During the annual Multi-Media EXPO Aug. 20-22, the Civic Center was home to 222 pieces of artwork from 47 artists. The show was made up of paintings, drawings and photographs.
Amateur and professional artists exhibited in watercolor, acrylic, oil, pastel, ink and pencil, presenting the viewer with a wide variety of media as well as an even wider variety of subjects from modern to traditional.
Judges this year were Sacred Heart art teacher Leslie Hudson-Tolles, Bruce Wilson of Fine Frame Gallery and Jason Williams of Snapshots Photographic.
The show is held annually and is open to any artist or photographer over the age of 18.
The Carolina Artists was formed in 1990 by working artists to provide opportunities for local artists to be recognized within the central Carolina community. The group meets monthly. Find more information and pictures at www.thecarolinaartists.org
With the help of the Civic Center (Parks and Recreation) staff, the Carolina Artists sponsor two large shows each year, the Student Art Show in March for students in grades K-12 and the Carolina Artists EXPO for adults over the age of 18.

Visitors to the EXPO had the opportunity to vote for their favorite entry, a distinction separate from judged winning. The Visitors’ Favorite, after votes were tallied, was Marshall Stokes’ entry “Sunday Afternoon on East Innes Street.”

Category Photography
• First place by Elizabeth McAdams – “Windswept Barn”
• Second place by Zelia Frick — “Proud Peacock”
• Third place by Kim Lance — “Wash Day”
• Honorable Mention by Connie Loflin Peninger — “God Bless America”

Category Mixed Media
• First place by Patricia Leazer — “Wash Day”
• Second place by Barbara Harris Richmond — “No Lefty Here”
• Third place by Cathy Wood — “”Who”
• Honorable Mention by Janet Isenhour — “Of Dust and Wind”

Category Watercolor
• First place by Christine Davis — “Carpets of Blue”
• Second place by Mark Brincefield — “Mill Bridge Farm”
• Third place by Tomie Troxler — “Southwest”
• Honorable Mention by Karen Morgan — “Old Goat”
• Honorable Mention by Kelly McCarthy — “Window Light”

Category Oil
• First place by Barbara Duffy — “Landscape 1” — Also Best -In-The-Show Winner
• Second place by James E. Taylor — “Blue Heron Fishing”
• Third place by Marietta Foster Smith — “Am I My Brother’s Keeper?”
• Honorable Mention by Marshall Stokes — “Sunday Afternoon on East Innes” —also voted Visitor’s Favorite

Category Acrylic
• First place by Keith Kahrs — Untitled — Picture of Frog
• Second place by Carolyn Kirkman — “Fish for Lunch”
• Third place by Joseph Heilig — “Jubilee Sojourn Truth”
• Honorable Mention by Loflin Peninger — “Cityscape”