LAND Award Winners announced!

Studio B, 39 E. Philadelphia Ave. in Boyertown, PA, announces the exhibition LAND featuring a show of works in all mediums from area artists. The exhibit is free and open to the public and will run through April 19, 2026. Artists are challenged to showcase art on any aspect of the word “LAND.” This broad visual discussion on our world is left open to the artists’ interpretations and may include environmental, political, or cultural responses.

Awards for LAND our first 2026 Juried Exhibition

1st Place Award
Kristen T. Woodward for the encaustic piece, “In the Soil”

2nd Place
Lindsay M. Wallace “Land Wander, Primal Green”, an oil painting

3rd Place
Lynn Millar for the piece “Edge of Fall II”, a watercolor painting

4th Place
Walter Hug for the photograph, “Somber Siblings”

5th Place
Mary Chisak for the piece “Spring Garden”, an acrylic and pastel painting

6th Place
Linda B. Wood for the assemblage, “Donaldland”

7th Place
Lori McFerran for “Painted Desert I”, an oil painting

8th Place
Jim Meehan for the piece “Gravity”, Pencil on paper

The Show was juried by Charles Farrell and Curated by Susan Biebuyck

Charles Farrell, professional architect with an MFA in painting, is the juror for the exhibit. He once worked as a Resident Affiliate Artist at the Tryon Center for Visual Arts and was represented by the Hodges Taylor Gallery of Charlotte, NC. Farrell has exhibited at the Freyberger Gallery, Penn State Berks, Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Studio B Fine Art Gallery, the Art of the State in Harrisburg, and the North Carolina Museum of Art. He has won numerous awards including First Prize for the Art of Jazz, Berks Arts Council Juried Exhibition, the Grand Prize for Goggleworks 11th National Juried Exhibition where he was awarded a solo exhibition. For 15 years, he has been writing music and performs with his wife Amy Forsyth at local venues.

Studio B Art Gallery opened its doors 18 years ago hosting exhibits of fine art in all mediums allowing hundreds of local artists over the years opportunities to showcase and sell their work, hundreds of visitors to the gallery to experience the artists’ skills and creative responses to the varied themes and to meet with neighbors and friends to celebrate the artistic response.