CAA Announces Quilt Show & Artistic Discovery Winners!

Press Release - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Contact:  Janet G. Erway

Cooperstown Art Association

22 Main Street

Cooperstown, N.Y.  13326

(607) 547-9777

 

March 15, 2012

 

 

CAA Announces Quilt Show & “An Artistic Discovery” Winners

 

 

The Fenimore Quilt Club and the Cooperstown Art Association proudly present the Cooperstown Quilt Show Viewer's Choice.  The CAA estimates that well over 2,000 quilt lovers attended this year’s show and each person was asked to vote for their favorite.   The 21st Annual Quilt Show was a truly regional exhibit and included participants from far and wide.  Out of 117 quilted pieces in the show, which included full size quilts, wall hangings, baby quilts and pillows, the Viewer’s Choice was a tie between #144 “Rabbit in My Garden” by Wanda Thompson of Bainbridge, NY and #150 “Album of Memories” by Sheila Francesconi of Otego, NY.  Congratulations to you both!  Last but not least, Sandy Jones of Clifton Park and daughter to Fenimore Quilt Club member, Joyce Jones, was lucky enough to have her name drawn at the end of the show as the winner of the 2012 Raffle Quilt made by members of the Fenimore Quilt Club.  The Fenimore Quilt Club and the Cooperstown Art Association would like to thank all the participants for making this year’s exhibit so successful.  For questions, or more information, please call (607) 547-9777.

 

 

“Album of Memories” by Sheila Francesconi of Otego is one of two Viewer’s Choice Winners for the 2012 Fenimore Quilt Club Quilt Show.

 

 

 

“Rabbit in My Garden” by Wanda Thompson of Bainbridge, NY is one of two Viewer’s Choice Winners for the 2012 Fenimore Quilt Club Quilt Show.

 

 

 

The Cooperstown Art Association is proud to announce the 6 Award Winners and 8 Juror Citations from “An Artistic Discovery 2012” which is was on display through March 23^th in Gallery A.  This year’s jurors were Fred Blatt of Fly Creek, Kathy Minnig of Cherry Valley and Jean Lyon of Cooperstown.  “An Artistic Discovery” is an annual Congressional art competition for high school students sponsored by Congressman Richard Hanna and administered locally for Otsego County High School students by the Cooperstown Art Association.  The main objective of the competition is the encouragement of ongoing creativity in young artists, especially during the times when budget constraints may interfere with the availability of local arts-in-education programming.

 

The six students chosen will display their work in the Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute, School of Art Gallery located at 1200 State Street, Utica NY.  They will be exhibited alongside the winners from the other counties within the 24^th Congressional District which include all or part of Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Oneida, Ontario, Seneca, Tompkins and Tioga counties.   The awards ceremony will be held Saturday, May 12 from 11am – 1pm.  The Otsego County winners are Kira Bryant of Cooperstown Central School for her oil on board, “Shades”, Julien Miller of Cooperstown Central School for his “20 Faces” in scratchboard, Ryann Straley of Edmeston Central School for a chalk pastel titled “Pink Eye”, Hannah Sell of Hartwick for her photograph “A Walk by the Sea”, Emily Flynn of ONC Boces and and Oneonta High School for her Indesign piece “Elegance” and Kim Scofield of ONC Boces and Oneonta High School for the “ABC’s of Fashion” designed in Illustrator and Indesign.

 

Juror Citations went to Meghan Stoner of ONC Boces for her photograph “Empty”, Emily Bancroft of Edmeston Central School for “Variety” done in marker, Avalon Ward of Milford Central School for her “Untitled” acrylic, Marlise Schneider of Cherry Valley-Springfield for her photograph “In My Eyes”, Robert Iverson of Cooperstown Central School for his “Untitled” oil on board, Melissa Edwards of Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School for “Green House” an oil painting, Alex Johnson of Cooperstown Central School for his “Untitled” low-fire ceramic sculpture and Ethan Jones of Worcester Central School for his “Block World” sculpture.

 

The Cooperstown Art Association is happy to have hosted another outstanding exhibit full of flourishing talent and would like to thank all the schools and students who participated!  The Cooperstown Art Association is located at 22 Main Street in the Village Library Building and is open Daily 11-4; Sunday 1-4.  Closed Tuesdays.  For more information call 607-547-9777 or go to our website at www.cooperstownart.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kira Bryant of Cooperstown Central School is one of 6 award winners in “An Artistic Discovery”, the art show for Otsego County high school students on display at the Cooperstown Art Association through March 23^rd.  Her artwork, “Shades” is going on to exhibit at Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute in Utica, NY alongside the winners from the other counties within the 24^th Congressional district. 

--  Janet G. Erway, Director Cory Anne Sharer, Assistant Director Cooperstown Art Association 22 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 (607) 547-9777 (607)547-1187 fax gallery@cooperstownart.com www.cooperstownart.com