Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Kevin Summers creates a range of sound using analog and digital technology as part of his assemblage sculpture, Michigan Shoreline (2021). His work was awarded Best-in-Show in the 2022 Northwest Michigan Regional Juried Exhibition, by juror Vera Grant.
The 2022 NWMI Regional Juried Exhibition submissions comprised 388 artworks from 217 artists throughout the 37-county region. The final juried show features 94 artworks from 83 artists, with media ranging from charcoal, watercolor, and acrylics to aluminum, wood, fiber, and more. Held regularly at the Museum for 30 years, the exhibition features art made by regional artists over the last year and juried by an arts professional outside of the region.
Juror Statement
This year seems driven by constant change and survival: we are seeking new ways to thrive, finding ways to expand dialogue, and supporting ways to be more thoughtful. From urgent grapplings with social challenges and responsibilities to vital personal re-imaginings of work and self care, I feel an ebullient energy in the air – tempered with some sobering uncertainties for our futures. Looking to the regional artists of Northwestern Michigan for inspiration and reflection, we may take sustenance in their wide-ranging traditional, innovative, and deeply wrought responses to this unprecedented year. By gathering their exemplary works together and sharing them in exhibition at the Dennos we may all directly engage in the strengths, reflections, and aesthetic joys of our intricately bound arts community. We may see anew, listen to emergent voices, and thrive together. I call this the dynamic state.
- Vera Ingrid Grant, Juror
Kevin Summers creates a range of sound using analog and digital technology as part of his assemblage sculpture, Michigan Shoreline (2021). His work was awarded Best-in-Show in the 2022 Northwest Michigan Regional Juried Exhibition, by juror Vera Grant.
The 2022 NWMI Regional Juried Exhibition submissions comprised 388 artworks from 217 artists throughout the 37-county region. The final juried show features 94 artworks from 83 artists, with media ranging from charcoal, watercolor, and acrylics to aluminum, wood, fiber, and more. Held regularly at the Museum for 30 years, the exhibition features art made by regional artists over the last year and juried by an arts professional outside of the region.
Juror Statement
This year seems driven by constant change and survival: we are seeking new ways to thrive, finding ways to expand dialogue, and supporting ways to be more thoughtful. From urgent grapplings with social challenges and responsibilities to vital personal re-imaginings of work and self care, I feel an ebullient energy in the air – tempered with some sobering uncertainties for our futures. Looking to the regional artists of Northwestern Michigan for inspiration and reflection, we may take sustenance in their wide-ranging traditional, innovative, and deeply wrought responses to this unprecedented year. By gathering their exemplary works together and sharing them in exhibition at the Dennos we may all directly engage in the strengths, reflections, and aesthetic joys of our intricately bound arts community. We may see anew, listen to emergent voices, and thrive together. I call this the dynamic state.
- Vera Ingrid Grant, Juror
