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May 23 through June 23
Ventures in Creativity 2022

Best of Show 2022, Watercolor, "Drying Out"
By Tom DeSomer
2022
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VENTURES in CREATIVITY

44rd Annual Ventures in Creativity, a juried exhibition sponsored by the Fort Wayne Artists Guild, showcases some of the area's finest art including oil and acrylic painting, watercolor, pastel, and more.
University of Saint Francis School of Creative Arts. May 23 - June 23. Free admission.
Normal gallery hours are Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm Saturday 1-5pm
Rolland Art Center, University of Saint Francis, 2701 Spring Street, Fort Wayne IN.
Program and Catalogue

Best of Show
"Drying Out", Watercolor
by Tom DeSomer
Oil/Acrylic

First Place: Oil/Acrylic
Oil, "The Glow on 15th Street"
by Hilarie Couture

Second Place: Oil/Acrylic
Oil, "Grace at Every Turn"
by Rebecca Justice Schaab

Third Place: Oil/Acrylic
Oil, "Saint Mary's Communion"
by Rebecca Cripe Burton
Watermedia

First Place: Watermedia
Watercolor, "Working the River"
by John Kelty

Second Place: Watermedia
Watercolor, "Evolution"
by Nancy Longmate

Third Place: Watermedia
Watercolor, "Not Yet Spring"
by Anne Maddox
Open Media

First Place: Open Media
"Giant Turtle" by Cynthia Ann Cooper

Second Place: Open Media
"Consumed" by Lori Brubaker

Third Place: Open Media
"Dandified Desert Dappers" by Vernon Bedel
Merit Awards

Portrait
"Old Crow"
by Ann Johnson

Landscape
"Our Town"
by Sam Hoffman

Still Life
"Persimmons"
by Marilyn Kruger

3 - D
"Meditation"
by Steve Vachon

Abstract
"Start of the Pilgrimage"
by John Leavell
Memorial Awards

FWAG Memorial Award
"Alone in the Desert"
by Justin Johnson

Catherine Cheney Memorial Award
"Remembering a Forgotten Song"
by Sue Davis

Doyle Shady Memorial Award
"Spring Mill State Park"
by Heidi Malott

Jill & Flori Padget Memorial Award
"Simmer Down"
by Brenda Stichter

Ukranian Casualties Award
"Staring Dementia in the Face"
by Lylanne Musselman

Ray Watkins Memorial Award
"Poetry of Loneliness"
by Sydney Spevak
SALES
All artwork on this page and pieces listed in the catalogue are for sale.
They may be purchased at the show running through June 23, 2022. Detail for sales is listed on the last page of the catalogue.
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