State of the Arts 2018

Our Juror
​MARISSA STARKE
​Ms. Starke is the Assistant Director for the Kansas City Artists Coalition. She joined the KCAC staff in 2010 previously she worked as Art Director at Artichokes, Leawood, Kansas. 
Ms. Starke serves on the River Market Community Association Board of Directors as the Head of the Marketing Committee and the Alumni board of Directors of Notre Dame de Sion. She has also served on the TruFriends of Truman Medical Centers Board. She served on Art in the Loop Art in City Market Park Selection Panel (2017) and as the Notre Dame de Sion Student Exhibition JuroMARISSA STARKEr (2016). 
Ms. Starke studied art history at Cornell College, Iowa and the University of Kansas where she received her BA in 2005.

Best of Show
Addison Wagner- Bos Taurus

Merit Awards
Cydney Ross- What will it take
 Kristen Reichert-Thunder

Honorable Mentions
Clare Dolan- Trashbags
 Loretta Feeback- Pastel of Pants NO.1
 Marilyn York- And an order of Fries
 Ryan Delgado- I Once was Lost
Shelby Prindaville- Albrechare
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People's Choice
John Manno- The ClockRoom