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Area Artists Exhibit winners announced by TMA
July 10, 2009: Twenty entries in the 91st annual Toledo Area Artists Exhibition received prizes during an awards program Friday evening at the Toledo Museum of Art.
Organized annually by the Museum and the Toledo Federation of Art Societies, the exhibition opened to the public immediately following the ceremonies. The exhibit, supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, will remain on view through Aug. 23 in the Canaday Gallery. Admission is free.
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Best of Show winner, "Bee Harmony,"
a mixed media piece by Kim Monnier
of Bowling Green
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As in past years, the competition for awards was stiff. Two hundred thirty five artists from northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan submitted 617 works of art for consideration. From these, 119 entries by 96 artists were accepted for the exhibition, which is widely recognized as the most important juried show in the region. Twenty artists were chosen to receive awards and cash prizes totaling $7,750.
This year’s jurors were Ruth Bercaw, an artist based in Cleveland, and Jéssica Flores, an associate curator of contemporary art at the Cincinnati Art Museum.
Kim Monnier of Bowling Green won the $1,000 Best of Show award for her mixed-media work, “Bee Harmony.” First place awards of $500 each went to Timothy Gaewsky of Toledo for “Fully Loaded,” a single channel digital video, and Matthew Chambers of Toledo for his mixed media entry, “12 American Daydreams.”
A complete list of the winners:
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Award
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Artist
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Title
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Medium
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Best of Show
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“Bee Harmony”
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Mixed Media
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First Award
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Timothy Gaewsky of Toledo
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“Fully Loaded”
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Single Channel Digital Video
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First Award
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Matthew Chambers of Toledo
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“12 American Daydreams”
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Mixed Media
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Second Award
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Joel O’Dorisio
of Bowling Green
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“Pine Wedge”
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Glass
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Second Award
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Courtney Bache of Maumee
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“Spark”
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Sterling Silver, Matches
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Second Award
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Nicole Bergman of Genoa
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“928 Main Street”
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Acetone Transfer on Industrial Paper Towels
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Kim McCann Fultz
of Findlay
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“Bushwick (Brooklyn) Soundscape
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Graphite and Dry Pigment on Paper
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Third Award
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Ani Avanian
of Boston, Mass.
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“Bottom of the Lijiang River”
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Mixed Media on Paper
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Third Award
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Calvin Babich of Toledo
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“Pagan Babies”
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Soapstone and Limestone
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Third Award
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Matthew Chambers
of Toledo
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“Cupcake (In Memory of Charles Bukowski)”
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Mixed Media
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Israel Abramofksy Award of the Temple-Congregation Shomer Emunim
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Krista Jackson of Elmore
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“Chain Gang”
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Molly Morpeth Canaday Award
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Carol Imes-Luscombe
of Toledo
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“Caloosahatchee Storm”
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Toledo Area Glass Guild’s Dominick Labino Award
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Nadine Saylor
of Bowling Green
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“10,000 Breaths”
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Blown Glass Installation
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Rose M. Reder Memorial Award
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Chris Rom and Geoff Buddie
of Swanton
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“Cumulus”
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Milk Paint on Wood, Nylon and Metal Fittings
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Toledo Friends
of Photography Award
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“Firewood”
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Digital Print
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Athena Art Society Award
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Mania Dajnak of Perrysburg
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“Unraveling Her Square #1”
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Conte Crayon, Intaglio
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Roulet Medal
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Brian Heller of Perrysburg
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4 Screen Silk Screen Print
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Arts Commission of Greater Toledo Purchase Award for City of Toledo’s Art in Public Buildings
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Carol Imes-Luscombe
of Toledo
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“Caloosahatchee Storm”
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Collingwood Arts Center-Jim Reynoldson Award
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Madison Hartley of Huron
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“Living 1988-2060”
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Oil, Gold Leaf, Panel
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Toledo Federation of Art Societies Purchase Award
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Rick Finn of Cincinnati
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“No Chance for a Sweet, Sweet Life”
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Reduction Woodcut
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Lourdes College Art Department Award
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Daniel Hernandez of Toledo
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“Mobile Battle Station”
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Mixed Media
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