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Fred Marshall's portraits of Sandra Day O'Conner by Levine
and Shikler's painting group were displayed at the National Portrait Gallery in
Washington, D.C. and Marshall's was recently accepted into the Smithsonian's permanent
collection.
Jean-Marie Chapman won first place in a state competition for the American
Mothers, Inc. Art Competition that was held in Oregon. The painting, Leah Sauer,
Mother to Many, then went on to the national competition in Nebraska. There, the
painting received first place in the American Mothers, Inc. National Art Competition
and a cash prize.
Debi Watson received Honorable Mention for her watercolor painting, 7
a.m., at the York Art Associations Spring Members Exhibit and the Air Floats Systems
Award from the Texas Watercolor Society's 59th National Juried Exhibition for
Not a Lap Dog, which is included in the traveling exhibition.
Judy Carducci was selected to play a "courtroom artist" in a
commercial with Lebron James filmed earlier this week in Cleveland.
Nafisa Naomi recently won the Gold Medal at the Florence Biennale for
painting from a field of 800 artists from 60 nations.
Cinzea by John Ennis |
John Ennis was awarded the First Place Prize for a full-length portrait
at the Portrait Brokers of America seminar in Birmingham in February, for his
portrait of Cinzea. This same painting had been a finalist in the Portrait
Society's 2006 Members-Only Children's Portraits Competition.
Jo Sherwood was honored for her efforts to raise awareness of isolated
and endangered cultures through her art. Sherwood's "China's Isolated Mountain
Villages" opened at the historic Wilshire Ebell Fine Art Gallery with an
emphasis on cultural exchange and cooperation. Sherwood was honored by both the
Los Angeles Chinese Consulate and by Norma Vega of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's
office, who presented her with a Certificate of Commendation
Sarah Parks was commissioned to paint Virginia Beach,
VA Judge, The Honorable Pamela Hutchens. (Pamela was Miss Virginia 1982.) This
was to honor her ten years on the bench in Virginia Beach's Judicial Court. Sarah
was also the featured artist for the month of January at Sage Moon Gallery in
Charlottesville, VA. This was a figurative show that received complimentary press
in the Charlottesville art community.
Lucrezia Bieler received 1st place at the Festival of Masters in Disney
World and Best of Show at CraftArt 2007 in St. Petersburg, Florida for her paper
cutting.
Leah Hopkins Henry won Best in Show in the 2007 Atlanta Artists Center's
Dogwood Show with her portrait, Isabelle, and was also awarded 3rd place
in the Portrait Society of Atlanta 2007 Fall Show with Syah. Leah has been
named the 2008 Featured Southern Artist by the Rome Area Council for the Arts
and will have a solo exhibition at Rome Area Council for the Arts in Rome, GA,
February 18th - March 21st, 2008.
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