Irving Art Association

The 27^th annual Texas & Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition awards presentation was held Sunday, April 22, 2012 at the Irving Arts Center. Awards and cash prizes were presented to 19 artists for Best of Show, the Award of Excellence and for 1^st thru 3^rd place and honorable mention in four categories. 

Ann Hardy of Colleyville won Best of Show and $1,500 for White Pumpkin, oil painting. A full list of award recipients is listed below.

Texas & Neighbors is a juried art competition featuring work in a variety of mediums from artists in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico and Louisiana. Approximately 74 pieces were selected for the exhibition from nearly 400 submitted works. Albert Handell, a Santa-Fe-based pastel and mixed media artist, judged the show.

Angie Vangalis, Chairman and President of the Irving Art Association considers it a privilege to coordinate and manage the submission process. There were a total of 141 artists who submitted images for juror, Albert Handell to deliberate upon. The submission breakdown by state: 119 -Texas, 8 – New Mexico, 3 – Oklahoma, 2 – Louisiana, 4 – Arkansas.

For the fifth year, The Chocolate Rose treated patrons to a spectacular selection of floral sculptures and arrangements that complement various pieces of artwork during the first week of the exhibit. For images see the 2012 subalbum of the IAA Photo Album on Photobucket.

The exhibition is presented by the Irving Art Association and the Irving Arts Center and will be on display in the Arts Center’s Main Gallery through May 26. For more information about these organizations visit www.IrvingArt.org or www.IrvingArtsCenter.com. The Irving Arts Center is located at 3333 MacArthur Blvd., Irving, TX.

2012 Award recipients:

For a gallery of the the winning artwork, see the Texas & Neighbors website.

Best of Show ($1,500)

• Ann Hardy, of Colleyville, TX, White Pumpkin, Oil, 24” x 28”.

Irving Arts Center Award of Excellence ($1,000)

• Weeda Hamdan of McKinney, TX, Reflection XIII, Oil with Art Tissue on Panel, 38” x 36”.

Irving Art Association Award of Excellence ($750)

• Connie Chadwell of Junction, TX, Lexie’s Summer, Charcoal, 29” x 23”.

Oil & Acrylic on Canvas: 

• 1^st Place ($500) – Nancy Paris Pruden of Houston, TX, Yellow Parrot Tulips, 28” x 34”.
• 2^nd Place ($400) – Cecy Turner of Dallas, TX, Last Rites of Day, 20” x 30”.
• 3^rd Place ($300) – Gaye Kelly of Highland, TX, Waiting for Jimmie, 24” x 28”.
• Honorable Mention ($100) – Jene Gravley of Irving, TX, Ben, 19” x 23”.

Water Media: 

• 1^st Place ($500) – Carol Flori of Texarkana, AR, The Veteran #2, 36” x 45” .
• 2^nd Place ($400) – Gaylord O’Con of Dallas, TX, Green Dragon, 22 “ x 28”.
• 3^rd Place ($300) – Michael Holter of Plano, TX, Three Lenses, 18” x 22”.
• Honorable Mention ($100)  – Gail Delger of McKinney, TX, Mitosis, 37” x 21”.

Mixed Media:  

• 1^st Place ($500) – Karin Michele Anderson of Dallas, TX Tangled Orchid, 30” x 30”.
• 2^nd Place ($400) – Colleen Erickson of Weatherford, TX, Lady in the Park, 42” x 34”.
• 3^rd Place ($300) – Laurie Huff of Rockwall, TX, Just “Be”, 24” x 20”.
• Honorable Mention ($100) – DebiLynn Fendley of Arkadelphia, AR, Thousand Mile Stare,
  13” x 20”.

Drawing: 

• 1^st Place ($500) – Russell Mackensen of Dallas, TX, A Blue Plate Special, Pastel, 34” x 29”.
• 2^nd Place ($400) – Jeff Potter of Alameda, NM, Mount Cochetopa Storm, Pastel, 18” x 22”.
• 3^rd Place ($300) – Nancy Conant of Grand Prairie, TX, Baby Emmah, Drawing, 12” x 14”.
• Honorable Mention ($100) – Vern Johnson of Arlington, TX, Noble Tree, Graphite, 34” x 44”.

The Reception and Awards Ceremony for the 57th Annual Irving Art Association Members Juried Art Show was held on Sunday, May 6. The show will be on exhibit May 1 to May 24, 2012 at the Jaycee Center, with a traveling Winners Exhibit June 2 to July 8 at the Irving Arts Center Focus Gallery. 26 artists and 59 pieces are included in the 2012 show.

Thanks to Exhibit Chair Beverly Fuqua for again doing a wonderful job! Awards were presented by IAA President Angie Vangalis and juror Dave Kramer. For complete information, see the 2012 IAA Members Juried Show Prospectus. For photos of the reception, see the IAA Photo Album on Photobucket. Look for the 2012 subalbum.

above: Best of Show “Innoncence” by Helen Bailey

Winners:

Best of Show/Jack Richeson – Helen Bailey – Innocence- Colored Pencil/Pastel

Presidents/Gamblin Award – Ernie Benton – Radiant Beauty- Acrylic

Canson Award – Jane Strong – Koi – W/C

Oil/Acrylic

1^st /Jack Richeson – Rosalinda Trevino Stone – Quercus Virginiana – Oil

2^nd /Asel Art Supply – Marie D Williams – Commander – Oil

3^rd  - Jackie Limberg – Bastyr Woods – Oil

H/M – Violas & Pansies – Nancy Becker Medina – Oil

Water Media

1^st   -Ron Stephens – Beale Street Blues Hall – W/C

2^nd   - Barbara Mason – Tribal Offerings – W/C

3^{rd  -}   Sandhya Manne – Blue Buddha – Water Media

H/M / Asel Art Award – Bess Salomon – Snow Creek – W/C

Drawing

1^st/Jack Richeson – Beverly Fuqua – In the Thicket of Things – Colored Pencil

2^nd   - Linda Ferguson – For Art’s Sake – Pastel

3^rd /Blick Art Award – Dot Blalock – Butterfly & Leaves – Scratchboard

H/M- Mary Ann Whittle – Me and My Dog – Pastel

Misc Media

1^st   - Jean Knauber – Seasons – Collage

2^{nd   -}  Mary Ann Vela – Tranquility – Photography

3^{rd  /} Asel Art Award – Jose Hernandez – Populance Transformation – Collage

H/M – Sue Banfield – Barbed Wire – Photography

Gallery of Winning Artwork:

For photos of the reception, see the IAA Photo Album on Photobucket. Look for the 2012 subalbum.

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