Larsen wins Best in Show at Art in the Loft’s ‘Hello Yellow’
News Photo by Darby Hinkley Michelle Larsen's "Keeper of the Horizon" won Best of Show in Art in the Loft's "Hello Yellow" juried art exhibit.
News Photo by Darby Hinkley Charles Schroeder's "Manitou at Soo Locks" won second place in Art in the Loft's "Hello Yellow" juried art exhibit.
News Photo by Darby Hinkley Christine Roman's "Summer's Last Flower" won third place in Art in the Loft's "Hello Yellow" juried art exhibit.
News Photo by Darby Hinkley Vesper Stutzman's "Esterhazy Keller, Vienna, Austria" won first honorable mention in Art in the Loft's "Hello Yellow" juried art exhibit.
News Photo by Darby Hinkley Kathy Bowers' "A Run at Dawn" won second honorable mention in Art in the Loft's "Hello Yellow" juried art exhibit.
News Photo by Darby Hinkley Christine Roman's "Suncatcher" won third honorable mention in Art in the Loft's "Hello Yellow" juried art exhibit.
News Photo by Darby Hinkley Sarah Gilliland's "The Forgotten" won an honorable mention in Art in the Loft's "Hello Yellow" juried art exhibit.
News Photo by Darby Hinkley Terry Lowell's "Silhouette" won an honorable mention in Art in the Loft's "Hello Yellow" juried art exhibit.
News Photo by Darby Hinkley Zachary Irving's "Yellow Rays" is an immersive projector display in Art in the Loft's "Hello Yellow" juried art exhibit.
News Photo by Darby Hinkley Michelle Larsen's "Keeper of the Horizon" won Best of Show in Art in the Loft's "Hello Yellow" juried art exhibit.
News Photo by Darby Hinkley Charles Schroeder's "Manitou at Soo Locks" won second place in Art in the Loft's "Hello Yellow" juried art exhibit.
News Photo by Darby Hinkley Christine Roman's "Summer's Last Flower" won third place in Art in the Loft's "Hello Yellow" juried art exhibit.
News Photo by Darby Hinkley Vesper Stutzman's "Esterhazy Keller, Vienna, Austria" won first honorable mention in Art in the Loft's "Hello Yellow" juried art exhibit.
News Photo by Darby Hinkley Kathy Bowers' "A Run at Dawn" won second honorable mention in Art in the Loft's "Hello Yellow" juried art exhibit.
News Photo by Darby Hinkley Christine Roman's "Suncatcher" won third honorable mention in Art in the Loft's "Hello Yellow" juried art exhibit.
News Photo by Darby Hinkley Sarah Gilliland's "The Forgotten" won an honorable mention in Art in the Loft's "Hello Yellow" juried art exhibit.
News Photo by Darby Hinkley Terry Lowell's "Silhouette" won an honorable mention in Art in the Loft's "Hello Yellow" juried art exhibit.
News Photo by Darby Hinkley Zachary Irving's "Yellow Rays" is an immersive projector display in Art in the Loft's "Hello Yellow" juried art exhibit.
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ALPENA -- Michelle Larsen earned Best in Show in Art in the Loft’s juried art exhibit, “Hello Yellow,” for her majestic eagle piece called “Keeper of the Horizon.”
Winners were announced on Thursday at the opening reception of the annual juried art exhibit, with local artist Pamela O’Neil as juror. “Hello Yellow” features over 90 pieces of yellow-themed artwork created by over 50 artists. The exhibit will be on display at Art in the Loft through Nov. 1.
People’s Choice voting is open, and anyone can pay $1 per vote at the gallery to select their favorite piece or pieces from those on display in “Hello Yellow.” Almost all the art pieces on display are also for sale, unless already marked “sold.”
Artists who earned recognition, in addition to Larsen, are:
Second Place: Charles Schroeder for “Manitou at Soo Locks”
Third Place: Christine Roman for “Summer’s Last Flower”
First Honorable Mention: Vesper Stutzman for “Esterhazy Keller, Vienna, Austria”
Second Honorable Mention: Kathy Bower for “A Run at Dawn”
Third Honorable Mention: Christine Roman for “Suncatcher”
Honorable Mention: Sarah Gilliland for “The Forgotten”
Honorable Mention: Terry Lowell for “Silhouette”
Also notable is an immersive art piece by Zachary Irving featuring a vintage projector that plays art pieces in a loop on the wall. The piece, titled “Yellow Rays,” is a Super 8 painted film projection.
“Zachary R. Irving’s work ‘Yellow Rays’ transforms a modest piece of mid-century technology -- the Revere 8 mm projector -- into a meditative portal of light, color, and motion,” a description of the piece explains. “The piece revolves around a single loop of clear Super 8 film, hand-painted entirely in shades of yellow.”
Visitors can turn on the motor switch, light switch, and forward switch to view the art in motion.
“This immersive experience foregrounds the human hand as part of the artwork; the performance of projection becomes inseparable from the projected image,” according to the instructions next to the projector.
Art in the Loft is located on the third floor of the Center Building at 109 N. 2nd Ave. in downtown Alpena. For more information, visit artintheloft.org.
Reach News Community Editor Darby Hinkley at 989-358-5691 or dhinkley@TheAlpenaNews.com.