The 30th annual Rocky Mountain National Watermedia exhibition opens Aug. 30 at the Foothills Art Center in Golden.
The show is an annual highlight at the gallery, and drew 843 entries by 418 artists from 41 states for the prestigious competition. Juror Harold Gregor of Illinois chose 96 paintings by 90 artists for the exhibit.
Among the 96, he also chose 20 award winners, who will share more than $15,000 in prize money.
The top prize of $3,000 went to John Salminen of Duluth, Minn. Other top awards went to David Neil Mack of Toledo, Ohio, and Joe Beckner of Lakewood. Artists sent works from as far as California, Connecticut, Florida and New York.
The paintings will be on display beginning Saturday, Aug. 30, but the exhibit officially opens Sunday, Aug. 31, with a public reception from 2 to 4 p.m. at the gallery, 809 15th St. On Monday, Sept. 8, the gallery hosts a gallery talk with several artists at noon. Another gallery talk is scheduled for noon Monday, Oct. 13.
There also will be a watercolor demonstration day with 10 artists from 1 to 4 p.m., Sept. 21.
Exhibit sponsors include FirstBank of Colorado, the Bacon Family Found-ation, the Denver Foundation, the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, June and Fred S. Kummer Jr., OmniTRAX and Turbo Press.
For more information about the show, call 303-279-3922.