The Juror for this Exhibit is Mary Harding, Curator of The George Marshall Store Gallery.  Ms. Harding is a 1975 graduate of Brown University.  She has experience as an exhibit designer for Strawberry Banke Museum in Portsmouth, NH,  the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum in Rochester, NY, and as director of the Barn Gallery of Ogunquit, Me.  She has also worked as an independent art consultant specializing in regional contemporary art, and curated exhibits for the George Marshall Store Gallery, a property and project of the Old York Historical Society.

Juror’s Overall Comments
 
“I enjoyed the wide variety of work submitted which I think is reflected in my choices for awards and honorable mentions. A note for those interpreting the Newburyport landscape- consider alternative vantage points.”

Mary Harding, Curator
George Marshall Store Gallery

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Mary Alice Arakelian Memorial Award for Best of Show
M.P. Hopkins
“A Long Winter”
Oil
“Strong compostition and restraint of color which captures the temperature of the scene. Works great at a distance.”



Institution for Savings Charitable Foundation Award for Oil/Acrylic
Nella Lush
“Out of Stone”
Oil
“The energy of applying/scraping and drawing make this a very painting. It can be appreciated as image or texture of the surface and color.”











Newburyport Five Cent Savings Bank Award for Watercolor
Beverly Mitchell
“Zinnias”
Watercolor
“A patchwork quilt of color and technique make this an energetic and pleasing painting”

Newburyport Area Industrial Development Foundation Award for Photography
Paul Osborne
“Cactus Cascade”
Photography
“The cactus and rocks are sculpture and the twigs are line – The complementary red and green are very appealing. Sharp and Bright-“




Sam Sargent Award for Excellence in Sculpture/Fine Craft
Douglas W. Johnson
“Color Chaos”
Seed Bead Weaving
“Incredible patience and use of color”


Laura Coombs Hills Award for Excellence in Mixed Media/Printmaking
Barbara Nachmias-Kedesdy
“Red Cyclamen”
Monotype
“Sometimes “less is more” and it truly works in this case. The negative spaces complete the piece”



Mildred Hartson Award for Excellence in Pastel/Drawing
Skip Motes
“Orange Marsh Plum Island”
Pastel
“A nice use of the medium – An abstract approach to a traditional scene.”



Honorable Mention
Name: Kiki Kinney
“Ride the Aladdin”
Photography



Honorable Mention
James Jackson
“Pines in the Marsh”
Oil




Honorable Mention
Susan Jaworski Stranc
“Marsh Cottages –Wells Maine”
Oil



Honorable Mention
Lisa Johnson
“Who – me?”
Oil







Honorable Mention
Susan Manning O’Briant
“Edge of Sunset Trail”
Oil




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