Fulton artists among masterpiece level winners

<p>Jenny Gray/FULTON SUN Ruth Horton’s oil painting, ‘Dear Deer,’ won People’s Choice in the Art is Ageless exhibit showing last February at Fulton Presbyterian Manor. Her other painting, ‘Frosty Christmas Morning,’ took first-place in the professional design category. ‘I used to do portaits,’ she said. A Jefferson City resident, she said her neighbor takes photographs of deer in their neighborhood and she paints from them.</p> — Jenny Gray/FULTON SUN Ruth Horton’s oil painting, ‘Dear Deer,’ won People’s Choice in the Art is Ageless exhibit showing last February at Fulton Presbyterian Manor. Her other painting, ‘Frosty Christmas Morning,’ took first-place in the professional design category. ‘I used to do portaits,’ she said. A Jefferson City resident, she said her neighbor takes photographs of deer in their neighborhood and she paints from them.

Two winning artists in Fulton Presbyterian Manor's annual Art is Ageless juried competition will be featured in the 2019 Art is Ageless Calendar, produced by Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America.

"Dear Deer," a painting by Ruth Horton, and "After a Hard Day's Work in the Garden," a painting by Richard McKinney, will appear in the calendar when it is released this fall.

In addition, "Summer Harvest," a painting by Rosemary Zbinden, and "Orian Star Quilt," a quilt by Alma Hoffmann, will be featured in the honorable mention gallery in the calendar when it is released this fall.

Pieces by local winners are automatically entered into a masterpiece level competition with winning art from 16 other PMMA communities. The winners are featured in the Art is Ageless calendar and notecards.

"Art is Ageless is a great way to encourage area artists to either pick up a new hobby or continue honing their craft," said Keri Alonzo, administrative services director. "We're always so impressed with the work produced, and we're thrilled that our artists will be featured in the calendar."

Art is Ageless, open exclusively to people age 65 and older, is a copyrighted program of Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America. For the competition, works must have been completed in the past five years.

Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America's Art is Ageless program encourages Presbyterian Manor residents and other area seniors to express their creativity through its annual competition, as well as art classes, musical and dramatic events, educational opportunities and current events discussions throughout the year.

Started in 1980, Art is Ageless is an extension of Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America's wellness programs, which focus on mental, physical, social and spiritual health. Residents and friends of Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America's Art is Ageless program are proving that art, in any form, is an ageless ambition.