55th Annual
River Road Show
A National Juried Art Competition
Exhibition
August 4 – September 23, 2025
Reception
August 21, 5:00-7:00pm
Entry Deadline
May 12
Exhibited at the
Louisiana State Archives Gallery
3851 Essen Lane Baton Rouge, LA
Open Mon – Fri, 8 am – 4:30 pm
Gallery is free and open to the public
Juror/Judge of Selection & Awards
Calvin Liang
The Art Guild of Louisiana is honored to present Calvin Liang as the 55th River Road Show juror and judge. Born and raised in Canton, China, Calvin is currently a resident of Corona, California. He is a graduate of the prestigious Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts.
In 2020, after a long and successful career in the theatrical industry (Canton Opera Institute) and the animation art world at Disney and Nickelodeon Studios, Calvin traded in his “assignments” for a career as a fine artist. And in a few years his work was noticed as he (his art) went on to win many national prestigious awards, (Award of Excellence in the National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society Best of America National Exhibition, Bronze Medal in Master Signature division in Oil Painters of America) and more too numerous to mention here. He has also been featured in many popular art magazines: American Art Collector, Southwest Magazine, American Artist Workshop Magazine and more.
Calvin is a Master member of Oil Painters of America and American Impressionists Society, in addition to signature membership in California Art Club, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, and the American Society of Marine artists.
Learn more about Calvin and check his fabulous artwork on his website www.calvinliangfineart.com.
In conjunction with the River Road Show, the Art Guild of Louisiana will be hosting a 3-day workshop by Calvin on August 14-16 in Baton Rouge. Get the details at www.artguildlouisiana.org/workshops.
2024
Last year, 96 artists entered 329 works of art in the 54th Annual National River Road Show. The juror, Keiko Tanabe, selected 65 paintings, produced by artists from 10 states, exhibited at the Louisiana State Archives Gallery in Baton Rouge August 3 – September 26, 2024. Keiko Tanabe also judged the show and awarded prizes to 11 artists.
Here’s a video of Keiko Tanabe sharing her thoughts on the winning paintings.
Award Winners
FIRST PLACE
William Schneider (Naples, FL)
The Interview (Oil)
SECOND PLACE
Tracy Hebert (Port Allen, LA)
Drops of Joy (Watercolor)
THIRD PLACE
Donna F. McGee (West Monroe, LA)
Spring in a Cow Pasture (Acrylic)
MERIT AWARDS
- Cindy Brabec-King (Palisade, CO) , Two Spoons Please (Watercolor)
- Harold Wilke (Mandeville, LA) , Madisonville Cemetery Nocturne (Acrylic)
- Sarah Calandro (Midlothian, VA) , Levi Catching (Oil)
- Ann Warner (Franklinton, LA) , Arise (Oil)
HONORABLE MENTION
- Claudia E. Benton (Baton Rouge, LA) , Blue Jay and Moon (Alcohol Ink and Gold Leaf)
- Mike Sakowski (Saint Bernard, LA) , Violet Canal (Acrylic)
- Katherine Daigle (Gonzales, LA) , Evening at the Pond (Oil)
- Carol Peebles (New Orleans, LA) , Motherhood: No Where To Be But Here (Oil)
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