Shu Chang wins Best in Show

      

At the Opening Reception of the Mississippi artists' exhibition Saturday, October 28, juror Pat Brown (left) announces that Best in Show was won by Shu Chang's (right) photo entitled Disconnected.

Complete Award list:

Best in Show: PM 06 Disconnected - Shu Chang

Watercolor
First WC 04 Corn - Geneva Rainey
Second WC 16 Leafing It - Wanda Hurt Warren
Third WC 06 Middle Earth - Patty Hughes
Honorable WC 18 Cove on Superior - Jeanne Evans

Photo - Color
First PC 02 Looking Down & Back - Shirley Tracy
Second PC 03 Cooper River Cables - David Clement

Photo - Mono
First PM 04 Cry for Me (French Quarter 2006) - Max Ford
Second PM 08 Poor Monkey's Lounge II - Max Ford
Third PM 01 In Retrospect - Mary Quin

Three Dimensional
First 3D 14 Head Study - James Smithhart
Second 3D 09 Glass in Motion - Linda Jackson
Third 3D 04 First Step is the Hardest - Lesley Silver
Honorable 3D 13 Zephyr (Mild Breeze) - Hobbs Freeman

Drawing
First DR 02 Sunday Morning -Patsy Kirkwood
Second DR 10 Drawing a Bead: The Marksman's Art - Shirley Tracy
Third DR 04 Spot of Sunshine - Evelyne Breland
Honorable DR 01 Pop - Joseph Johnson

Print
First PR 04 Not Today - Lane Berg
Second PR 03 Things Aren't the Same in Rodney, Ms - Veronica Coffing
Third PR 05 Wishing And Hoping - Wanda Hurt Warren

Mixed Media
First MM 17 - End of the Day - James Smithhart
Second MM 23 Dream Sequence - Mary Qasim
Third MM 24 Blue Clock - Ronj Alexander
Honorable MM 09 Brennan's Courtyard - Donna Parris
Honorable MM 02 Third Eye - Lesley Silver
Honorable MM 03 Florence Side Street - Nancy Mitchell

Acrylic
First AC 24 Flight Fragments - Jean Blue
Second AC 20 Church Social - Martha Y. Andre
'Third AC 03 Broken Promises - Ruth Reese

Oil
First OI 14 The Grass is Always Greener - Lesley Silver
Second OI 03 Country Boy - Gwin Robertson
Third OI 10 Fish Camp - Geneva Rainey
Honorable OI 11 Reach Out - The World Awaits - Amber Carraway
Honorable OI 09 My Patio -Joyce Grey

    

    

Art with the Family at the Firehouse

      

The November meeting of the Vicksburg Art Association is scheduled for

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006, at 7:30 pm

in the historic Old Constitution Firehouse on the corner of Main and Openwood in Downtown Vicksburg.

The Vicksburg Art Association will feature a unique program, Art with the Family on November 14th. Hands-on art projects that all members of a family, from grandparents to small children, can participate in and enjoy, will be presented. Local art teachers from the Vicksburg Warren school district, Nancy Mitchell (Warren Central High School), Joyce Brown (Vicksburg High School), Kathy Gibson (Vicksburg High School) and Lisa Grant (Vicksburg Intermediate School) will explore the use of different mediums and dimensions to involve each age group. As recent studies have shown, families, children especially, must pull away from television, computer and video games to remain physically healthy and mentally challenged. Through art and group projects, the family can find a vehicle for fostering creativity, expression, thought, communication, laughter, and bonds.

There is no charge and the public is encouraged to attend. For additional information, call or e-mail Kilby Whitney (kilbyw@bellsouth.net or 601-218-2030).

    

    

The Art of Quiltmaking comes to the Firehouse...

      

The October meeting of the Vicksburg Art Association is scheduled for Tuesday, October 10th, 2006, at 7:30 PM in the historic Old Constitution Firehouse on the corner of Main and Openwood in Downtown Vicksburg.

The second meeting of the 2006-07 membership year features The Art of Quiltmaking. This program will focus on the history of quiltmaking and the significance of the art as a social venue in small towns across the nation, most of all Mississippi. An art where individuals create their own vision, join together to develop a group vision and provide a close-knit forum for exchanging ideas and feelings, quiltmaking has been integral to rural life throughout generations.

The program will consist of award winning artists from Vicksburg and Port Gibson who will exhibit their art and share their experiences.

Patricia Crosby and Geraldine Page who created Mississippi Multicultural Crossroads, an organization dedicated to encouraging and preserving the arts and culture of Claiborne County, will present a sample of their quilts and strips and describe the role quilting plays in their lives. Both artists have won awards for their quilts across the state and region and have presented at the American Folklife Festival at the Smithsonian.

They will be joined by Barbara Cashman and Martha Skelton from Vicksburg Quilters who will provide the Vicksburg perspective. Cashman has taught quilting for over seven years for the Mississippi Quilters Association. Skelton, a mentor for Cashman, has also taught quilting and has her works displayed in several permanent collections and books on quilting.

There is no charge and the public is encouraged to attend. For additional information, call or e-mail Kilby Whitney (kilbyw@bellsouth.net or601-218-2030).