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.
2025 BEST IN SHOW
Mary Ellen Free – “Spring Into Love”
PAINTING CATEGORY
1st Place: Harry Ally – “Figure #71”
2nd Place: D. Arthur McBride – “In Beggar’s Clothing”
3rd Place: S. Dean Little – “Sea Trout”
DRAWING/PRINTMAKING/MIXED MEDIA CATEGORY
1st Place: Suzanne Marcil – “Singing the Blues”
2nd Place: Anda Chance – “Abyss”
3rd Place: Susan Wehling – “Letters From Home”
DIGITAL ARTS/PHOTOGRAPHY CATEGORY
1st Place: Joe Morgan – “Banana King”
2nd Place: Amanda Green – “Watched by Empty Silhouettes”
3rd Place: Rick Szymanski – “Reflections of Solitude”
SCULPTURE/CERAMICS/JEWELRY/CRAFTS CATEGORY
1st Place: Kim Mazzilli – “Intertidal Zone”
2nd Place: Pong Holton – “Numchai”
3rd Place: Billy Dykes – “Rolling in Dough”
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Adam Calvin – “I Spy: 12 Candles, 3 Cows, 9 Fingers”
Lily Lawson – “Last Summer”
Ellen Woodard – “Dekle Marsh”
Ramiro Santillan – “Arrow Vase”
Walter Hobbs – “Raku Form #2”
Cody Murray – “Technology Aged”
Jeff Byers – “LTSMUHM Tea Service”
Ruth Bren – “Butterfly & Moth Series”
Amber Moore – “Sanity’s Vessel”
Suzanne W. Ally – “Angels & Other Fallen Objects”
COLSON CALENDAR 2026 ARTISTS
Cindy Inman – “Catching some rays”
Sherry Wetherington – “The Hunt is On”
Suzanna Winton – “Reflection”
Harvey Williams Jr. – “Main Attraction”
Lily Lawson – “Last Summer”
Katherine Cromartie – “Irish Dancers”
Teresa Middleton – “Vallotton Dairy”
D. Arthur McBride – “Force of Nature”
Jennifer McCall – “Snow Lights”
Brenda Francis – “Look Both Ways”
Ben Singletary – “Field Waltz”
Deanna Wheeler – “St. George Island”
Joe Morgan – “Banana King“
Thank you to our 2025 Spring Into Art Sponsors
John and Susan Dukes
Packaging Corporation of America
Sally Turner Querin
Renasant Bank
Stifel – Goddard-Williams Advisory Group
Thacker Dermatology
Susan A. Turner
Warren and Kelly Turner
The Valdosta Daily Times
Wild Adventures Theme Park
Bush Wealth Management
Gloria Boyett Corker
Byron and Katharine Courson
Covington’s
Peter and Happy Ingeman
Diane and Greg Joseph
Buddy and Lynn LaHood
Michael and Floye Luke
Phil and Margaret Mittiga
Chuck and Sheila Roberts
Carreen Shapiro
Bill and Jan Slaughter
Allen and Roni Strickland
Studio 8 Design, Architects
Ms. Jeani Synyard
Valdosta Commercial Doors
Valdosta Magazine
Mala Vallotton
Leslie Beal
Larry and Jenne Brandon
Will and Jane Burgsteiner
Ray and Peggy Chitty
Pat Colson
Susan Crago
Mike and Martha Dover
Charles and Jennie Eidson
Brad and Tina foldsom
Lucy R. Greene, Ph.D.
Ray and Deborah Herrmann
Jack Oliver Real Estate
J. Stephen and Sherrill Lahr
Landis International, Inc.
Langdale Place
Drs. Dennis and Patricia Marks
Carla Penny
Chuck Ramsey
Ann Schutt
Bill and Susan Sineath
Monique Sineath
Barbara T. Slocumb
Sunset Farm Foods
Prentice and Suzanne Taylor
THBoyd Communications
Jon Vigue
Nancy DeRuyter Warren
Wells Fargo Advisors
Important Dates:
Spring Into Art Ends – Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Artwork will remain on display until 6pm on June 4.
Art Pickup* – Thursday & Friday, June 5 and 6
All works must be picked up from the Turner Center on Thursday, June 5, from 10am – 6pm or Friday, June 6, 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 9, 2025 will be forfeited to the Turner Center and possibly discarded.
Madeline Beck
Madeline Beck is the Curator at the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art (MCMA) in Marietta, Georgia. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Art History, with a minor in Classical Studies, from Kennesaw State University. Beck began her curatorial career as a Curatorial Assistant at the Zuckerman Museum of Art at Kennesaw State University before joining MCMA in 2015. She was appointed Curator of MCMA in 2017, where she has since curated over 50 exhibitions. In addition to her exhibition work, Beck manages the museum’s permanent collection and oversees special events. Beyond her work at MCMA, Beck is a facilitator for SeekATL, an Atlanta-based studio-visit group, and serves on the ArtsATL Artist Advisory Council.
Jennifer Clinard
Jennifer Clinard is currently working as a landscape painter with a studio in Tallahassee, Florida. She is a retired member of the Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800. As a scenic artist, she painted and sculpted for the San Francisco Opera and Ballet, 1979 to 2005. As a set painter and onset artist, she worked on feature films, television shows and commercials. For film work, see IMDB. Beyond her California exhibits, Jennifer has shown her paintings at the Turner Center, Gadsden Art Center, LeMoyne Arts, FSU Museum of Fine Arts and Tallahassee State College. Her work is in private collections as well. Jennifer earned a Master’s degree at FSU in Constructive Design and also studied at Penland School of Crafts and Georgia Institute of Technology. She belongs to the Artists’ League of the Big Bend and Pines and Palms, the Georgia-Florida Artist Association.