2008 Annual Visual Art Exhibit of the Cheshire Art League of Cheshire Connecticut

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2008 Annual Visual Arts Exhibit

Location:
Mary Baldwin Room
Cheshire Public Library
104 Main Street, Cheshire, CT.

Exhibit Dates:
Receiving: Wednesday, April 2nd ~ 5:00 to 7:00 PM
Hanging: Wednesday, April 2nd ~ 7:00 to 8:30 PM
Judging: Friday, April 4th ~ 7:00 to 8:30 PM
Reception and Awards: Wednesday, April 8th ~ 6:30 to 8:30 PM (Awards at 7:30 PM)
Exhibit: April 2 - April 30, 2008
Exhibit Critique (Meet the Juror): Wednesday, April 30th ~ 5:00 to 7:00 PM
Pick Up: Wednesday, April 30th ~ 7:00 to 8:15 PM

Guest Juror:
Dianne Gorrick

Dianne Gorrick holds a B.A. from Purdue University and an M.A. from Wesleyan University. She received two National Endowment Fellowships, which enabled her to further study the Hudson River School of Painters as well as the art and culture of New England.

A painter and instructor with over 30 years of experience in the visual arts, Ms. Gorrick is represented in many private and public collections, including a sculpture installation at the Russell Library in Middletown, CT. Exhibitions include the Wadsworth Athenaeum, New Britian Museum of American Art, Slater Museum and Ward-Nasse Gallery in SoHo, N.Y.C.

Ms. Gorrick is an elected artist at the Mystic Art Center and the Essex Art Association. She is a member of the Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society and the Lyme Art Association. Working in oil and watercolors, landscapes are the artist's favorite subject matter.

Exhibit Awards
First Prize: $150.00
Second Prize: $100.00
Third Prize: $75.00
Honorable Mention: $50.00
Best Photo: $50.00
Images of Cheshire: $50.00
...various other awards sponsored by local businesses.

Award Recipients

First Prize:	"Beach Day" by Sandra Karakoosh
Second Prize:	"Mexican Vase" by Cathey-Jean Rogers
Third Prize:	"Alone in Praha" by Christine Ivers
Fourth Prize:	"Pamela's Raku Bowl" by Elizabeth Scott
Best Photo:	"Uptown Girl" by Heather Whitehouse
Images of Cheshire:	"Ives Farm Evening" by Carla Koch
Calcagni Associates I:	"River Through the Adirondack's" by John O'Keefe
Calcagni Associates II:	"Roosevelt Park Pond" by Joan Shackford
The Picture Framer:	"Mohegan Headlands" by William E. Tarn
Barbara's Gallery & Custom Framing:	"Becky with Red Hair" by Karol Ann Shalvoy
Richard Chevrolet I:	"Sam" by Babriele DeFrances
Richard Chevrolet II:	"Another Era" by Jane White
Cheshire Framing & Art Gallery:	"Flip Flops" by Doris Rogan
Jerry's Artarama:	"Old Memories III" by Tom Mayer
Honorable Mention:	"Rita's Cat" by Doris Rogan
Honorable Mention:	"South Brooksvale Victorian" by John MacKay
Honorable Mention:	"E.J." by Emily Bett

Exhibition Volunteers

Receiving:	Joan Shackford, Jane White, Karol Ann Shalvoy, Dale Spaner
Exhibit Sign:	M. Levitt
Judging:	Tom Mayer, Dale Spaner
Hanging:	John MacKay, Paul Miller, Angela Orsene, Dale Spanner, John O'Keefe, Jennifer O'Keefe, Joshua O'Keefe, Danielle O'Keefe
Refreshments:	Lynne Villeco