Date: March 14, 2018
From: Dunedin Fine Art Center
Contact: Ken Hannon @ 727.298.DFAC, x230

DFAC Prepares for BIGGEST Show of the Year

With over 250 works representing over 250 artists, #SMF, DFAC Student / Member and Faculty Exhibitions represent the entire spectrum of creative experience offered at the Dunedin Fine Art Center. Works in painting, jewelry making, pastel, colored pencil, watermedia, photography, clay, printmaking, mixed media, stone carving, and more are featured.

“This is always such a tremendous exhibit,” says Catherine Bergmann who as Curator at DFAC has a deep involvement with the show. “Square footage wise this is certainly the biggest show we have! To see the breadth of talent represented in this exhibition is truly inspiring,” she concludes.

That breadth of talent challenged this year’s judge, John Seals, who was charged with choosing the most exceptional work from both the Student and Member exhibits. Mr. Seals choices, which were awarded at the opening reception on Friday, March 9, 2018 were:

#SMF | DFAC Members Exhibition

Best of Show
Jan Richardson
Ancient Vessel II
soda-fired stoneware

First Place
Christina Bertos
Love
carved alabaster

Second Place
Nathan Beard
Exit Music #58
acrylic on panel

Third Place
Anne Emslie
Hanging Out on the Serengeti
wall quilt

Member Merit Awards
Kristen Santucci, Sheree, oil
Donna Linder, Lygia, watercolor
Barbara Rivolta, Raku Pouring Vessel, clay / fine silver / enamel
Joan Walker, The Budding of a Life in the Skies, pastel
Cathy Morgan, Emerald Leaves, pastel
Owen McDowell, The Last Sucker, etching
Salvatore James, Life After 33, mixed media
Cathy Simms, Woman Bejeweled, mixed media

#SMF | DFAC Students Exhibition

Best in Show
Marty Ferguson
Cory’s Circus
clay
Instructor: McCrory / McDonough

First Place
Jane Walker
Ebony and Ivory
watercolor
Instructor: Anita Wood

Second Place
Gail Gamble
In the Gallery
etching / block printing
Instructor: Holly Bird

Third Place
Cathleen Martinetto
The Patriot
oil on ivorine
Instructor: Markissia Touliatos

Student Merit Awards
Cornelia Crane, Early Spring, watercolor on terraskin, Instructor: Taylor Ikin
Rocio Hanson, Delicioso, oil, Instructor: Markissia Touliatos
Carol Holley, The Big Stretch, pastel, Instructor: Lorraine Potocki
Miriam Gusdal, Lady with Shoes, acrylic, Instructor: Melissa Miller Nece
Ruth K. Smith, Dockmaster, watercolor, Instructor: Anita Wood
Vana Meyers, Portrait of Marielle, oil, Instructor: Markissia Touliatos
William Coleman, Graceful Ruffles, watercolor, Instructor: Anita Wood
Polly Woodard, If I can, You Toucan, watercolor, Instructor: Anita Wood

Jon Seals is an artist, teacher, and curator, based in Florida. He holds a M.A.R. from Yale Divinity School and Yale Institute of Sacred Music and a M.F.A. in Painting from Savannah College of Art and Design. His essays, reviews, and works of art have been published in ArtPulse Magazine, Letters Literary Art Journal, Palimpsest Magazine, and Reflections Magazine. Jon has exhibited his artwork in solo and group art exhibitions in galleries and at colleges throughout the United States and curates an annual art exhibition at Yale’s Institute of Sacred Music. His artistic practice is organized around exploring the ways in which identity relates to memory, loss, and redemption in visual culture.

Exhibitions run March 9 through May 6, 2018. Admission is FREE

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