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Art Melt 2010 Displays Nearly 100 Louisiana Artists
More than 500 pieces of Louisiana art were submitted, and 97 pieces have been chosen for display. The artwork will represent submissions from more than 35 parishes throughout the state.
Artists are: Michael Aldana; Cody Arnall; May Babcock; Ryan Ballard; Courtney Barr; Frances Beck; Crystal Bergeron; Dawn Black; Billie Bourgeois; Ralph Bourque; Cassidy Breaux; Benjamin Bullins; Tabitha Cale; Alisha Camus; Sarah Cancienne; Joshua Chambers; Michelle Conques; Nicole Cotton; Yvette Creel; Zachary Cummings; Shanna D'Antonio; Calvin Delone; Kevin Duffy; Charles Durio; Michael Elliott-Smith; Dara Engler; Carolyn Finnell; Ernie Fournet; Donny Gallagher; Lisa Germain; Victoria Gildersleeve; Amy Guidry; Diane Hanson; Comusina Hardman; Veni Harlan; Olivia Hill; Tina Hines; Susan Hoffmann; Jeffrey Johnson; Peter Jones; Robert Jones; Daniel Junot; Jody Kaiser; Mia Kaplan; Heather Kelley; Shannon Kolvitz; Ross Loftin; Rebecca Luke Lirette; Karin Martin; Alyssa Matthews; Tiffany McCullough; Leah McLain; Frank McMains; Layla Messkoub; Jill Moore; Robert Moreland; David Rae Morris; Keith Morris; Janell O’Halloran; Cameo Olson; Isoko Onodera; Yoojeung Park; Suzanne Parker; Keith Perelli; Carter Perrilliat; Pareesa Pourian; Elizabeth Pratt; Mark Rabalais; Collin Richie; Chad Ross; Nancy Rothschild; Michael Secor; Paulina Sierra; Warren Simmons; Sheryl Southwick; Lacey Stinson; WangLing Stokes; Victoria Suplee; Lue Svendson; Dan Swetman; Rachel Taylor; Jill Thomas; Treasure Tolliver; Odie Tucker; Patrick Walsh; Dave Wang; John Wax; Davana Wilkins; Thomas Williams; Kevin Wilson; Deborah Wood; Lynn Wood; Brandi Woolam; and Julia Caroline Youngblood.
The jurors for this year’s accepted art submissions were Paul Dean, Associate Professor at the LSU School of Art; Denny Mecham, Executive Director of the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi, Mississippi; and Andrea Pollan, Executive Director of the Curator’s Office in Washington, D.C. Prizes were awarded for first place ($2,000), second place ($1,000) and third place ($500). In addition, the Brunner Gallery sponsored a Special Arts, Country Roads sponsored the first annual People’s Choice Award, and Forum 35 sponsored an award.
Art Melt and related events are made possible by the generous support of major sponsor Jones Walker, and the volunteer and leadership efforts of Forum 35, a community of engaged young men and women dedicated to improving and shaping Baton Rouge.
| Award |
Work |
Artist |
Hometown |
| - |
Kaleidoscape |
Susie Blyskal |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Seated Figure in Kimono |
Marianne Antoine |
Metairie |
| - |
London Bridge |
Erin Barker |
Lake Charles |
| - |
Interwoven Series, Iris |
Patricia "Muffin" Bernstein |
New Orleans |
| - |
True Love's Last Kiss |
Mary Beyt |
Lafayette |
| - |
Are You My Mother? |
Craig Black |
Gonzales |
| - |
She |
Brad Michael Bourgoyne |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
The Definition of Cool |
Brandi Braud |
Prairievillle |
| - |
Gone Fishin |
Benjamin Bullins |
Harvey |
| - |
Look at the Woman I've Become |
John Michael Byrd |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
...its Raining. I was just thinking of you. |
Mallory P Chastant |
Lafayette |
| - |
Happy Grow Lucky |
Wang-Ling Chou |
Pineville |
| - |
C U Later |
Michelle Conques |
Denham Springs |
| - |
Hope |
Cynthia Courage |
Metairie |
| - |
Birch Trio |
Yvette Creel |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Old School |
Jessica Danby |
Hammond |
| - |
The Group is Fairly Patient |
Robin Daning |
New Orleans |
| - |
The Raven Tree |
Shanna D'Antonio |
New Orleans |
| - |
Grey |
Chris Dennis |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Photoshoot |
Ashton Despot |
Lafayette |
| - |
After the Mardi Gras |
Ernie Fournet |
New Iberia |
| - |
The perfect pork roast requires 7 apples |
Kit French |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Super Cloud Streaks |
Mark Galasso |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
She Did Not Believe In Impossibilities |
Denise Gallagher |
Youngsville |
| - |
Unintended |
Donna Gamble |
Mandeville |
| - |
The Judgement of the Moon and Stars |
Denise Greenwood-Loveless |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Trickle |
Kerry Griechen |
Lafayette |
| - |
Metamorphosis |
Amy Guidry |
Lafayette |
| - |
Picking up the Pieces |
Gerald Haessig |
New Orleans |
| - |
Cookies and Cream MUSH |
Alex Harvie |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Plantation Living |
Jessica Hebert |
Prairieville |
| - |
Circus #11 |
Stacy Hennessy |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
