First Annual Juried Exhibition
October 1 to 26 2012
As part of our 5th Anniversary Celebration we held our First Annual Juried Exhibition which was a very exciting event for our Members. The Juried Exhibition Committee consisted of Uta Strelive, Mary Helm,
Carolyn Keating, Melanie Morel, Denis Hopkins, Dawn Cottrill and Beryl Dawson.
Jurors were Paul Morin, Wesley Bates and Carolyn Riddell who acted on behalf of Joanne Poluch who was side-lined because of a car accident.
There were two categories: The first was Fine Art which included all painting and Original Print Making
The second was Mixed Media..which included glass, carving, ceramic/pottery, jewelry, textile/fibre, photography, sculpture etc. We were delighted to have 149 entries. From those the Jurors chose 66 pieces. The show was most professionally hung by Members Jacqueline Tate, Andrea Rhodes-Cass, and Lynn Coutts.
There were three prizes for each category plus a People's Choice Award.
Sponsors of Prizes were : Butcher Fine Furniture, Hillsburgh; Elora Arts Council; Joanne Poluch of Remarque Art Consulting, Guelph; Knapp's Country Market, Guelph; Meridian Credit Union, Guelph and Fergus. The People's Choice Award was a Membership in Wellington Artists' Gallery and Art Centre and a display space for a month as Guest Artist.
Winners were:
Fine Art Category:
1st Prize - $200 - Don Kilby - Acrylic - 'Working the Back Field'
| 2nd Prize - $150 - Peter Marshall - Acrylic - 'Guardians on Station Street'
| 3rd Prize - $100 - Heather Wadsworth - oil - 'Kate'
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Mixed Media Category:
| 1st Prize - $200 - Roxann Blazetich - Ozols - Jewelry - 'Art Nouveau Peacock' | 2nd Prize - $150 - David Bishop - Photography - 'Thedford House' | 3rd Prize - $100 - Rosalinde Baumgartner - Sculpture - 'Iron Woman' |
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People's Choice Award - Membership in Wellington Artists' Gallery and Art Centre and a display space fora month as Guest Artist - Uta Strelive - 'Spring Again - Blackburian Warbler'
Third Prize - Mixed Media
Sculpture - Iron Woman|
Rosalinde Baumgartner
People's Choice Award
Carving - Blackurian Warbler
Uta Strelive
List of Successful Entrants
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| Name of Artist | Name of Piece | Awards |
| Alan Norsworthy | Sunlight Through the Pines | |
| Alan Norsworthy | Twisted | |
| Antonina Gladkova | Summer Meadow | |
| Bob Northway | View from the Mill | |
| Carol Hughes | Begonia By The window | |
| Cindy Dochstader | Brothers | |
| Constance Noyle | Grey Owl | |
| Cynnocence Kaufman | Fun House | |
| David Bishop | Thedford House | Winner - 2nd Prize - Mixed Media |
| David Bishop | Movement in the Grasses | |
| Debbie Kent | February | |
| Denice Oliver | Grazing Grey | |
| Denis Hopkins | Pears, Apple and Cherries | |
| Denis Hopkins | River Landscape | |
| Don Kilby | Working the Back Field | Winner- 1st Prize - Fine Art |
| Doris Billing | From a Distance | |
| Elle How | Mystic Earth | |
| Hannah Wallace Lund | Sam Goes to Mars | |
| Heather Wadsworth | Kate | Winner - 3rd Prize - Fine Art |
| Jacqueline Veltri | Spirit Softly Soaring | |
| Jacqueline Veltri | A Moment in Time | |
| Jacqueline Tate | Bole | |
| Jacqueline Tate | Tulip Bowl | |
| Jan Zimmerman | A Fine Summer Day | |
| Janet Simmons Sweet | Into the Abyss | |
| Joan Hug-Valeriote | Underground Railroad | |
| Joan Hug-Valeriote | Lily Pads | |
| Joseph Lam | Log Cabin | |
| Judy French | Reflections near Skerryvore | |
| Kim Johnston | Fairyland Lighthouse | |
| Larry Lawrence | Billy & Benny | |
| Larry Lawrence | D'artagnan | |
| Laurie Stevenson Bullock | Ruby Princess (set) | |
| Laurie Stevenson Bullock | Clematis | |
| Manuela Marshall | Sea Fans | |
| Marg Peter | Lucie the Rooster | |
| Marlene Jofriet | Night Reflections | |
| Mary Ann Helmond | Queen of Sheba | |
| Mary Ann Helmond | Jackson Pollock | |
| Mary Kroetsch | Little Girl Blue | |
| Mary Kroetsch | Face #1 | |
| Melanie Morel | Golden Hearts | |
| Monica Burnside | Journey Through Elora Gorge | |
| Nola McConnan | Windy Day | |
| Norma J Lee | Winter Walk | |
| Pat Armstrong | Water Lily | |
| Pat Armstrong | Blanket Flower | |
| Peter Marshall | Guardians on Station Street | Winner - 2nd Prize - Fine Art |
| Robin Hamel | Sunny with a Chance of Showers | |
| Rosalinde Baumgartner | Iron Woman | Winner - 3rd Prize - Mixed Media |
| Roxann Blazetich-Ozols | Albino 2 Necklace | |
| Roxann Blazetich-Ozols | Art Nouveau Peacock | Winner - 1st Prize- Mixed Media |
| Shelley Newman | Sunset 407 | |
| Sheryl L Teasell | Heritage Hollyhocks | |
| Stephen Ferris | At the Market | |
| Sylvia Galbraith | Mirage | |
| Sylvia Galbraith | Sea Glass | |
| Thea Jansen | Lean On Me | |
| Thea Jansen | Machu Picchu | |
| Thiffany B Wilmouth | orange red and yellow | |
| Uta Strelive | Spring Again' Blackburian Warbler | Winner - People's Choice Award |
| Valerie Becking | The Shield of Protection | |
| Wendy Gottmers | Hollyhocks | |
| Wendy Gottmers | Rooster | |
| William Band | Still Working | |
| William Band | Eileen Donan Castle | |
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