Bloomfield Area Artists Take Home Top Awards at Our Town Art Show

Thirteen area artists — including ones from Bloomfield Hills and Bloomfield Township — took home prizes at the 26th annual , held this Thursday through Saturday at in Birmingham.

This juried, all-media art show featured more than 365 pieces this year from 184 Michigan artists. In total, $10,000 in prize money was given out while 35 percent of the proceeds from art sales will benefit The Community House's outreach programs.

The Our Town Art Show ends Saturday at 6 p.m. Admission is free though donations are accepted. Votes will be accepted until 3 p.m. Saturday to determine this year's winner of the People's Choice Award.

This year's winners came from everywhere from Grosse Pointe Farms to Farmington to Beverly Hills and include:

Award of Excellence

• Pinyon Jay at Canyonlands by Valerie Mann (Saline)

Gold Awards

• Late Entry by James Fetter (Bloomfield Hills)
• I Am by Pamela Alexander (Farmington)
• A Walk in the Rain by Ken Taylor (Rochester Hills)
• Evening Approaching by Karen Blackwood (Beverly Hills)
• Neighbor by Bill McNeece (Farmington)

Silver Awards

• School Room-Haiti by Valerie McNeece (Farmington)
• Enamel Hibiscus Flower by Barb Buchanan (Troy)
• Brass Beauty by Janice Degan (Bloomfield Township)
• Hollow Vessel #1 by Greg Smith (Troy)

Bronze Awards

• Fall Market by Megan Swoyer Garbinski (Troy)
• Cobo and the River by Kathleen McNamee (Grosse Pointe Farms)

2011 Our Town Chair's Award

• Akili by Connie McEwan (Birmingham)