2027 Carondelet St., Captain Thomas Leathers Mansion, 1857 |
Susan Talbot Hoffmann |
Thibodaux |
| - |
Under the Overpass, 2008 |
Meg Holford |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Hel-lo |
Robert Holford |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Golden Esplanade |
Christopher Holt |
New Orleans |
| - |
Eupatorus Gracilicornus |
David Humphreys |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Perched |
Kathryn Hunter |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Pope Leo |
Aaron Hussey |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
The Good Fight |
Warren Irwin |
New Orleans/td>
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| - |
Always Keep a Diamond In Your Mind |
Heather Kelley |
Lake Charles |
| - |
Shooting Gallery |
Maggie Kleinpeter |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
The Bike Race Dream |
Katie Knoeringer |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Palm series (1 through 5) |
Andy Lemoine |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Assembly Line |
Lory Lockwood |
New Orleans |
| - |
Lila's Last Litter |
Rebecca Luke-Lirette |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Mamou, Louisiana, Mardi Gras 2009 |
Jill Moore |
St. Francisville |
| - |
Dollars Not Change |
Keith Morris |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
The Flower Thief (2009) |
Lee Ann Moser |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Big Deal |
Liz Noble |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Abstraction #85 |
Jared Normand |
Opelousas |
| - |
Eye of the Hurricane |
Bruce Odell |
Lafayette |
| - |
Squash Field With Asparagus, After Van Gogh |
Tiffany Olson |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Flower of Columbine |
Isoko Onodera |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Trinity |
Jonathan Pellitteri |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Cows on Porch |
Mary Perrin |
Lafayette |
| - |
Bay Lights at Twilight |
Nancy Poirrier |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Bird Goblet Series |
Andrew Pollack |
New Orleans |
| - |
Lemon Tree |
Rebecca Rebouche |
New Orleans |
| - |
Aerial Combat |
Kathy Reeves |
Denham Springs |
| - |
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things |
Colin Ross |
New Orleans |
| - |
Untitled |
Rich Roth |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Dawn's Early Light |
Nancy Smitherman |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Gulf Shores No. 1 |
Tom Stigall |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Yellow Dirt Road |
Katie Swetman |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Clowns and Steers |
Dan Swetman |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Easel Imprint II |
Jill Thomas |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Falling Nude #15: Cannon Ball |
Philip Thompson |
Metairie |
| - |
Real People #3 |
Kenneth Wilks |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Woman #1 |
Caroline Youngblood |
Columbia |
| - |
Blur |
Alan Zakem |
New Orleans |
| Award |
Work |
Artist |
Hometown |
| - |
I Hear Wynton |
Kenneth Scott |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Sweet Eyes |
Elise Toups |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
The Assets of Marriage |
Sara Silvestri |
New Orleans |
| - |
Water Study #8 |
Kevin Duffy |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Water Study #4 |
Kevin Duffy |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Wedding Flowers #1 |
Gene Beyt |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Grumium |
Rhett Fitzgerald |
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| - |
She Without Sin |
John Mark Lawler |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Large Bonfire |
Gin Taylor |
Alexandria |
| - |
Defining the Parameters |
J. David West |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Till Death Do Us Part |
Daren J. Sylvester |
Opelousas |
| - |
Welcome |
Haejung Lee |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Before the Storm |
Linda Broderick |
Jackson |
| - |
Gun |
Teanna Love |
Prairieville |
| - |
Electric Blue Dragonfly |
Summer Price |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
The Digger |
Kenneth Wilks |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Adaptation |
Amy Guidry |
Lafayette |
| - |
Seven Sisters |
Jason Langley |
Mandeville |
| - |
It Was A Train That Took Me Away From Here |
Donny Gallagher |
Youngsville |
| - |
International Women on Home |
Mary Gaston |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Vertigo |
Trey Pentecost |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Aquarius |
