Show Gallery

American Plains Artists 41st Annual Juried Exhibit 

Art of the Plains

Awards Given ( Subject to change each year )

 

  • Best of Show $2,000.00
  • 1st Place Award $1,000.00 2nd Place Award $750.00
  • 3rd Place Award $500.00
  • Clyde Heron Award (the most accurately rendered artwork of a historical subject) $250.00
  • Plainsman Award (People’s Choice) – $250.00
  • Golden Spur Award (Artists’ Choice) – $250.00
  • Arrowhead Award (Facility’s Board Member’s Choice) – $250.00
  • Patsy E. Lane Memorial Award – $100
  • Best Plains Landscape–$200.00
  • Mystery Award (APA Exe. Committee’s Choice) –$200.00
    The previous two awards are to encourage diversity of subject matter in artwork.
  • The Texas Award – a one-year subscription to Texas Highways, Texas Parks and Wildlife and a copy of Texas Forts Trail by Texas Authors Derrick Birdsall and Kristine Davis give by the Fort Concho Foundation
  • ***All of the awards above and all ribbons are given by the American Plains Artists***

 

 

  • Publisher’s Award of Excellence – Half-Page Ad sponsored by Art of the West $1,780.00 value
  • Publisher’s Award of Excellence – Half-Page Ad sponsored by Western Art & Architecture
    $3,050.00
  • Publisher’s Award of Excellence – Half-Page Artist’s Focus Award sponsored by Western Art
    Collector $3,600.00 value
  • Exhibition Award – One or More Awards – sponsored by Fort Concho NHL, San Angelo, TX
  • Artist’s Retreat Award – given by Our Heritage Guest Ranch, Jean Norman, Owner, Crawford, NE $400.00 value
  • Award of Excellence – Ribbons and Bragging

 

Other Awards Possible              

 

 Juried Show 2026 AWARD WINNERS Gallery  

The APA thanks artist Phil Bob Borman as our Awards Juror

 Winners To Be Announced

 

JURIED EXHIBIT 2026

FORT CONCHO NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK
630 S. Oakes Street — San Angelo, TX 76903
June 20 – August 2, 2026