Winners announced for LSU Vet Med’s 31st Annual International Exhibition on Animals in Art
October 14, 2025
The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine is pleased to announce the award winners for its 31st Annual International Exhibition on Animals in Art, which opened October 4, 2025, and runs through October 31 in the LSU Vet Med Library. The exhibition features 56 works selected from 302 submissions representing 150 artists from 30 states, Canada, Germany, Guatemala, and Turkey.
This year’s juror and judge, Callie Smith, Museum Educator and Public Programs Manager at the LSU Museum of Art, selected the following award recipients:
- Best of Show: Sue deLearie Adair, Couch Potato
- Judge’s Award: Tamar Kontrimas, Pumpjack Ibis
- Judge’s Award: Emily Weichbrod, Glass Half…
- School of Veterinary Medicine Award: Claudia Benton, Gentle Keeper
- Honorable Mention: Madeline Cerise, Promise in Motion
- Honorable Mention: Denise Fuson, Fossil
- Honorable Mention: Ayako Abe-Miller, Leap Beyond
- People’s Choice Award: Claudia Benton, Gentle Keeper
Couch Potato, graphite pencil, by Sue deLearie Adair of Schenectady, N.Y., received the Best of Show award for the 2025 International Exhibition on Animals in Art.
The Animals in Art exhibition celebrates the beauty and emotional power of animals through diverse artistic media. All works in the exhibition are for sale, with 20 percent of each sale benefiting the LSU Vet Med Artist-in-Residence Program, which supports creative engagement within the veterinary community.
Visitors can view the exhibition Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. The pieces can also be viewed online.
To support the exhibition or the Artist-in-Residence Program, donations may be made to the LSU Foundation with “Animals in Art” noted in the memo line.
For more information, visit lsu.edu/vetmed/events/animals_in_art.php.
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