CAA announces winners of "An Artistic Discovery"

Press Release - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Contact:  Janet G. Erway

Cooperstown Art Association

22 Main Street

Cooperstown, N.Y.  13326

(607) 547-9777

 

March 21, 2013

 

 

CAA Announces Winners of “An Artistic Discovery”

 

 

Art is alive and well in Otsego County and even more so in our high schools!  “An Artistic Discovery”, the Congressional Art Show for Otsego County High School students on display at the Cooperstown Art Association galleries is chock full of talent featuring over 100 works of art in all media and we are proud to announce the 6 Award Winners and 7 Juror Citations which were awarded on March 8^th and are still on display through March 29th in Gallery A.  This year’s jurors were Richard Duncan of Milford, Tracy Helgeson of Fly Creek and Susan Kenyon of Cooperstown.  All judging was done anonymously with no knowledge of the students’ name or school.  “An Artistic Discovery” is an annual Congressional art competition for high school students sponsored by Congressman Chris Gibson 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.

 

Digital images of the work by the six award winners will be submitted to Congressman Gibson’s office where it will then be considered along with entries from the other counties within the 19^th Congressional District which include Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster and parts of Broome, Dutchess, Montgomery and Rensselaer counties.  From there one student will go on to have their artwork displayed for a year in the corridor leading to the US Capitol along with 49 other high school artists’ work from across the country. 

 

The Otsego County winners are Claire Dohner of Cooperstown Central School for her “Untitled” pencil drawing, Lauren Loucks of Cherry Valley - Springfield School for her photograph titled “Hay Bales on the Hilltop”, Sophie Miller of Cooperstown Central School for her ballpoint pen drawing of “Edgar”, Kristina Paffenroth of ONC BOCES for her photograph titled “Forgotten”, Alexander Reyes of Worcester Central School for his abstract acrylic titled, “Nightmare” and Abby Wilcox of Cooperstown Central School for her oil painting of an “Octopus Cupcake”. 

 

Juror Citations went to Abby Wilcox of Cooperstown Central School for “Alien Cupcake” in oil, Anthony Hewitt of ONC BOCES for his acrylic, “Reverse Space”, Claire Dohner of Cooperstown Central School for her “Untitled” pen and ink, Bertha Miller of Schenevus Central School for her “Untitled” oil painting, Matt Frevele of Cooperstown Central School for his sculpture “Rat’s Ass” and Keira Higgins of Milford Central School for her pottery “Teapot” and “Blue Apple Birdfeeder”.

 

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 Building on the corner of Main and Fair Streets 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.

 

 

“Octopus Cupcake” by Abby Wilcox is an award winner in “An Artistic Discovery” 2013 at the Cooperstown Art Association galleries.