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Four local artists are winners in the annual Ageless® juried competition. Works by Ellen Reynolds will appear in the 40th anniversary calendar and greeting cards, a needlepoint piece by Linda McCoy will also appear in the calendar, and Art is Ageless greeting cards will feature the creative output of Sophia deLaat and Sandra Ford. Congratulations to each of these senior artists, who prove that art truly is ageless.

Local senior artists will be celebrated March 16 through 19 at Rolla Presbyterian Manor as the community hosts its annual Art is Ageless® exhibit and observes the 40th anniversary of the Art is Ageless® program.Art is Ageless is a trademarked program of PMMA (Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America). The program offers senior artists the opportunity to share and display their artwork and reaffirms the agelessness of human creativity.

Rolla Presbyterian Manor has issued a call for entries for the Art is Ageless® juried exhibit to be held March 16-19, 2020. Entries of artistic works will be accepted from any area artist who is 65 years of age or older to exhibit and/or compete for an opportunity to be featured in the 40th anniversary Art is Ageless calendar in 2021.Artists may choose to enter the exhibit only. For the competition, works are to have been completed in the past five years (since January 2015).

Two winning artists in Rolla Presbyterian Manor’s annual Art is Ageless® juried competition will be featured in the 2020 Art is Ageless calendar produced by PMMA (Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America).“Native American Whimsy,” a mixed media/craft entry by Margaret Moll (shown above, left), and “Presence,” a mixed media/craft entry by Sophia deLaat (shown above, right), will appear in the calendar when it is released this fall.

Rolla Presbyterian Manor recently hosted a reception for the winning artists in the annual Art is Ageless® juried competition.“We are honored to exhibit artwork by seniors,” said Lyn Joelle Freeland, marketing director. “Art is Ageless is unique in featuring only the works of artists age 65 and older. Our artists prove that art, in any form, is an ageless ambition.