Established and emerging artists from California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska competed for a place in Turtle Bay’s eighth biennial exhibition. Enjoy 47 eclectic works in a variety of media selected by Guest Juror, Dr. Robyn Peterson and cast your vote for the People’s Choice Award.

2025 Awards

People’s Choice Award

Visitors are encouraged to participate in the exhibition by casting their vote for the People’s Choice Award. Guests may vote once per day until the exhibition’s closing on May 11.

Featured Artists

An Embarrassment of Riches

 The diverse submissions for Turtle Bay Exploration Park’s current biennial reveal once again how expansive and complex artistic pursuits are in the region.  Every physical expression—color, form, texture, and more—appears.  Every emotion—exuberant, raw, contemplative, and more—is on view.  

 Even when assessing humorous works, I was encouraged by the seriousness of intent.  The range of work you see here, created with skill and vision, even among many who make their livings in other ways, is testament to the irresistible drive to engage in the uniquely human pursuit of artmaking.  

To make art and offer it for others to see is to keep the lines of communication open.  It’s a brave and highly personal undertaking.  Further, what we come to know about one another through art cannot be known in any other way.  To create art is to share a unique truth.

Robyn G. Peterson, Juror

Robyn G. Peterson has been Director of the Museum of Riverside since December 2017 where she is at work on institutional reinvention, guiding renovation and expansion of the downtown Riverside site, and rehabilitation of the National Historic Landmark Harada House. During the prior 35 years, she held administrative and curatorial positions at museums in California, Montana, and New York, including seven years at Turtle Bay Exploration Park. She holds a Ph.D. in Art and Archaeology with specialization in Museology, an M.A. in Scandinavian Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a B.A. in Design from UCLA. Since 1988, she has focused on fine art, interdisciplinary interpretation, and museum administration.

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