BOUNTIFUL—The 47th annual BDAC Statewide Competition will open an exhibit to the public on Friday, May 13 at the Bountiful Davis Art Center. The competition showcases the best in recent art in all media by artists who have lived in Utah. The exhibit will be on display Tuesdays-Fridays from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturdays noon-5 p.m.

“We’re fortunate this year to have Nancy Rivera, Arts Administrator, Artist and Curator with Utah Division of Arts & Museums as our special guest juror,” said Alysa Revell, BDAC executive director. “We have a total of 25 pieces that were accepted and will be judged by Nancy prior to our opening. They will be on display through July 16.”

Three of the pieces will be awarded cash prizes – $1,000 for first place, $700 for second place, and $500 for third place. There will also be honorable mentions awarded.

The opening ceremony will be held in conjunction with the unveiling of the mural chosen for the north side wall of the center, at 90 North Main Street. Artist Hank Mattson was selected by the Bountiful City Council and commissioned to do the work. His mural design moves across faces of the state’s landscapes while simultaneously changing seasons – starting in spring in the desert, moving to summer in the forest, then to autumn in the Salt Lake Valley and winter on the mountain slopes. The unveiling ceremony will run from 6 to 8 p.m. and Mattson will be present to meet the public.

Accepted artists and their works for the Statewide Competition are as follows:

1. Katelyn Garcia – Ranger Fire Scars II

2. Jamie A. Kyle – Kitschkammer #1

3. Sarah Waldron Brinton – Mom, Can You Come Get Me? I’m At The Arcade

4. Nakita Shelley – Shortcut

5. Heidi Moller Somsen – Insomnia

6. Rowan Forsyth – To Be Drowning In A Forest

7. Maureen O’Hara Ure – The Winter Garden

Maureen O’Hara Ure – Trouble In Mind

8. Emily Hawkins – Matriarch Diptych #7

Emily Hawkins – Matriarch Diptych #14

9. Linnie Brown – On A Different Level

10. Jeffrey Hampshire – Sitzmark

11. Nolan Flynn – Night Winds and Yamalube

12. Patrick Durka – Time and Exploration, Past and Present

13. Pablo Ayala – Incomplete Glance

14. Adam Thomas – Celestial Navigation

15. Steven Larson – Slithe

16. James Talbot – Maya (Sunset)

17. Lucy Le Bohec – Escaped

18. Eddi Malloy – Anasazi

19. Katie Benson – Nephthytis

20. Samantha daSilva – Every day I Feel My Purpose

Samantha daSilva – I Am Bold

21. Bianca Kolonusz-Partee – Freedom

22. Susan Makov – Looking More Deeply

Susan Makov – Trees With Green Fields v2

23. Rosanna Lynne Welter – Sow The Wind

24. Paola Bidinelli – The Ego’s Home, A Spiritual Romance

25. Bea Hurd – Monster

Both the mural unveiling and the exhibition are free and open to the public.λ