Bertha Lear Purchase Award for Best in Show - Image Gallery #37726

Juliana Cragin, "Memento Mori," comic, graphite on paper

"Juliana Cragin's subtle and sophisticated visual narrative, 'Memento Mori,' ​draws the reader into the artist's personal life experience and inner thoughts during the 2020 pandemic lockdown. 'Memento Mori' refers to an artistic or symbolic reminder of both the impermanence of life and the inevitability of death and perfectly encapsulates our lost last year." — Emily Steinberg, lecturer in art, Penn State Abington