Oil painter is Best of Show for center exhibit

Debra Rollo was awarded the Best of Show for her oil paintings in the Little Show at the Cedarburg Cultural Center.        

Rollo received a $300 prize and an invitation for a solo show at the center.

The annual juried exhibit and sale, which features 160 small works of art from 32 Wisconsin and Illinois artists,  runs through Sunday, Jan. 16.  

The award winners were announced on Dec. 8.  

Second place, which included a cash prize of $200, was given to Mary Mendla for her mixed media paintings.  

The third place award, featuring a cash prize of $100, was given to Rhoda Tews for her pastel artworks.   

Honorable mentions went to Chris Behrs, Kristine Hinrichs and Jan Norsetter.   

Other artists featured in the exhibit are Phyllis Bankier, Linda Boehlke, Thomas Buchs, Diane Campion, Annie Cannistra, Mary Louise Dean, Mary Gehr, Mark Hargarten, Catherine Laing, Patricia Bertha Mattingly, William Millonig, Julia Nawrot, JoAnn O’Hare, Jeanne Panka, Brenda Peterson, Cherie Raffel, Charlotte Reyes, Deb Rolfs, Betty Rubner, Renee Schreiner, Nick Schroeder, Irene Simmons, Wendy Larkin Sostock, Michael Sturm, Donald Urness and Karin Bloom Welstead.

The artists and award winners were selected by juror Rosalie Beck, who said,  “Jurying the work for awards was difficult – I spent several hours walking to and fro in the gallery getting familiar with all the work and finding that ultimately certain groups seemed to keep attracting me.”

The center is at W62 N546 Washington Ave. It is open from noon to 6 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays.