The Greater Des Moines Exhibited show will be returning to the Polk County Heritage Gallery this January! This is an annual show where Iowa artists can submit up to three works to be blindly judged by a juror. Works selected for awards will receive a cash prize up to $350.

The show will run from January 7 through February 12 with an opening reception on Thursday, January 8 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. This event is free and open to the public.

This is a fantastic opportunity for Des Moines area artists to get their fantastic works displayed in a unique space located in downtown Des Moines.

AWARD RECIPIENTS

Honorable Mention

Courtney Townsend | "The Lonliest Bus Stop", B/W photography

Jacqueline Fabritz | "Dreams of Before", oil, balsa wood, found objects, beads

Zoe Hermsen | "Is This My Fault?", collage, etching & lithography

Merit

Genevieve Lavalle | "End of Act I", fiber art

Lindsay Keast | "A Quilt for Mourning," mixed media

Margaret Steffregen | "Sue's Stuff", watercolor

Best of Show

Gavin Jensen | "Dying", color photography

SELECTED ARTISTS

Adam, Penny - Bagley, Braden - Banks, Michael - Barrett, Dennis - Beck, Lainey

Bird, Leo - Borzo, David - Carlson, Nancy - Cather Johnson, Linda - Deam, Natalie

Dilliner, Laura - Douglas, Maggie - Evans, Kristy - Fabritz, Jacqueline - Giacinti, Tatiana

Hartwig, Celine - Heikes, Marybeth - Hermsen, Zoe - Hildebrandt, Will - Hill, Kerrie

Hosch, Steve - Jensen, Gavin - Keast, Lindsay - Kimble, Christopher - Lavalle, Genevieve

Leavenworth, Leslie - Lee, Jennifer - Lewis, Linda - Lindsey, Kenzie - Lock, Katherine

Majeran, Stephanie - Marreel, Mary Ann - McCoy, Carly - McGinnis, Alexandra - Michels, Richard

Nagorny, Sergiy - Reeves, Patricia - Rider, Jeff - Roeder, Phil - Rose, Nathalie

Rossiter, Jordan - Schauls, Josephine - Seuferer, Beth - Stoffregen, Margaret

Tant, Cassandra - Townsend, Courtney - Utterson, David - Wooters, Callista - Wright, Scott