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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
25th-annual Juried Art Exhibition winners named
Edina, Minn., Oct. 7, 2009 – Winners of the 25th-annual Members’ Juried Art Exhibition at the
Edina Art Center were announced at the event’s opening reception Oct. 1.
Richard Valentine’s oil painting, The Cook Joins In received the highest honor of the evening, the Pat
Greer Best in Show Award. The Best in Show Award is a $400 prize created in memory of Pat
Greer, co-founder of the Edina Art Center.
Thrilled to win, Valentine says he tries to participate in the show on an annual basis because he grew
up in Edina, but is especially honored to win this year because of the talent in the anniversary
exhibit.
A photo titled By the Road by Robi Chakraborty earned the Peggy & Mike Kelly Award of Excellence.
The jurors commented on the piece by stating, “Sitting on the edge between dark and light, these
two boys hauntingly draw us into their world.”
Other winners were Untitled, a photo by Tim Rummelhoff, who was awarded the Ron & Sandy Clark
Award of Excellence; Long Prairie Saturday Night, a watercolor by Gwen Ruff, Award of Merit;
Gramma, an oil by Kathy Jorgenson, Award of Merit; Swallow Tea Bowl, porcelain by Susan Sheets,
Award of Merit; and Medallion Sugar & Cream Set, porcelain by Julie Timm, Betsy Bryant Pottery
Award.
The Marion Ward Peer Award winner will be announced during the week of Oct. 15.
This year’s jurors were Hend Al-Mansour, an artist whose work is often portraiture of Muslim
women created on silk screened, dyed or hennad fabrics, and Mary Roettger, an artist who creates
sculptural designs of diverging patterns, alternating S-curves, spirals and radiating rings.
The 25th-annual Members’ Juried Exhibition continues through Oct. 28.
The Edina Art Center, 4701 W. 64th St., provides the community with a place to enjoy art and a
chance to learn how to create it. The Art Center is open 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through
Thursday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. For more information, call the
Edina Art Center at 952-903-5780 or visit www.EdinaArtCenter.com.
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