Annual Jim and Ruth Howland Community OPEN EXTENDED!
- EXTENDED February 18 – May 21, 2020
- Thursday, May 21, Last Day and Closing Celebration, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
- Fri & Sat, May 22 & 23: Pick up Artwork 12 – 5 pm
The Howland Community OPEN 2020 Exhibition featured 230+ artists from Linn and Benton Communities — with 75 artists new to The Arts Center!
This exhibit reflects the joy of art-making and the engagement of our community with the visual arts. Art making is a valuable means of expression for beginners and seasoned professional artists alike. Covid19 caused our Awards Night and Reception to be a closed event for award recipients only, but we live streamed it to our Facebook Page for people to enjoy the evening with us.
Awards were given by age categories and media.
| First Name | Last Name | Title | Category | Awards |
| Lily | Liu | Marie Antonette’s Ball | 0-7 | Young Award |
| Albert | Sun | War with Virus | 0-7 | Young Award |
| Grace | Whitman | My Garden | 0-7 | Young Award |
| Lucy | Whitman | Me and My Unicorn | 0-7 | Young Award |
| Gina | Alberte | Pear #1 | 14-19 | Award |
| Ally | Willard | Cow Without Context | 14-19 | Honorable Mention |
| Tori | Thorp | Exhaustion | 14-19 | Honorable Mention |
| Meredith | Whitman | The Unlikely Winner | 8-13 | Award |
| Ava | Dickay | Bird | 8-13 | Honorable Mention |
| Rose | Liu | Picnic in Spring | 8-13 | Honorable Mention |
| Molly | Maynard | Edward the Teasle | 8-13 | Honorable Mention |
| Edith | Wolfe | Circe: My Ex-Husband was sacrificed to the Pig Goddess | Career | Award |
| Celia Carl | Anderson | Gate Keepers | Career | Honorable Mention |
| Gale | Everett | Lunar Rat | Career | Honorable Mention |
| Peggy | Sharrow | Alliums in June | Career | Honorable Mention |
| Carolyn | Ver Linden | Happy Hippo | Recreational | Award |
| Belinda | Barnes | Trees | Recreational | Honorable Mention |
| Chinh T. | Le | Summertime, and the living is easy… | Recreational | Honorable Mention |
| Teresa | Jennison | Love Eternal | Recreational | Honorable Mention |
| Tori | Thorp | Exhaustion | 14-19 | Curator’s Award |
| First Name | Last Name | Title | Category | Awards |
| Becca | Lemon | Gaia- Joyful Abundance | 3D | Award – front and back |
| Deb | Lewis | Angel with Nest | 3D | Award -front and back |
| David | Mayfield | She Knows | Special Award | Award |
| Lauren | Ohlgren | Obsidian Trail – Winter | career | Board’s Choice Award |
| Judith M. | Sanders | A View of Rome | career | People’s Choice Award |
Thanks to Ruth and Jim Howland for establishing the Howland Fund within The Arts Center’s Endowment Fund to support the Community OPEN Show Awards. Anyone may support this show through the Fund.
Thanks also to Citizens Bank for their sponsorship support!
