This year’s selection jurors are:

Julia Dolan, Ph.D., The Minor White Curator of Photography, Portland Art Museum

Joyce Owens, Artist, Educator, and Curator, Chicago State University

Matthew Hinçman, Professor and Program Area Coordinator, Sculpture, and Furniture Design Certificate Program Coordinator, Massachusetts College of Art and Design

This year’s awards juror is:

Al Miner, Director of Georgetown University Galleries and Associate Professor of the Practice

More than $4,000 in cash awards will be distributed to artists. A first prize of $500 and second prize of $300 will be awarded in each of the five categories. The William D. Davis Memorial Award for Drawing in the amount of $250 and the Art Docents’ Choice Award of $300 will also be awarded.

Later in the exhibition, The State Museum will select one Purchase Award winner for the permanent collection.

Art of the State is presented by The State Museum of Pennsylvania in association with the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation. The media sponsor is WITF Public Media.

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 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 about Art of the State 2021 and The State Museum, visit www.statemuseumpa.orgor follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

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Artists selected to exhibit at the 2021 “Art of the State” competition listed by county:

Adams County

Carol Foerster

T. Owens Union

Allegheny County 

Geoffrey Gordon

Robert Huckestein

Evy Rogers and Joe Jacob

Sandy Kessler Kaminski

Kristen Letts Kovak

Sandra Moore

Sandi Pfeifer

Marian Phillips

Mary Culbertson Stark 

Bedford County

George Radeschi

Berks County 

Cheryl Elmo

Vince Pellegrini

Steve Scheuring 

Georgette L. Veeder

Bradford County

Brian Keeler

Bucks County

Lisa Nanni

Jennifer Rubin Garey

Amedeo Salamoni

Marc Schimsky

Centre County

Stephen Althouse

Cinda Kostyak

Chester County 

Maryanne Buschini

Randall Graham

Liz Hamilton Quay

Francine Renée Schneider

Alison Willse

Columbia County

Ron Lambert

Cumberland County

Steven Bootay

Maureen Joyce

Gay McGeary

Susan Nichols

Keanna Qarooni

Julie Riker

Donald Uvick

Michael Yatsko

Harold Zabady

Dauphin County

Karen Commings

Paul Gallo

Jason Lyons

Jeff Wiles

Delaware County 

Jim Conner

Hee Sook Kim

Sandi Neiman Lovitz

Lauren Whearty

Erie County

Gary Cardot

Passle Helminski

Dan Schank

Fred Scruton

Franklin County

Andrea Finch

Indiana County

Nathan Heuer

Lackawanna County

Lynn Andreoli

Kym Fetsko

Lancaster County

Becky Blosser

Timothy Colyer

Malcolm Corley

Ann DeLaurentis

Amy Edwards

Kelly Kautz

Richard K. Kent

Becky McDonah

Barry Steely

Shelby Wormley

Lehigh County

Richard Begbie

Kasandra Brittenburg

James DePietro

Lauren Kuhn

Jacqueline Meyerson

Lycoming County

John McKaig

Brian Spies

Monroe County

James Gwynne

Heidi Hooper

Montgomery County

Kassem Amoudi

Meg Constable

Betz Green

Ginnie Lodge

Nancy Bea Miller

Joseph Opshinsky

Gary Phillips

Nicholas Roberts

Northampton County

Edmund Eckstein

Jerry Kott

Keith Vogrin

Northumberland County

Sanh Tran

Philadelphia

Heather Diacont Rinehart

Gary Grissom

Michael Kowbuz

Lauren M. Rinaldi

Don Nakamura

Elizabeth Pratt

John Howell White

Pike County

Pamela Vander Zwan

Somerset County

Margaret Black

Susquehanna County

James Malenda

Washington County

Susan Phillips

Wayne County

Paul Plumadore

Westmoreland County

Pamela Cooper

Kevin O'Toole

York County

Jeannine Dabb

Bob Gay

Richard Chandler Hoff

R. Andrew Hoff

Catherine Prescott