Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2020 Exhibition Winners Announced

| September 15, 2020


HARRISBURG, Pa. – The State Museum of Pennsylvania on Monday announced the winners of Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2020.

(Pictured: Beth Hager, Director, The State Museum of Pennsylvania.)

Art of the State is an annual juried exhibition that has been showcasing the work of Pennsylvania’s artists at The State Museum of Pennsylvania since 1968. The body of art that has been exhibited reflects more than a half-century of creative endeavor in the Keystone State. Exhibitors have shared their ideas and engaged viewers in the categories of photography, painting, work on paper, craft, and sculpture. Awards were given in each of those categories.

The William D. Davis Memorial Award for Drawing and The State Museum of Pennsylvania Purchase Award were also selected. The Art Docents Corps of The State Museum selected its Docents’ Choice Award.

Winners were chosen from 108 works selected from 1,901 entries.

This year’s first-prize winners are from Allegheny, Indiana, Northumberland, Philadelphia, and Union counties. Special awards went to artists from Columbia and Luzerne counties.

Due to the pandemic, prizes were awarded at the 2020 Art of the State virtual award ceremony broadcast via social media on Sunday, September 13. The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission’s state-owned historic sites and museums, including The State Museum, remain closed to the public to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

Art of State is presented by The State Museum of Pennsylvania in association with the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation.

The Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation is the nonprofit partner of the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, the state agency charged with collecting, preserving, researching and interpreting the treasures of Pennsylvania. Through private contributions, PHF supports PHMC in protecting and providing access to 24 historic sites and museums, approximately 9 million objects, and more than 250 million archival items.

The State Museum of Pennsylvania, adjacent to the State Capitol in Harrisburg, is one of 24 historic sites and museums administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission as part of the Pennsylvania Trails of History. The State Museum offers expansive collections interpreting Pennsylvania’s fascinating heritage. With exhibits examining the dawn of geologic time, the Native American experience, the Colonial and Revolutionary eras, a pivotal Civil War battleground, and the commonwealth’s vast industrial age, The State Museum demonstrates that Pennsylvania’s story is America’s story.

For more information visit The State Museum of Pennsylvania website.

The following prizes were awarded at the 2020 Art of the State virtual award ceremony broadcast via social media on Sunday, September 13. Cash awards for each category are first prize, $500; second prize, $300; third, $200.

The award ceremony, 360-degree virtual exhibit, an exhibit catalogue pdf, and programming announcements can be accessed on the Art of the State 2020 landing page.

Photography
1st Sanh Tran – Pretty in Pink No. 2
2nd Nicholas Bowen – Pool at Dusk: Kutztown, PA
3rd John Stritzinger – Sacramentos: Writing Overseas

Painting
1st Quantum Liq/Mike Pavol – One Portrait, Two Artists
2nd Duyan Nguyen/Jeremiah Johnson – Riding the Tiger
3rd Marian Phillips – Another Failed Attempt to Hide from Carl

Work on Paper
1st Eddy Lopez – La Prensa – Resistencia Ciudadana
2nd Autumn Wright – Flight Pattern
3rd Scott Cantrell – The Past Isn’t Dead, It Isn’t Even Past

Craft
1st Sandra Moore – Mounted Ball
2nd Sue Reno – In Dreams I Saw the Rift
3rd Jack Handshaw – Harvest
3rd Becky McDonah – Seeds and Synthetics: A Need for Sustainable Sustenance
3rd Silvijah Singh – High Seas

Sculpture
1st Sean Derry – To Borrow Breath
2nd Suzanne Bonsall Kahn – The Heavy Weight of Pearls
3rd Theodore Prescott – Traveler

The State Museum Purchase Award
Travis Prince – Royal

William D. Davis Memorial Award for Drawing
Richard Huck – Patchtown

Art Docents Choice Award
Oren Helbok – Bob Kimmel and Mike Fenstermaker, Schuylkill Haven


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