We The People at McDonough Museum
FROM WOMAN 19…Closing Reception February 28
For 19 years now, Mary Urbas from Mary Sunshine Enterprise, has been curating FROM WOMAN, art by women, about women, of women and to women. I'm honored to be included again for the first ever Museum iteration of the show at the McDonough Museum in Youngstown, Ohio…just across the street from the Butler Institute of American Art!
My octaptych, We The People…All The People commands a good chunk of wall space with
portraits of children who represent the vulnerable among us who must be
protected in a nest comprised of the rules laid out for our government in our U.S. Constitution.
Open now, Tuesday through Saturday 11:00 to 4:00
Show continues through February 28, with a
Closing Reception: Saturday February 28th from 2:00 to 4:00
Healer at 7
One of the paintings included in
We The People…All The People
Wings
Another of the paintings included in
We The People…All The People
Honorable Mention at Butler Institute
Freedom of Speech at the 86th Annual Area Artists Exhibition
Thrilled to report that Freedom of Speech, from my First Amendment Triptych was awarded an
Honorable Mention at the 86th Annual Area Artists Exhibition at the Butler Institute of American Art.
My Mother and Child painting, One, was also juried into this competititve show.
The show continues through February 15th.
Live Portrait Demo at Bryn Du Art Show
March 25th from 11:00 to 1:00 Portrait Demo at the Bryn Du Mansion
Renamed Matthew 5:44, The Holy Grail
my Goddess Project painting, was accepted to the Bryn Du Art Show in Granville, Ohio.
Show Dates: March 6th through March 28th
Mansion Gallery Hours: Sundays 12:00 to 4:00, Closed Mondays, Tues/Wed/Fridays 10:00 to 2:00 and Saturdays 10-:00 to 5:00
And, on March 25th at 11:00, I'll be doing an Oil Portrait Demonstration with a live model at the Mansion!
Read about the crazy trajectory of this painting…and why I re-named her!
Gaea takes Top Juror’s Award At Erie Art Museum
Before the Beginning, Gaea Mothered Everything took one of five Top Juror's Awards at the Erie Art Museum 102nd Annual Spring Show in 2025
Three Fates Second Place at Kaleidoscope 2024
Why Three Fates Cut Ties
I’m psyched that my faintly veiled and politically charged painting has an audience…and an award… here at the Summit Artspace, and was able to show right through the election season 2024. The Three fates from Mythology control life, death and destiny for humans via a single thread spun from their spindle. When the thread is cut, the mortal’s life ends.
My fates are wrestling with the iconic long red necktie and do not wish harm upon anyone.
They, along with the artist, do however, emphatically believe that we as a nation must cut ties with
those who promise to trample on human rights and overthrow democracy.
Best in Show at Ohio State Fair
Burden of Thalia Triptych takes top honor at Ohio State Fair 2024
Sincere thanks to jurors Tasha Beckwith and Stephanie Rond! It was a truly spectacular show and the honor was mine!
A New Book by Judy Takács
My Weapon of Choice: Judy Takács paints Reproductive Rights
In the best kind of double entendre,
figurative realist Judy Takács’ weapon of CHOICE is the paintbrush.
Her fourth book chronicles Ohio’s battle for abortion rights before and after
the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
This accessible, chronological, historical account is richly illustrated
with Takács’ Goddess and Pro-Choice paintings, and includes her Op Ed articles and letters to the editor;
all part of the artist’s feminist activism during this pivotal time in Ohio.
My Weapon of Choice
Judy Takács paints
Reproductive Rights
hardcover 8 x 10, with a dust jacket,
88 pages, 30 color images,
$75, available at judytakacs.com
BANS OFF takes First Place at Kaleidoscope 2023
Why is BANS OFF Such and Important message?
The Kaleidoscope Show has been a prestigious juried exhibition in Akron for over two decades.
Juried in 2023 by Anderson Turner, Director of Exhibitions and Collections at the Kent State School of Art,
I was honored to win the top award for this very important Pro-Choice painting that also extends the bodily autonomy issue to the LGBTQ+ and Trans Community…BANS OFF our bodies, BANS OFF our lives.
Goddess Project makes ABC News!
Panel Discussion with the Women of The Ohio Innocence Project Makes the 6:00 News
So psyched that Cleveland ABC News5 came out to cover the Goddess Project: Innocents Panel Discussion March 20th!
It was an amazing event. I was honored and humbled to share the stage and meet these strong women who've been through more than we can imagine whether they were wrongfully incarcerated or loved someone who was. It is to their huge credit that they continue to work with the Ohio Innocence Project to help others who were wrongfully incarcerated
as they transition back into the world they have been robbed of for so long.
Thank you to Chagrin Arts for hosting the exhibit and the Panel Discussion.
Show continues through June 12th at Chagrin Arts in Downtown Chagrin Falls, Ohio.