Art and Stories, Both Past and Present

To celebrate Hoosier Art Salon’s centennial, the Indiana State Museum is pleased to host the 100th annual juried art exhibition along with Stories of the Salon, a special exhibit that highlights the organization’s rich history and legacy.

This year’s Hoosier Art Salon features a vibrant array of paintings, drawings, sculptures, glass works and other creations by 122 artists from Indiana and beyond. Additionally, Stories of the Salon invites visitors to explore the stories of Indiana art and artists featured throughout the previous 99 years of Hoosier Salon.

August 24 through October 20, 2024

These companion exhibits are located on level three and are included with purchase of museum admission.

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2024 Hoosier Salon award winners will be announced Aug. 22.

2023 Best of Show2023 - 2nd Place2023 - 3rd Place

2023 Best of Show

Made possible by the generosity of Sarah and John Lechlieter

“Bean in the Ballroom”

Stephanie Spay

Oil on panel

2023 - 2nd Place

Made possible by the generosity of Psi Iota XI

“Bass Rocks”

C.W. Mundy

Oil on canvas

2023 - 3rd Place

Made possible by the generosity of Randall and Deborah Tobias and Jim and Cat Toomey in honor of Carolina Toomey

“After the Ball”

Alan Larkin

Oil on linen panel

2024 Artists

Lauren Anderson •  Mason Archie •  Susie Ardelean •  Terry Armstrong •  Michael Patrick Bailey •  Jo Belmont •  Grace Benedict •  Roy Boswell •  Peggy Breidenbach •  Rena Brouwer •  Charlene Brown •  Mark Burkett •  Brian Burt •  Alejandra Carrillo •  John Michael Carter •  Anna Chalos-McAleese •  Karen Chevalier-Smith •  Kathryn Clark •  Steven Creighton •  Rod Crossman •  David Cunningham •  G. Dausch •  John DeCosta •  Jacob Dobson •  Steve Dodge •  Bruce Doughty •  P. Douglas •  Rachel Dowd •  Stephen Edwards •  Bailey Feeney •  Joel Fremion •  Henry Garcia •  Karen Graeser •  Christel Gutelius •  Steve Harrold •  Ruth Hembree •  Suzanna Hendrix •  Patricia Hooper •  Kathryn Houghton •  Patricia Huffman •  Jennifer Hunter •  Debra Huse •  Allen Hutton •  Benjamin Johnson •  Gary Jursik •  Jeffrey Klinker •  Patrick Kluesner •  Alan Larkin •  William Lawson •  Diane Lehman •  Timothy Lewis • Cheryle Lowe •  Sarah Luginbill •  Peter Lupkin •  William Lupkin •  Ellen Lyon •  Cassia Margolis •  Todd Matteson •  Susan Mauck •  George McAleese •  John McFadden •  Ann McGriffin •  Jeanne McLeish •  Wesley Merritt •  Bob Meyers •  Stephen Moss •  Craig Mullins •  Charles Mundy •  Bruce Neckar •  Julie Neises •  Pamela Newell •  Chris Newlund •  Kami Noland •  Kevin O’Brien •  Carleen O’Connor Rivera •  Mejo Okon •  Kate Orr •  Vandra Pentecost •  Dianna Porter •  Janet Pribble •  Martin Price •  Kyle Ragsdale •  Mark Ratzlaff •  Russel Recchion •  John Redick •  Matt Rees •  Todd Reifers •  J. Roberts •  Martha Sando •  Betty Scarpino •  Constance Edwards Scopelitis •  David Seward •  Kerry Shaw •  Donna Shortt •  Linda Sievers •  Christina Slayton •  Jerry Smith •  Robert Smith •  William Smock •  Israel Solomon •  Stephanie Spay •  Arlyne Springer •  Curt Stanfield •  Carol Strockwasson •  Brian Talbert •  Stephanie Thomson •  James Tracy •  Gerald Traicoff •  Mark Vander Vinne •  Kim Vander Vinne •  Lisa VanMeter •  Mark Waninger •  Kimberly Watanabe •  Elisabeth Weger •  Elizabeth Whipple •  Kevin Wilson •  Cindy Wingo •  Molly Wolfe •  Carrie Wright •  Diane Wunderlich •  Cindy Zeigler

2024 Judges

  • Qiang Huang

    Qiang Huang is an oil painter and art educator living near Austin, Texas. He is a signature member of Olmsted Plein Air (OPA) and has had many paintings featured in juried OPA exhibitions. His work has been featured in many art magazines and he’s participated in several plein air painting competitions where he’s won many awards. Huang holds a doctorate in physics, has developed computer tools for artists and also teaches workshops internationally.

    Huang’s awards include “Artists’ Choice” at En Plein Air Texas, 2019; “Best Sense of Mystery” and “Best Paint Quick” at Olmsted Plein Air Invitational, 2022; and “Best Architecture” at Wayne Plein Air Festival, 2022. His work has been published in American Artist Workshop magazine, summer, 2009; Southwest Art magazine, March, 2011; The Artist Magazine, April, 2014; and Pratique des Arts, Sept., 2014.

  • Jill Stefani Wagner

    Wagner is a designated master pastelist in the Pastel Society of America (PSA) and holds master circle status in the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS). She is a member of Oil Painters of America, the American Impressionist Society, the Degas Pastel Society, American Women Artists and the Great Lakes Pastel Society. Her work has been published in Pastel Journal, the Fine Art Connoisseur magazine and PleinAir Magazine, which featured her painting on its cover. She loves to teach and has been a Plein Air Convention faculty members in 2016-17, 2019, 2022-23.

    Wagner’s paintings can be found in corporate and private collections throughout the U.S. and Europe, and she is represented by four fine art galleries in the Midwest. A graduate of the University of Michigan School of Art, Wagner owned an award-winning advertising agency in Ann Arbor, Michigan, before “seeing the light” and becoming a full-time artist.