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Juror:
A.Kimberlin Blackburn
A.Kimberlin Blackburn was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and educated in New Jersey. She has an MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University and a BA from Livingston College. She has played an active role in 3 nonprofit arts organization, co-producing over 70 exhibitions, and has worked directing, designing, curating, jurying and contributing on all the details toward mounting exhibitions. She is currently an artist, art professional and farmer on the island of Kaua’i.
Blackburn has said, “Carving and beading are a focused meditation. My current imagery is related to the garden, farms, and mother nature's divine plants and elemental magic. In nature, I can see/feel the energy, the spirits—the joy sparkles in the light and in the dark under the canopy.
"Her art works are in the Collections of Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Hawaii State Art Museum (HSFCA) and many private companies and collectors. A.Kimberlin Blackburn Makes her decision!
Exhibition Awards
Best in Show - Jeannine Cook - "Tellandsia Recurvata"
Most representing the theme: to be the featured artist for 2 months on our online juried show site at www.zhibit.org .
• 1st Place - $100 - Wen Redmond - "Whispers of the Positive"
• 2nd Place - $50 - Mira Satryan - "To Survive"
• 3rd Place - $25 - Dorothy Amore Pilla - "Continuum"
Honorable Mention - Liz Pozen - "The Journey"
Honorable Mention - Ann Isolde - "Intersection"
Honorable Mention - Ione Citrin - "Succulents"
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| | |  | | BURSTING OUT-Featured Artist-JEANNINE COOK
Tanzanian by birth, European by heritage, British-American by nationality, Jeannine Cook is one of a small number of artists worldwide who specialize in silverpoint drawing. Her luminous watercolor paintings complement these shimmering drawings executed in silver. Cook's work is in many public collections in the United States and Europe.
Selected
Awards and Honors 2011 “Transformation”,
zhibit.org/sdwcajuriedshow/transformation,
(Helen Ross, Judge) 2010 “Artist in Residence”. SINERR, Sapelo
!sland, GA “Artist in Residence”,
Henderson GA 2009 Co-curator, “The Luster of Silver”, Evansville
Museum of Arts,
Evansville, IN 2008 “Artist in Residence”, Les Amis de la
Grande Vigne, Dinan, France 2008 “Artist in Residence”, Balsam Mountain
Trust, Sylva, NC 2008 “Artist in Residence”, South
Carolina State Parks, Givhans
Ferry, SC
Selected
Group Exhibitions
2013 “Contemporary
Silverpoint Drawings” Jule Collins Smith Museum/Fine Art, Auburn, AL 2013 “Sapelo Island –
works by J. Cook and M. Schille”, Brenau University, Gainesvile, GA 2012 “Correcting for
Drift”, WCAGA at Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta, GA 2012 “Celebrating the
Coast”, Glynn Art Association Gallery, St. Simons Island, GA 2011 “Portraits to
Pixels: Celebrating 125 Years of Collecting” Telfair Museum Savannah, GA 2011 “Point &
Counterpoint: works by Jeannine Cook & Daniel Smith”, Hospice Savannah, GA 2011 “Luminous Metal:
Contemporary Drawings in Metalpoint” Clement Art Gallery, Troy, NY 2011 “Salon des Refusés”,
Pen & Brush, New York, NY 2011 “Brainstorm”,
Upstairs Artspace Gallery, Tryon, NC 2011 “Lasting
Impressions”, Art and Soul Gallery, Women’s Center of Jacksonville, FL 2010 “Brainstorm”, Atlanta Public Library, Atlanta, GA
2010 “Little Things Mean
a Lot”, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2010 “Katonah Museum
Artist’s Association”, Northern Westchester Hospital, Mt. Kisco, NY 2010 “Metalpoint”,
Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA 2010 “The Luster of
Silver”, Ohio Valley Art League, Henderson, KY 2010 “A Time on Sapelo”,
Bob Owens Art Gallery, North Georgia College, Dahlonega, GA 2009 “The Luster of
Silver”, Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science, Evansville, IN 2009 “From a Woman’s
Perspective”, Edison Place Gallery,
Washington, DC 2009 “A Passion for
Trees” Galeria Tonantzin Ctr for Art & Humanities, San Juan Bautista,
CA
2009 “Occupation: Artist”, Elizabeth
Stone Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC 2009 “120th
Annual NAWA”. Salmagundi Club, New
York, NY 2009 “Art in the Low
Country”, Averitt Center for the Arts, Statesboro,
GA 2009 “Coastal National”,
Glynn Art, Gallery, St Simons
Island, GA 2009 “Earthly
Structures”, Fulton County Public Library Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2008 “Float”, Flanders Art
Gallery, Raleigh, NC 2008 “Full Circle”, Pen and Brush Galleries, New York,
NY 2008 “Earth: A
Microcosm”, WCAGA at Ferst Gallery, GA Tech., Atlanta,
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The Juror, Moya Devine, has made her decision! See her comments below: Dear WCA SD,
It took quite a bit of deliberation to jury Telling Stories and even more to come up with the placements.
