WINNERS
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2008 Art in the Round Contest jury process!
All votes are tallied and we can now announce State Finalists and 1st Place winners in each media category.
Each 1st Place winner receives a $500 cash award and qualifies for the final leg of the competition, Best of Show, which will be awarded November 30, 2008.
Click here to login and vote for Best of Show!
1st Place Winners:

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Basketry
JoAnn Kelly Catsos
black/white potbelly basket of natural and stained black ash splint, maple rims; 7"h x 7"w x 7" l: Teal |

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Ceramics
Natalie Blake
"Purple Urchin". Hand-thrown, carved, porcelain vessel with hand-thrown/built, porcelain lid. 15" H x 13" W |

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Glass
Rick Strini
glass, rondells, 12-16" diameter and lit from behind. Glass Ceiling |

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Gourds
Jennifer Avery
"The Hunt" Gourd bowl with pyrography, carving and turquoise inlay. Measures 5" tall by 10" diameter. |

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Metal
Melissa Manley
"Caught in the Current" bowl.
Copper glass enamel.
Approximately 8"x 9" |

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Mixed/Other Media
Lawrence Favorite
Wooden bowl sculpted by hand (not turned). 11" x 10 " x 9". Desert ironwood with turquoise inlay in a trailing vine motif. |

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Turned Wood
Keith Burns
This lidded hollowform is turned from a piece of Macassar Ebony from Indonesia. It measures 5-1/2" dia. x 6-5/8" tall with the walls at 3/16". No finish applied, just waxed and buffed. |
State Finalists:
AK - Jill Choate
AL - Mary Segreto
AR - Mark Cothren
AZ - Bernard Nicholas
CA - Julie Zarrow Erickson
CT - Karin Noyes
FL - Bernard Montoya
GA - Christie Moody
IA - Ernest Koch
IL - Peter Patterson
KY - Dennis Shaffner
LA - Andi Moran
MA - Lois Russel
MD - Charlene Randolph
ME - Sarah Shepley
MI - Judy Geerts | MN - Val Bolen
MS - Gabriella Delawey
MT - Dave Kirk
NC - Mike Lalone
NJ - Lauren Bellero
NY - Lynn Goodman
OH - Laura Donnelly
OK - Toby McGee
OR - Shannon Weber
SC - Amy Goldstein-Rice
TN - Louis Colombarini
TX - Teri Carson
UT - Curtis Fuller
VT - Sandra Lance
WA - Dorothy McGuinness |
We have a couple of additional winners to announce:
Autumn Jones of Georgia - our youngest participant - will receive a total of $150 in gift certificates donated by Golden Artist Colors and Blick Art Materials.
Juror Cheryl Stoyle is the winner of a handcrafted artisan bowl from BeautifulBowls.com, host of the 2008 Art in the Round Contest.
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