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SYMPHONY IN COLOR

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Level 3 - Thomas A. King Bridge Gallery
Feb. 28 - April 26
Symphony in Color
Level 3 - Thomas A. King Bridge Gallery
Feb. 28 - April 26

For 75 years, Symphony in Color has reached thousands of Indiana students annually

Symphony In Color is an annual enrichment program administered by volunteers of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Association. It offers a unique blending of symphonic music and visual arts, involving more than 30,000 Indiana school children in grades one through six. The event culminates in a juried exhibition at the Indiana State Museum. Come see students’ visual interpretations of selected symphonic music.

Renato Pacini Award

Laurel Navta, a sixth grader from Fortune Academy in Indianapolis, earned this year’s Renato Pacini Award as the creator of the overall winning artwork. The overture from Georg Friedrich Händel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks inspired her artwork.

People’s Choice Award

Adalyn Fletcher, a sixth grader from Orleans Elementary School in Orleans, won the People’s Choice Award by the voting public at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Association’s annual event. Her artwork was inspired by Edward Elgar’s “March No. 1” in D major from The Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39.

Maestro Award

Teacher Lynette Johnson from Concord East Side Elementary School in Elkhart received the Maestro Award for having the most finalists.

Judges

John Seest

John is an engineer and principal in the structural engineering firm of ARSEE Engineers. He is active in visual and performing arts organizations including The Portfolio Club in Indianapolis, International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, Dans Norden (Scandinavian dance), Skandilocity (Scandinavian music), the American Guild of Organists, Echoing Air, and the Central Indiana Folk Music Society. Seest hosts a variety of musical events in his Indianapolis home.

Donna Shortt

Donna is a landscape and still life painter. Her artwork is part of the permanent collections of the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites and the Richmond Art Museum. Several of her plein-air paintings were included in the 2013 publication “Painting Indiana III: Dignity of Place.” Donna received the Outstanding Pastel award in the 2014 Hoosier Art Salon annual exhibit. Her work can be seen at the Brown County Art Guild (Nashville), Castle Gallery of Fine Art (Fort Wayne) and Gallery Two (Indianapolis).

David E. Wilcox

David is a retired engineer who served as chairman of the board at the Indiana Transportation Museum from 1998 to 2006. He also helped oversee the museum’s educational and outreach programs for nearly 20 years. He is a current board member of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and serves as treasurer of the Brown County Art Guild board of directors. Dan curates the guild’s extensive permanent art collection.

Cheryl L. Wilkins

Cheryl is a former chief investment officer, vice president and assistant treasurer at Eli Lilly and Company. She founded Dream Searcher Photography in 2011 as an artistic expression to balance her corporate finance career. She enjoys using her camera to capture special moments and milestones for individuals, couples and families. In 2018, Cheryl joined New York Life, providing financial services to businesses and families in the areas of investments, annuities, life Insurance and long-term care.

April Willy

April is a painter who enjoyed a successful career as an advertising and editorial illustrator before her growing passion for fine art inspired her to pursue painting as a profession. Her abstract paintings have earned numerous awards including Best Abstract at the 2018 Hoosier Art Salon annual exhibition. She was named Best Emerging Artist in the Art Comes Alive national competition. April has illustrated eight children’s books, receiving a gold medal from the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards for her work in “Why is Mommy Sleeping?”