Dancing Till the End of Time-Artist, Beverly Mills, won Best In Show. It had the balance of representation and inference, movement and static graphic, and intellectual and emotional content to keep me going back for another look.
Harvest-Artist, Elaine Alibrandi, won 1st Prize with a hefty dose of honesty and bravery,
Mr. Magnuson-Artist, Kathy Ostman-Magnusen, 2nd Prize with some outstanding portraiture accompanied by a well written essay accompanying the piece, and Under the Boardwalk-Artist, Margi Weir, 3rd Prize with great use of graphics in a digital format with a very direct message. I thank you all for the opportunity to jury the show. You can't beat a good story.
Regards,
Moya Devine Ms. Devine also awarded the following entries as Honorable Mention I Dreamed I Was a Goddess 2-Artist, Susan Spaniol Home from Bagdad-Artist, Sue Beutler Flight of Memory-Artist, Marjett C. Schille Encounter-Artist, Karen Wilcox Moya Devine - Bio
Devine’s work has been exhibited at colleges, museums, art centers, galleries,
and public spaces throughout California and elsewhere. They include Luis de
Jesus Seminal Projects,Oceanside Museum of Art, Sushi Performing and Visual
Art, L street Gallery, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center,California State
University Bakersfield, South Texas College, University of Texas Pan American,
Universidad De Monterrey, Mexico, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library of La Jolla, Loyola Marymount College, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts,
Michigan, Limbo Fine Art, Palomar College, Mira Costa College, Cannon Gallery,
Artwork/Bookarts, Bergamot Station.
She has completed art residencies at the San Diego Museum of Art
and the Atlantic Center for the Arts. She received her B.A. at the University
of Hawaii in Drama with an emphasis in Dance and pursued formal visual art
training at the State University of New York. She has completed two
professional development workshops with Creative Capital, New York.
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| | |  | | TELLING STORIES -- Featured Artist-Beverly Mills
Beverly
Mills
1369 Mason Street, San
Francisco, CA 94109
bev@studiobeverly.com
www.studiobeverly.com
Education
B.A.
Political Science, College of Idaho
16 mm
film workshop, University of California, Berkeley
Cours
de Civilization Francaise, Sorbonne, Paris Solo Exhibitions
2010 FROM MAYHEM TO PARIS, Canessa Studios, San
Francisco, CA
2009 THE FOURTH OF
JULY, Coblentz Patch Duffy Bass, LLP, San
Francisco, CA
2007 ArtSpan
Auction, San Francisco, CA
2004-2008 Open Studio, San Francisco,CA
Corporate
Collections
Aperimus, San Francisco, CA
Heller and Manus, San Francisco, CA
Montrose & Company, Reno, NV Experience
Born on a small farm in Idaho; lived and worked in San
Francisco, New York, London, Paris, and Rome
Traveled in over twenty countries, gathering images,
philosophies and ethics
Involved civically: Vice President, San Francisco Planning
Commission;
President/founding member, Ferry Plaza Farmers Market;
Chair, SPUR; Trustee, College of Idaho; Tutor, Home Away from Homelessness. Artist’s Statement
Savage conflict. Civilized brilliance. My work explores these two human
extremes. A knowledge of history seldom
alters them: we keep killing each other,
we keep creating. I am stunned by the narcotic
of war, by its justifications and its costs.
I read about it, analyze it and try to understand its persistence. As a palliative, I turn to cities and places
I have loved, whose centuries of cultural life move us up the evolutionary
ladder, away from violence. I also turn to
symbolic figures or icons that represent ingenuity and courage. At times, I sequester myself in a world of
simplicity, a world of blacks and whites. I explore these extremes
using the emotive punch of primary colors, mixed forms and found materials - whatever
media will illustrate the persistence of war and the life-line of
creativity. Each series begins with the
idea; the materials join in the dialogue.
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October 1 - Telling Stories (Submission deadline - September 20) December 1 - Bursting Out (Submission deadline - November 20) |
| | |  | | DIVERSITY
Juror, Brooke Christy announces her awards!
Best in Show: "Mulu" - Artist, Ione Citrin 1st Place: "Sisters" - Artist, Ione Citrin 2nd Place: "Passing of Time" - Artist, Theresa Vitucci Diamond 3rd Place: "Aztec Mother and Daughter" - Artist, Suzanne A. Beutler
Honorable Mention: "Somebra Brasileno" - Artist, Andre Paraguassu
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Juror Cathy Breslaw announces her decision
Best of Show: Breaking Out - Maureen Burns-Bowie
First Place: Nice Teeth, Just Saying - Patricia Lizon
Second Place: Don’t Lose Your Baggage - Corlia Kock
Third Place: You Are What You Eat- Liz Kelner Pozen
Honorable Mentions:
Family Story - Lidia Simeonova
My Spirit Renounces -M.C. Carolyn
Mask - Marie LaPrade
Video – Illumination - Elizabeth White
Conflict of Interest - Liz Kelner Pozen
Through a Daughter’s Eyes Clairan Ferrono
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TRANSFORMATION
EXHIBITION AND AWARDS
Comments from our Judge, Hazel Ross
Before I looked at the entrants I consulted Webster’s Dictionary to clarify the possible interpretations of the word “transformation”, which defined transformation as “changes in form, appearance, nature or character”.
