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Follow on Google News |  Sunbury Press has released River Art: 2010 Susquehanna International Fine Art Competition catalogSunbury Press has released West Shore Gallery's catalog of the upcoming River Art exhibition, to be held February 11th through March 10th, 2011 at the gallery in Wormleysburg, PA.
By: B V Wertheimer With the opening of West Shore Gallery in Wormleysburg, PA in the summer of 2010, the owners, Lawrence and Tammi Knorr, wanted to make a 'splash'. Given the gallery's location along the Susquehanna River, flowing water was a daily encounter and an easy choice for the theme of the gallery's first contest. The first Susquehanna International Fine Art Competition was held from September through December, 2010. There was no entry fee – in keeping with the desire of the sponsors to provide an opportunity to all artists to participate, regardless of their financial situation. The theme of this year's contest was “River Art”. All entries were to include a river, real or imagined, in their composition. While most utilized the theme literally, many used the theme metaphorically. Entries were divided into seven categories: Oil/Acrylic, Watercolor, Drawings/Sketches, Mixed Media/Collage, Photography, Digital and Other. Ten finalists were selected in each category, except for Oil/Acrylic, which had an overwhelming number of entries. Category winners were selected, along with an overall winner, whose work was determined to be most attractive for the book cover. Regarding the jurors, Monica Smith-Talbott and Erin Sparlor: Monica is a Professor of Art at Harrisburg Area Community College and Erin is a Professor of Digital Arts at Central Penn College. Both hold Master of Fine Arts degrees. Erin judged the Photography and Digital categories. Monica judged all of the other categories. This catalog presents the work of the finalists who wished to be in the book. The work is arranged by category, in no particular order, except the lead image is the winning entry for the category (if the artist participated in the book). Unless otherwise noted, all of the work is for sale. Prices have not been included in the catalog, but can be found on the information card accompanying each piece in the exhibition. At the time of publication, it was not yet determined which artists would be able to participate in the exhibition, though all finalists were invited. The following prizes were awarded: Grand Prize - The top entry of the competition received a $250 cash prize and was used as the cover image for this book. This year's winner: "The Lower Fork" (2009) by Ed Letven Category Winners - The top entry in each category won $50 and was featured as the lead image in each chapter of this book: Oil/Acrylic: Watercolor: "Desplaines River" (2001) by Alli Farkas Drawings/Sketches: Mixed Media/Collage: Traditional Photography: Digital: "Red Rocks" (2010) by Mark DeMent Other: "Not a Care in the World" (2008) by Lilianne Milgrom Artists invited to the exhibition by the jury include: Digital: Barabara Richards Deborah Orloff Frances A. Miller Jing Zhou Kristine Campbell Mark DeMent Mark Kovalchuk Drawings/Sketches: Greg Johannesen Nancy Hess Patricia Wynne Rebecca Yates Shorb Shannon Chong Tatiana Myers Veronica Winters Whitney Knapp Mixed Media: Carly Swenson Harry Spitz Janice Schoultz Mudd Jing Chung John Lyon Paul Lian Zhen Rosalie Beck Other: Clemence Potier Hem Jyotika Joe Kluck Lilianne Milgrom Mary Mikel Stump Susan Alexander Photography: Ellin Pollachek Hugo Cruz Judith Nylen Kimberly Clark Kurt K Weiss Meryl Silver Sarah Dedoelder Sudipto Das Watercolor: Alli Farkas Greg Arens Lauren Mulhern Lian Zhen Michael Gillespie Sam Dixon Sharon Way-Howard Oil/Acrylic: Al Boze Alex Mandel Amihan Jumalon Arlene Meyer Barbara Fracchia Claire Beadon Carnell Connie Lane Deborah Dorsey Dena McMurdie Dennis Shattuck Don Michael, Jr. Ed Letven Eleni Sakellar Gregory W. Frux Heather Leigh Douglas Idell Weiss Ingrid Dohm Jack Siegel JoAnn Parsley Joel Le Bow John Hassler John High John Lloyd John Treanor Josephine Hodos Julie Riker Karen Silvestro Ken Huang Lian Zhen Lynn Patron Madeleine Avirov Mark Frossard Maya Gerr Michael Gillespie Padma Prasad Patricia Walach Keough Paul Hitchen Ralph J Ryan Randel Rogers Renee Fineberg Renee Leopardi Robert Sunderman Sam Dixon Shannon Richardson Suzan Brassard Veronica Winters Victoria Veedell Warren Godfrey William Marvin List Price: $29.95 8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm) Full Color on Color paper 108 pages Sunbury Press, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1934597217 ISBN-10: 193459721X BISAC: Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions For more information, please see: http://www.sunburypress.com/ # # # West Shore Gallery, Inc., located in Wormleysburg, PA, is a fine art gallery and photography studio. The gallery carries original art work in all media. The photography studio specializes in wedding, portrait and commercial photography. End
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