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Season 13 (2016/17) Grand Jury Award

Starting with our 13th season, Manifest launched a new annual cash award of $2500. The Annual Manifest Grand Jury Prize is a seasonal capstone recognition awarded to one work from among all those exhibited on-site at the gallery across the season. The first Grand Jury Prize considered works exhibited at Manifest from late September 2016 through mid-September 2017. Thumbnail images of these works are shared below, along with the winner.

DETAILS OF THE $2,500 SEASON 13 MANIFEST GRAND JURY PRIZE

Based on jury scores the highest scoring work from each exhibit of the season has been added to the pool of candidates for this first annual Grand Jury Prize. In some cases more than one work tied as a high scorer in some exhibits. Juries were conducted 'blind' without reference to the artist's personal info, location, or background. Jurors are volunteer experts in art and design from across the United States, including professors, working artists, curators, gallery directors, and others qualified and trusted to provide sound objective judgment of the works provided. Each jury usually consists of at least 5 jurors, and sometimes more than 10. Jury groups are shuffled and changed from exhibit to exhibit, so a pattern does not result. (Learn more about the Manifest jury process here.)
These works represent the highest ranking artworks out of roughly 8,453 separate works submitted for consideration across 20 group and 10 solo exhibitions during our 13th season.
The Manifest Grand Jury Prize will be re-juried by the same advisors who served across the season, excluding any who may have a conflict of interest. When concluded we anticipate that this will result in 20-30 individuals having scored the works shown below in an effort to determine the winner. Learn more about the Manifest Grand Jury Prize here.

At least one work per exhibition is included for consideration. Solo exhibitors are invited to select their preferred work from their exhibition for jury, or may defer to the Director's choice.
This Season 13 Grand Jury Prize features a pool of 40 works by 38 artists, representing 30 different exhibitions. All told, season 13 presented 469 works by 279 artists in 41 states and 10 countries. Details on the exhibitions, and all of season 13, can found at this link. The entire season, and all works shown, will be documented in the forthcoming Manifest Exhibition Annual publication by around spring of 2019.
We have made this page available so the artists and the public are aware of the contenders, and to serve as a recognition of these artists' works for having received high scores from their respective juries, which given the severity of the competition is an achievement worthy of mention.
Thumbnails below may be clicked to see the full image. Most sculptural works also include one or more detail images. Images are provided in chronological order based on the date of exhibition. Sizes are in inches unless otherwise noted.

Note: As of 2021 the name of this award has been revised from the Manifest Grand Jury Prize to the Grand Jury Award in order to clarify and differentiate it from the annual Manifest Prize which is a completely separate submission-based award that also grants $5,000 to one artist.

The Winner of the 2016/2017 Season 13 Manifest Grand Jury Prize of $2,500:

Anamorph by Jason Ferguson

Jason Ferguson
Grass Lake, Michigan

Anamorph
3D printed plastic (generated from CT scans of the artist's own skull)
8 x 36 x 7, 2016

Exhibition: SCHEMA

THE SEASON 13 MANIFEST GRAND JURY PRIZE FINALISTS

WORKS CONSIDERED FOR THE 1st ANNUAL MANIFEST GRAND JURY PRIZE


Timothy Jahn Milltown, New Jersey A Ginger Charcoal and pastel on paper 22 x 18, 2014 Exhibition: PHOTOREAL (Sponsored by FotoFocus)	David McCrae Seattle, Washington Take (Bamboo) Inkjet print on mulberry paper 9 x 7, 2014 Exhibition: REAL-PHOTO (Sponsored by FotoFocus)	Francis Schanberger Dayton, Ohio Half Slip Yellow Onionskin Anthotype 44" x 35", 2015 Exhibition: REAL-PHOTO (Sponsored by FotoFocus)	Jay Senetchko Vancouver, Canada *The Best of Life, August Twenty Sixth - collage study* collaged Time Life images on paper 5 x 11.5, 2013 Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT

Jason Ferguson Grass Lake, Michigan Anamorph 3D printed plastic (generated from CT scans of the artist's own skull) 8 x 36 x 7, 2016 Exhibition: SCHEMA	detail of previous work	detail of previous work	Margaret Smithers-Crump Houston, Texas Gathering Acrylic and oil on translucent Plexiglas 115 x 144 x 5, 2016 Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT

detail of previous work	detail of previous work	Gordon Lee Columbus, Ohio Consumption Nation-Landfill 16 Acrylic on 16 panels 80" x 80" x 1.5", 2016 Exhibition: SUSTAIN	Nathan Stromberg St. Paul, Minnesota Golf Clubs in Stiff Orange-Blue Leather vintage magazine collage 12.5" x 27.5", 2015 Exhibition: MINNESOTA REGIONAL SHOWCASE


