Top winners in art contest
- Charles Reams
- Jun 24
- 2 min read
Metropolitan Arts Council announces 2025 winners
Alan Ethridge, Jan Wesley and Marty Epp-Carter. Photos by Gwinn Davis Medi
Metropolitan Arts Council announced 10 artists chosen as winners in its Flat Out Under Pressure art-making event June 14.
Kicking off June 13, 130 local visual artists submitted works created during the 24-hour event for an opportunity to have their submissions featured on one of eight recycling bins on Main Street in downtown Greenville, as well as a chance to win between $300 and $1,000 in cash prizes.
Starr Marchand admires Ann Nelson’s “Tottori Sand Dunes, No. 2” (Mixed Media) which was selected First Place.
The eight artists whose art will be featured on the recycling receptacles in 2026 are:
Marty Epp-Carter, second place, $900
Diane Kilgore-Condon, third place, $800
Jo Carol Mitchell-Rogers, fourth place, $700
Anne Nelson, first place, $1,000. She also won a one-week trip for two to stay in Villa Sant’ Andrea in Italy.
Mark Mulfinger, fifth place, $600
Nick Ring, sixth place, $500
Jenny Allen, seventh place, $400
Lois Ordway, eighth place, $300
Two participating artists were also chosen to win the event’s Exhibition Committee Award and each person received a check for $300. The recipients were Jenny Allen and Orlando Corona.
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