State of the Arts 2021
2021 Winners
Best in Show
$1,000
"Burning"
by Kristen Reichert
Oil on Canvas,
50" x 44" x 2",
$12,500.00,
2021
Merit Awards
$750
"Ruby Gets a Cool Drink"
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"Charity's Joy"
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People's Choice
$500
"Janis Joplin"
by Michael Coupe
Ink,
20" x 40" x 1",
$300.00
Honorable Mention
$100
"Distant Mountains"
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"A KC Rivermarket Ascension"
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"Stravinsky's Junk Drawer"
by Norman Carr
Acrylic on panel,
26" x 38" x 1.5",
$2,800.00,
2019
2021 State of the Arts Show
Click on the Video Link to see Ada's Comments on the Show
Our Juror Ada Koch KCAC President, 2019-present PVAC member, 2015-2019 Ada (www.adakoch.com) is well-known in our Kansas City arts community as an artist, organizer, and teacher. She has served on several metro boards promoting local arts activities — including serving as President of the Kansas City Artist Coalition where she guided the organization through the relocation of their gallery during the COVID-19 shutdown, and serving a four-year stint on our own Prairie Village Arts Council. She has had her work displayed in many arts shows including the renown Florence Biennale art show in Florence, Italy; and her works hang in private collections in France, Germany, and Switzerland. Locally, her paintings may be found at the National World War I Museum, the Nelson-Atkins Museum, the Stowers Institute, and the Overland Park City Hall.
Ada has taught at art institutions and schools throughout the area for over 20 years. She currently teaches at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in KC, the Eva Reynolds Fine Arts Gallery, Leawood, KS, and the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson AZ. Ada works daily at her studio, A Koch Studios, in the Livestock Exchange Building, West Bottoms arts district of Kansas City. Her joy is contagious. She told us "I am endlessly inspired by the world around me." We are glad to have her jury our show. |