78th Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition

November 4th, 2022 – January 8th, 2023

AWARDS OF MERIT

Grand Prize Awards

Howard E. Wooden, Sr. Memorial Best of Show Grand Prize
Gautam Rao, Indianapolis, IN, Our Son’s Room

Quinquagenary Grand Prize in painting given in memory of Emily Cox Gedrick
Alicia Dawn Criswell, Lafayette, IN, I could’ve

Bill Carls Grand Prize Award
Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo, Terre Haute, IN, Mura at the area where the
Yanka river was dried up

Awards of Distinction

Alliance of the Swope Award of Distinction
Rob Millard-Mendez, Evansville, IN, Portable Forest Bath Apparatus

Nancy & Fred Nation Award of Distinction
Gabi Roach, Hamilton, OH, Baptism

The Billy Cactus Studios Award of Distinction
Emilia Nawrocki, Warren, MI, A Person, Place, and Time I Once Loved

Sarah Decker Ning Award of Distinction
Michael Koerner, Carmel, IN, The journey is the destination. (luggage paint pour #1)

Awards of Honor

Susan & George Brattain Award of Honor
Michael Bruner, Mascoutah, IL, Julia

Union Health “Healthier Together” Award of Honor
Robert Dickes, Evansville, IN, I, Too, Had a Job

Dr. William & Betsy Hine Award of Honor
Cody Winter, Riga, MI, The Sweetness of Silence

Alliance of the Swope Award of Honor
Terry Lacy, Delphi, IN, red-tail glide

Sarah Decker Ning Award of Honor
Nathan Taves, Columbia City, IN, Trace Lines and Trails

Sarah Decker Ning Award of Honor
Nicholas Hill, Granville, OH, Chilean Pandemic Portrait: MENOS CLASE MEDIA

Eileen Prose Award of Honor in memory of Ted Prose
Katherine Fries, Indianapolis, IN, Hattie, Matriarch Series

Alliance of the Swope People’s Choice Award
T.B.D. at end of exhibition

Awards of Recognition

Laney Meis Award of Recognition
Alicia Dawn Criswell, Lafayette, IN, Paradox

Cindy Cox Award of Recognition
Kyle Surges, Homer Glen, IL, Dragged Through the Garden

Lind Law Firm Award of Recognition
Pat DaRif, Fort Wayne, IN, Downtown