Kevin Wilson |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Golden Marsh |
Lori Seals |
Mandeville |
| - |
Brockport, NY |
Lauren Greathouse |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Screaming Out For Justice |
Christopher Smith |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Love is Patient |
Denise Greenwood |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Untitled 3 |
Tara Ratliff |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
4:06pm |
Isoko Onodera |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Spring |
Dana Voss |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Leo, el opositor poltico |
Aaron Hussey |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Blue Crab on Sand |
Jennifer Oliver |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
The Bathroom |
Danielle Bower |
LaPlace |
| - |
Half Suit |
Eric Wiggins |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Cascade |
Susie Blyskal |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
If I only had a Heart.... |
Evan Gomez |
Geismar |
| - |
A Quiet Moment in the Quarter |
Laurie Manley |
Slidell |
| - |
Big Alex |
Kevin Kramer |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Muybridgeman Walking |
Brad Michael Bourgoyne |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Integration of Violets & Greens with Oxide Red |
Carol Arabie |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Radial Form, Bueno De Portero |
Troy Dugas |
Lafayette |
| - |
The Grove |
Michael Elliott-Smith |
Alexandria |
| - |
Reflecting Pools |
Michael Elliott-Smith |
Alexandria |
| - |
Filthy Little Thing |
Stuart Kimbrell |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Spider Web (with dew) |
Ralph Bourque |
Lafayette |
| - |
Madonna of the Cup |
Ralph Bourque |
Lafayette |
| - |
Skull |
Lance Reine |
Ethel |
| - |
Spittoon |
Philip Thompson |
Metairie |
| - |
For the Love of Dance |
Roberta Van Zandt Loflin |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Laharpe |
Frank Relle |
New Orleans |
| - |
Telemachus |
Frank Relle |
New Orleans |
| - |
Consolation |
Susan Bergman |
New Orleans |
| - |
Untitled 3 |
Lindsay Zimmerle-Dupre |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Untitled 1 |
Lindsay Zimmerle-Dupre |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
317 Pleasant St., LA |
Japheth A. Storlie |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Hwy 1 South, LA |
Japheth A. Storlie |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Fais-do-do |
Jim Jeansonne |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
'L' Wood |
Ernie L. Fournet |
New Iberia |
| - |
Bull Fighter |
Dan Swetman |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Keep Your Chin Up |
John Michael Byrd |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Clingy (triptych) |
Chris Dennis |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Things Looking Up |
Chris Dennis |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Abandoned |
James Peck |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Past & Present |
Pareesa Pourian |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Bucky Dome #1 |
Meg Holford |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
Fume Room |
Elizabeth Noble |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
CottoncanDay |
Chad Chenier |
Baton Rouge |
| - |
White Dresses |
Bevil Knapp |
Covington |
| - |
Face Off I |
Bonnie Camos |
Lafayette |
| - |
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Benwa Hu |
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| - |
virgin.mary |
Benwa Hu |
- |
| - |
Infinate Knowledge |
Terry Farrell |
Donaldsonville |
| - |
Closed Oyster |
Veni Harlan |
Baton Rouge |
| Award |
Work |
Artist |
Hometown |
| Best in Show |
"Laussat" |
Frank Relle |
New Orleans |
| 2nd Place |
"Red & Green with Gold & Copper" |
Carol Arabie |
Baton Rouge |
| 3rd Place |
"Hold Back the Horizon" |
Johnathan Pellitteri |
Baton Rouge |
| Brunner Gallery Special Award |
"Rastaban" |
Rhett Fitzgerald |
Baton Rouge |
| Special Juror's Award |
"Fourfolding" |
Brad Michael Burgoyne |
Baton Rouge |
| Country Roads Cover Story |
"NOLA" |
T.J. Black |
Baton Rouge |
| Culinary Classic of GBR |
"How Does It Feel?" |
Chris Dennis |
Baton Rouge |
| Award |
Work |
Artist |
Hometown |
| Best in Show |
"Come to Me My Minions" |
Elise Toups |
Baton Rouge |
| 2nd Place |
"Expulsion of Adam from Eden (after Massaccio)" |
Brad Bourgoyne |
Baton Rouge |
| 3rd Place |
"The Romantic" |
Jamie Baldridge |
Baton Rouge |
| Award |
Work |
Artist |
Hometown |
| Best in Show |
"See What I Mean" |
Jessica Weaver |
Hammond |
| 2nd Place |
"The Keeper of the Beauties" |
Jamie Baldridge |
Baton Rouge |
| 3rd Place |
"Hanging On" |
Rusty Culotta |
Baton Rouge |