Choosing the winners was not an easy task and I was more than impressed with the creative interpretations expressed, and the range and use of media used by the entrants.
I was completely captivated by “Flowing Streams Chrysalis” and I had no hesitation in awarding “Best of Show” to this piece which really intrigued me and drew me into its interior and its complexities.
I loved the organic energy and freshness of “Meadows”
I was moved by the idea of beauty emerging from pain in “Vertebral Distractions” as well as by the delicacy of the drawing.
I loved the feeling of the nascent brooding power in “Cauldron” and the unusual use of the media.
Thank you for allowing me to judge “Transformations”.
Best in Show Flowing Streams Chrysalis – Artist, Sherri Cornett; Billings, MT
1st Place Meadow – Artist, Clairan Ferrono; Chicago, IL
2nd Place Vertebral Distractions – Artist, Jeannine Cook; Townsend, GA
3rd Place Cauldron – Artist, Elaine Alibrandi; Concord, MA
Honorable Mention In and Out the Windows – Artist, Anne Elliott; Lawrenceville, NJ
Honorable Mention Drink to Your Health Teapot – Artist, Berta Villaescusa; San Diego, CA
Honorable Mention Ten Roosters – Artist, Anne Elliott; Lawrenceville, NJ
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“Manipulated”
The objective of this exhibition was to create artwork that demonstrates being manipulated, manipulation, and anything and everything that means!
A Message from Our Juror: Linda Ravenswood
It is with gratitude and excitement that I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Spring Women’s Caucus for Arts San Diego
Top Prize for Best in Show 12 Little Black Dresses - Artist, K.A. Letts,. Ann Arbor, MI
1st Place Women’s Words - Artist, Maxine Hess, Atlanta GA
2nd Place Opening Bivalve - Artist, Starr Davis, Saratoga, CA
3rd Place Panorama - Artist, Trudy Myrrh Reagan
All participants receive honourable mentions for their wonderful work and commitment to the arts.
Honourable Mentions go to these works
Manipulation-Artist, K.A. Letts, Ann Arbor, MI
These Shoes Are Killing Me-Artist, K.A. Letts, Ann Arbor, MI
Out of the Ruins-Artist, Ruth Terrill, La Honda, CA
Eight Views of a Woman #2-Artist, Maxine Hess, Atlanta GA
Eight Views of a Woman #5-Artist, Maxine Hess, Atlanta GA
Range of Mussels-Artist, Starr Davis, Saratoga, CA
Your First Stepmom-Artist, Chris Lewis, Atlanta, GA
Beyond the Shifting Planes-Artist, Ruth Terrill, La Honda, CA
Conversations with My Love-Artist, Corinne Whitaker, Palo Alto, CA
Measuring the Immeasurable-Artist, Ruth Terrill, La Honda, CA
Landing Field-Artist, Corinne Whitaker, Palo Alto, CA
Separation-Artist, Ione Citrin, Los Angeles, CA
You Are Beautiful-Artist, Ze daLuz, New Orleans, LA
Treadwell-Artist, Starr Davis, Saratoga, CA
Aristophacor-Artist, Corinne Whitaker, Palo Alto, CA
Why Do We Fight-Artist, Ze daLuz, New Orleans, LA
Great Bike Chain of Being-Artist, Trudy Myrrh Reagan
Through the Eyes of God-Artist, Gregory Joseph Goulet, Lakeside, CA
Mother's Heart-Artist, Laura Jean, San Diego, CA
Changing Leaves-Artist, Laura Jean, San Diego, CA
Up in the Air-Artist, Ze daLuz, New Orleans, LA
Catastrophe-Artist, Trudy Myrrh Reagan
The Temptation of Eve-Artist, Gay Schempp, Winsted, CT
The Fan Club-Artist, Ione Citrin, Los Angeles, CA
Would You Like to DanceArtist, Gregory Joseph Goulet, Lakeside, CA
Mommie Dearest-Artist, Ione Citrin, Los Angeles, CA
Palm Frond-Artist, Laura Jean, San Diego, CA
A Crazy Horse-Artist, Gregory Joseph Goulet, Lakeside, CA
Linda Ravenswood BFA, MA
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The exhibition objective is to present a collection of work that uses organic, natural, sustainable, recycled materials, non-toxic materials or digital methods.
The intent is to educate the audience about environmental crises, art that informs and interprets natural processes, art that reinvents or reclaims natural found articles and art that celebrates our emotional and physical connection to the earth.
Ultimately, visually compelling creations that educate, enlighten and inspire stewardship of the earth.
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