The public is invited to the Opening Reception, sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Milton Eichmann, from 1 - 3 p.m. Sunday, November 4, to honor the artists and their families.

These and other excellent artworks sponsored by Commerce Bank  and the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency, will be on display Saturday November 3 - 25, 2007.

Winners of the 54^th Annual Poplar Bluff Artists' Guild Regional Art Exhibit  have been selected for display at the Margaret Harwell Art Museum by juror, Kathy Dickson.

Best of Show Award will be presented to Jane Carroll, Harviell, MO for her landscape acrylic painting "A Fauvistic Landscape."

The following artists have been selected as winners in each category:

OIL:   

1^st Place    "Sunset on the Current River" Patricia Orr,
Van Buren

            2^nd Place   "All Curled Up Like a Kitten"Barbara Smock,
Hardy, AR

            3^rd Place   "Dawt Mill"    Patricia Orr,
Van Buren

            HM   "Summer Mix"     Ella Mc Hatton Lance,
Poplar Bluff

ACRYLIC:

            1^st Place    "A Fauvistic Landscape"   Jane Carroll,
Harviell

            2^nd Place   "Best Friends"  John Batrano,
Poplar Bluff

            3^rd Place   "The Town of Frens"  John Batrano,
Poplar Bluff

            HM    "A. M. Transformation"  Jane Carroll,
Harviell

WATERCOLOR:

            1^st Place "Peeking at the Rio Grande"  Nancy Buttry,
Poplar Bluff

            2^nd Place   "Creek Side Flower Garden"   Nancy Buttry,
Poplar Bluff

            3^rd Place    "Plum Beautiful"  Mary Taylor,
Poplar Bluff

3 DIMENSIONAL:

            1^st Place    "Ready for the Growing Season"  Jim Huck,
Poplar Bluff

            1^st Place  "Leaf Motif Cross"   Jim Pinkerton,
Poplar Bluff

            2^nd Place   "Breezy Night"  Krista Baker,
Poplar Bluff

            3^rd Place  "Raku Udu Drum"  Ruth Garner,
Poplar Bluff

            HM    "Moment at the Singularity"   Robyn Chapman,
Van Buren

MIXED MEDIA:

            1^st Place    "Wide Above"   Teresa Mosley Dirk,
Bernie

            2^nd Place   "Going for Golden"   Alice Hoefer, 
Doniphan

            3^rd Place     "Transcending"   Robyn Chapman,
Van Buren

            HM   "Follow the Leader"    Aaron Horrell,
Chaffee

GRAPHIC ARTS:

            1^st Place    "High Flying"    Alice Jean Sudmeyer,
Fredericktown

            2^nd Place    "MJ"   Alex Kirkman,
Fisk

            3^rd Place   "Man Exposed"   Alice Jean Sudmeyer,
Fredericktown

            HM     "Eternal Hope"    Shana Cochran,
Mammoth Springs, AR

FIBER:

            1^st Place   "The Old Wall"   Rosemary Claus-Gray,
Doniphan

            2^nd Place    "Eyes of Kohl"  Debora Dunnegan,
Silva

            3^rd Place   "Growth"   Rosemary Claus-Gray,
Doniphan

            HM      "Star"  Ella McHatton Lance,
Poplar Bluff