston, LA
• Alicia Grullon – Riverdale, NY – Honorable Mention
• Karla Hackenmiller – Athens, OH
• Frank Hamrick – Ruston, LA
• Charlie Heck – Monroe, LA
• Steinthor H. Hrafnsson – Calhoun, LA
• Georgeana Ireland – Costa Mesa, CA
• Patricia Tait Jones – Ruston, LA
• Larry B. Joseph – Brooklyn, NY
• Leslie Kerby – Brooklyn, NY
• Katy Leachman – Ruston, LA
• Eric S. Lincoln – Rayville, LA
• Scott Litton – Ruston, LA
• Luz-Maria Lopez – Covington, LA
• Joanne R. Luongo – Warwick, RI – Third Place (tie)
• Joetta Maue – Brooklyn, NY
• Christina Mazzalupo – Brooklyn, NY
• Irvin Morazan – Brooklyn, NY
• Linda Norwood – West Monroe, LA
• Nick Norwood – Ruston, LA
• David Orr – Los Angeles, CA
• Meredith Pardue – Monroe, LA
• Anastasia Pelias – New Orleans, LA
• Tiana Peterson – Brooklyn, NY
• Joyce Polance – Chicago, IL
• Rebecca Reeve – Brooklyn, NY
• Tom Richard – Monticello, AR
• Bill Rowe – State University, AR
• Lindley Rust – Ruston, LA – Honorable Mention
• Jess Schrom and Graham Simpson – Ruston, LA
• Brian Schutza – Ruston, LA
• Leslie Shiels – Cincinnati, OH
• Marla St. John, Julie Schapman, and Robert Brooks artist collaboration – Choudrant, LA
• Donna Stack – Brooklyn, IA
• Shane Stratton – Philadelphia, PA
• Samuel Trioli – New Boston, NH
• Kathleen Tumey – West Monroe, LA
• Lauren Quinn Ward – Simsboro, LA – Third Place (tie)
• Jasmine Washington – Alexandria, LA
• Brandy Wolfe – Allston, MA
• Monica Zeringue – New Orleans, LA

Events in conjunction with this exhibition include a member’s reception on June 27 from 6 – 8 p.m. For more information please call the museum at (318) 329-2237.

About the Juror
A native of Los Angeles, Lash received her bachelor’s degree with honors from Harvard University, and she completed her masters at Williams College. Lash has worked extensively in different museums, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Williams College Museum of Art, and most recently, The Menil Collection in Houston, where she held the position of Assistant Curator.

Since arriving at NOMA in February 2008, she has curated NOMA’s installation of traveling exhibition The Baroque World of Fernando Botero (organized by Art Services International) and the installation of nine artists for U.S. Biennial Prospect.1.  She reinstalled the permanent collection of modern and contemporary art during the fall of 2008 and is currently working on a series of exhibitions featuring Louisiana contemporary artists.