Judges
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Dan Bynum was born in Birmingham, Alabama. After graduating in 2000 with honors from the Art Studio Program at The University of Alabama at Birmingham, he continued his passion for art at Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Since 1998 he has been featured in dozens of solo and group shows in various cities, with artwork represented nationally in numerous private and corporate collections. Dan’s love for humanity and the South is evident in his art.
An artist since childhood, Laura began taking art classes in a backyard studio when she was eight years old. After graduating from Wake Forest University, she moved to Birmingham, where she worked for the Birmingham Museum of Art and the Magic City Art Connection. Laura currently serves as the COO of Bancography (a long-time Artwalk Sponsor), and is an illustrator whose clients include Ronald McDonald House, Children’s of Alabama and UAB Hospital. Many of her whimsical watercolor illustrations celebrate and promote Birmingham and Alabama, and her Alabama Map prints were sold by the Alabama Department of Archives during the 2019 state bicentennial. Laura exhibited at Artwalk from 2017 – 2024.
Jeremy Martin, is a Birmingham Alabama based artist. He works primarily in oil paint to create realistic thought-provoking pieces that uplift, challenge and inspire. Through realism, he captures both the physical likeness and deeper stories of his subjects, giving voice to those often overlooked or misrepresented. For Martin, art is a catalyst for empathy, understanding, and social change.
Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, Pamela Ann Venz received her BA degree in sculpture and photography from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1983 and an MFA degree in Studio Art from The Ohio State University in 1985.
She joined the faculty at Birmingham-Southern College in 1988 and retired in 2023 as Professor Emeritus. During her academic career she created both the photography program and the architectural studies program at BSC. From 2006-1010 she served as the Chair of the Department of Art and Art History.
Her work includes both photography and sculpture and over the course of her career has been exhibited locally in galleries around Birmingham, accepted into multiple national juried exhibitions, invitational exhibitions, and one person and group exhibitions across the country. In 2006 and 2007 her photographs were included in two different exhibitions in the Czech Republic. Her creative work has been recognized with awards including an Alabama State Council on the Arts Artist Fellowship in 2004, a 2nd Place award at the Dogwood Arts Festival Regional Fine Art Exhibition in 2014, and the Dilaura Award in the 2021 Montgomery Art Guild Museum Exhibition. In 2018 she was awarded the Exemplary Teacher of the Year Award from the Higher Education and Ministry of The United Methodist Church, and in 2022 she received the Birmingham-Southern College Outstanding Educator Award. This particular award also included her role as BSC’s Commencement speaker for 2023.