Kurt Dyrhaug Beaumont, Texas Curved Tonka Wing cast aluminum and enamel paint 26" x 21" x 8", 2015 Exhibition: TEXAS REGIONAL SHOWCASE	Mark Pomilio Phoenix, Arizona Progeny XV charcoal on paper 11 x 10, 2016 Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT	*Allan Bennetts II* Ferndale, Michigan Disk Drives I oil on linen 24 x 18, 2016 Exhibition: 7th ANNUAL TAPPED	*Neil Callander* Tuscaloosa, Alabama Sleeping Porch oil on muslin on panel 48" x 48", 2013-2014 Exhibition: 7th ANNUAL TAPPED

Damon McArthur Kewanee, Illinois Playground oil on linen 12" x 12", 2016 Exhibition: GAME ON!	Rosalie Rosenthal Louisville, Kentucky Fallin In Scanography 32 x 45, 2015 Exhibition: GAME ON!	Mark Tennant New York, New York *Oswald* oil on canvas 48 x 36, 2016 Exhibition: HALF TRUTH	Mark Tennant New York, New York *Blanche Niege 1* oil on canvas 48 x 40, 2016 Exhibition: HALF TRUTH

Margaret Whiting Waterloo, Iowa Narrow Viewpoints: Ridpath's History Of The World; Where Are The Women? stack of paper circles with images of one eye of famous men, cut from pages in the book "Ridpath's History of the World", vintage optometrist lens 1" x 2" x 1.5", 2016 Exhibition: HALF TRUTH	Charles Kanwischer Waterville, Ohio Falling Tree graphite on prepared panel 16" x 20", 2014-15 Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT	Laura Makar Hamtramck, Michigan Cap-O hand cut paper 14 x 30, 2015 Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT	David Dorsey Pittsford, New York Breakfast with Golden Raspberries oil on linen 24 x 47.5, 2016 Exhibition: PLACE


Claudia Hammer Louisville, Kentucky *Singer Sewing* Oil on wood 18 x 18, 2016 Exhibition: KENTUCKY REGIONAL SHOWCASE	Christian Schmit Lakeside Park, Kentucky *Perception Complex* Cardboard, paper 30 x 14.5 x 36, 2016 Exhibition: KENTUCKY REGIONAL SHOWCASE	Daniel Dallmann Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *Three Still Lifes* Oil on Linen 21 x 18, 2016 Exhibition: PLACE	Brigham Dimick Edwardsville, Illinois Bitmap Pioneer acrylic on mounted paper 48" x 55". 2016 Exhibition: PLACE

Richard Morris San Diego, California Recumbent Figure Ink, Charcoal, Graphite on Paper 5" x 15", 2016 Exhibition: DRAWN 2017	Jessica Teckemeyer Dubuqueo, Iowa *Apparition* polyurethane, paint, wood, acyrlic, glass, electronics, pump, tears feline: 36" x 52" x 24, 2012 Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT	detail of previous work	detail of previous work

Ellina Chetverikova Cincinnati, Ohio *The Forest Dream* oil on panel 3 x 5", 2016 Exhibition: 13th Annual MAGNITUDE SEVEN (small works)	Tenley Dubois Issaquah, Washington *Moment* Oil on Linen 6 x 4, 2017 Exhibition: 13th Annual MAGNITUDE SEVEN (small works)	Hayward Wilkirson Lexington, Kentucky *Paper Airplane No. 1 (1/64" lead sheet)* hand-folded lead sheet 1 x 7 x 3.5, 2017 Exhibition: 13th Annual MAGNITUDE SEVEN (small works)	Nazareth Garcia Northbrook, Illinois *Hands That Are Gentle Hands That Are Strong* Oil on MFD 18.75 x 18.6", 2017 Exhibition: 13th Annual RITES OF PASSAGE


Ellina Chetverikova Cincinnati, Ohio *Severodonetsk Left Window View* gouache on paper 4 x 5.5", 2017 Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT (Manifest Artist in Residence Showcase)	Adam Mysock Cincinnati, Ohio *I Saw a Headline Once* Acrylic on panel 8 x 6.5, 2017 Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT (Manifest Artist in Residence Showcase)	Emily McIlroy Honolulu, Hawaii *Memory: Autopsy* oil and charcoal on paper 52" x 30", 2014 Exhibition: IN MEMORIAM	Lisa Bryson New Bedford, Massachusetts Woman in Black Oil on panel 24" x 12", 2017 Exhibition: 11th Annual MASTER PIECES

Felicia Forte Hamtramck, Michigan Emilio oil on paper 12" x 16", 2016 Exhibition: SKETCH	Kathleen Taylor Santa Fe, New Mexico Four Bollards, from the series of Los Angeles urban architecture entitled: "No Entry" photograph (archival pigment print) 10" x 15", 2007 Exhibition: MONOCHROME	Maxim Wakultschik Düsseldorf, Germany *Optical portrat wood #42* varnish on wood 39 x 31 x 3.5", 2016 Exhibition: MONOCHROME	Tim Waite Halifax. Massachusetts Persist digital composite 24 x 36", 2016 Exhibition: 9th Annual NUDE

	Tamie Beldue Black Mountain, North Carolina *Portrait of a Heart* graphite, watercolor & encaustic 40" x 40", 2014 Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT	Ralph Slatton Erwin, Tennessee *Transmigration* intaglio: line etch, aquatint 18" x 24", 2003 Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT

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