The Massillon Museum will celebrate the opening of the annual Stark County Artists Exhibition on Saturday, December 13, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. with a reception for the artists in the main gallery. Award winners will be announced at 8:00 that evening.

Present and former Stark County residents and those currently working in Stark County were eligible to enter artwork for the Massillon Museum's juried Stark County Artists Exhibition. All media were considered by the independent jurors—Jim Bowling, Assistant Professor at Otterbein College, and Griffith Mann, Chief Curator at the Cleveland Museum of Art. They selected work to be included in the show as well as the awards, which will be announced during the evening.

The exhibition will continue through February 8, 2009.

The Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday: 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday: 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.

If you have any questions, please call 330-833-4061.

Award Winners:

Best In Show
Bili Kribbs
Play Time
Acrylic on canvas/wood

Second Place
P. Zinsmeister Parker
Consumer Confidence
Paper bag and Latex

Third Place
Gail Wetherell Sack
Window to My Soul
Mixed, Threads, Metal, Paper, Acrylic

Honorable Mentions

Clare Murray Adams
True or False About Sticks & Stones
Fiber, Found objects

Diane Belfiglio
Jamestown Geometry IV
Oil Pastel

Christy Lake
Aidan
Woodcut Print

P.J. Lytle
N Man
Pastel, Ink, Collage

Mark V. Pitocco
Multitude of Moments
Photo Collage

Sarah Winther Shumaker
Wallflower
Raku Fired Stoneware

Kelli Swan
The Eyes Have It
Pencil

Rod Winzinek
Circle Sphere
Sculpture

Lisa Jackson Wood
Alice Creek Ranch
Oil