Detail from Delta award winner Cars (2011), charcoal and coffee on paper by David Bailin

David Bailin of Little Rock is the recipient of a Delta Award from the 54th annual Delta Exhibition, on display through March 28 at the Arkansas Arts Center, Ninth and Commerce streets, Little Rock. 

Admission is free.

Visitors can vote for their favorite work in the Delta People’s Choice Award. Votes can be cast by paper ballot at the Arkansas Arts Center; by “Liking” the Arkansas Arts Center on Facebook and participating in the Delta People’s Choice Award; or by Tweeting @ArkArtsCenter using #54Delta. Voting ends March 8 and the award will be announced March 9.

Juror Tom Butler, director of the Columbus Museum in Columbus, Ga., selected one Grand Award, two Delta Awards and eight Honorable Mentions out of the 54 works represented in the exhibition.

The Arkansas Arts Center Contemporaries, a young professional group dedicated to supporting the arts, also selected a Contemporaries Delta Award and two Contemporaries Delta Honorable Mentions.

Rod Moorhead from Oxford, Miss., was awarded the Grand Award for his work titled 9 Zen Nuns.

Along with Bailin, a Delta Award was given to Keliy Anderson-Staley of Russellville for her work titled Helen.

David Bogus, Marian Doville, Stephen Harris, Dixie Knight, Benjamin Krain, Zeek Taylor, John Willer and Kat Wilson each received an Honorable Mention.

The Arkansas Arts Center Contemporaries awarded the Contemporaries Delta Award to Mark Lewis of Tulsa, Okla., for his work titled Peoria Ave. #5. Keith Melton of North Little Rock received a Contemporaries Delta Honorable Mention for his work titled Virgil Lawrence, Google Portrait.

Louis Watts of Little Rock also received a Contemporaries Delta Honorable Mention for his work titled Untitled VIII: from the Apoptosis Series.

Established in 1958, the Delta Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture features contemporary works by artists from Arkansas and the bordering states. For more information click here.