The Robin Larsen Award for Abstract Art: Sue Keown, Once Upon a Time in the Forest
Director’s Choice: Diane Greenberg, Waiting for a Ride
Best Mixed Media Masterpiece: Michael Palladino, Birch Trees on the Delaware
Excellence in Visual Storytelling: Jeanine Pennell, Daisy Fish Car
Outstanding Painting: Annelies van Dommelen, Vessel
Best Contemporary Sculpture: Michael Kehs, As We Sail Through Life, Life Sails Through Us
Juror of Awards: Abi Lua, Assistant Curator at the Michener Art Museum selected awards and the winners were announced at the opening reception. Abi previously held curatorial positions at Bryn Mawr College, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and Philadelphia Contemporary. She specializes in American and global craft and material culture, and her research has been supported by the Center for Material Culture Studies at the University of Delaware. Abi holds a BA in History of Art from Bryn Mawr College and an MA in American Material Culture from the Winterthur Museum and the University of Delaware.