The Annual Spring Into Art Exhibition provides visual artists of all skill levels an open invitation to participate in the region’s foremost art exhibition.
Exhibit is open for free public viewing
Tuesday, April 9 – June 5, 2024.
Spring Into Art Gala, April 10 | 6-8pm – $45/ticket
37th Annual Spring Into Art
2024 BEST IN SHOW
Ron Thomson, Thomasville, GA, “Prelude II”
PAINTING CATEGORY
1st place: Aliyah Jones, Valdosta, GA, “Kingdom St.”
2nd place: Harry Ally, Valdosta, GA, “Torso with Flowers”
3rd place: Annette Crosby, Valdosta, GA, “Spring Splash”
DRAWING/PRINTMAKING/MIXED MEDIA CATEGORY
1st place: Suzanne Marcil, McAlpin, FL, “Glass Menagerie”
2nd place: Jill Bright, Hahira, GA, “The Flock”
3rd place: Chris Flanagan, Live Oak, FL, “Loveliness”
PHOTOGRAPHY/DIGITAL ARTS CATEGORY
1st place: David L. Bechler, Menlo, GA, “Sunset on Lookout Mountain”
2nd place: L. Stephanie Smith, Quitman, GA, “Camelia #1”
3rd place: Mike Tanner, Nicholls, GA, “Doors and Lights”
SCULPTURE/CERAMICS/JEWELRY/CRAFTS CATEGORY
1st place: Pong Holton, Douglas, GA “Pineapple”
2nd place: Dawne M. Strickland, Live Oak, FL, “Corner Gallery”
3rd place: Amber Moore, Moultrie, GA, “Cobalt Connections”
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Rusty Borders, Valdosta, GA, “MCM Birdhouse”
Ruth Bren, Valdosta, GA, “Leather Butterflies & Moths”
Minnie G. Brown, Sycamore, GA, “Happy Days”
Brandi Griffin, Valdosta, GA, “Dunes”
Harold Griner, Lake Butler, FL, “Weather Delay”
Susan Miller, Valdosta, GA, “False Security”
Tom Powell, Marietta, GA, “Natural Beauty”
Thomas M. Thomson, Havana, FL, “On the Prowl”
Steven S. Walker, Hahira, GA, “Wet Your Whistle”
Suzanna Winton, Thomasville, GA, “Birdphase-Self Portrait“
COLSON CALENDAR 2025 ARTISTS
Christine Cabral, “Garden Glimpse”
Patrick Carlson, “First Base”
Brenda Francis, “Party at the Sand Bar”
Heather Frederick, “Enter Out”
Dot Ivie, “Swimming with a Sea Turtle”
Aliyah Jones, “Kingdom St.”
Diane Joseph, “Paradise Falls”
D. Arthur McBride, “Morning’s Majesty”
Teresa Middleton, “Redbirds”
Lanell Shen, “Off to the Races”
Travis D. Simmons, “Daedalus”
Ron Thomson, “Moody Blues”
Todd Wessel, “Snow in the Forecast”
2024 Spring Into Art Sponsors
Randy and Susan Allison
Commercial Cleaning Industries, Inc.
Gloria Boyette Corker
John and Susan Dukes
Buddy and Lynn LaHood
Packaging Corporation of America
Sally Turner Querin
Renasant Bank
Stifel – Goddard-Williams Advisory Group
Thacker Dermatology
Susan A. Turner
Warren and Kelly Turner
Wild Adventures
Bush Wealth Management
Ray and Peggy Chitty
Mr. and Mrs. H. Byron Courson
Covington’s
Event Point
Philip and Vickie Everitte
Peter and Happy Ingeman
Greg and Diane Joseph
Michael and Floye Luke
Phil and Margaret Mittiga
Carreen Shapiro
Southeastern Credit Union
Studio 8 Design, Architects
Ms. Jeani Synyard
Mr. and Mrs. Wright Turner
Valdosta Commercial Doors
Valdosta Magazine
Mala Vallotton
Converse and Jill Bright
Larry and Jenne Brandon
Will and Jane Burgsteiner
Frank and Rebecca Carter
Mike and Martha Dover
Charles and Jennie Eidson
Brad and Tina Folsom
Lucy R. Greene, PhD
Jack Oliver Real Estate
Steve and Sherrill Lahr
Landis International Inc.
Langdale Place
LowTE Georgia
Drs. Dennis and Patricia Marks
Lawrence and Sementha Mathews
Carla Penny
Mr. Chuck Ramsey
Chuck and Sheila Roberts
Bill and Susan Sineath
Monique Sineath
Barbara T. Slocumb
Steel’s Jewelry
Sunset Farm Foods
Allen and Roni Strickland
Jon Vigue
Nancy DeRuyter Warren
Important Dates:
Spring Into Art Ends – Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Artwork will remain on display until 6pm on June 5.
Art Pickup* – Thursday & Friday, June 6 and 7
All works must be picked up from the Turner Center on Thursday, from 10am – 6pm or Friday, from 10am – 4pm. Works selected for the Colson Calendar will be ready for pickup at a later date (selected artists will be notified). *Artwork not collected by August 7, 2024 will be forfeited to the Turner Center and possibly discarded.
JUDGES FOR THIS EVENT
Allison Watson
Allison Watson is well known for her landscape paintings of Florida and the South East. She began her professional career as a studio artist in her early twenties. As a native Floridian, the inspiration for her paintings come from her love of the natural environment and her travels and explorations in the woodlands, lakes, springs, dunes and beaches of Florida. She paints from her own photography taken on location in Florida and internationally. She has had more than 21 solo exhibitions including shows at major universities and museums, and many group shows.
Pablo F. Riveria
Pablo graduated from Cooper Union Art School in New York City where he also attended workshops at The School of Visual Arts and The Educational Alliance. A multi-disciplined artist, Pablo has exhibited his work in photography, sculpture and painting in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, California and Florida. Locally, he has shown work at R. Roberts Gallery, St. Augustine Art Association, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, The Cummer
Museum, Avondale Artworks, Southlight Gallery, The Vault Gallery and the Ritz Museum, where his portraits, as part of “Through Our Eyes” show, just returned from an extended exhibit in South Africa. Pablo is currently teaching watercolor, stone carving and charcoal drawing for The Art League of Jacksonville.