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2008, April
Cheshire Art League - 'Annual Visual Arts Exhibit'


EXHIBITION INFORMATION

Event: 2008 Annual Visual Arts Exhibit
Sponsor: Cheshire Art League
Location: Cheshire Public Library
Date(s): April 2nd through April 30th, 2008


Cheshire Public Library
Cheshire Public Library
Cheshire, Connecticut



Cheshire Art League Event Brochure
Event Brochure



RECEIVING AND HANGING

4-2-2008


Member artists hanging artwork for exhibit
Hanging



Member artists hanging artwork for exhibit - group pose
Hanging Team
(from left to right)
Paul Miller, John MacKay, Jennifer O'Keefe,
John O'Keefe, Dale Spaner, Danielle O'Keefe,
Angela Orsene, Joan Shackford,
and Joshua O'Keefe (taking picture)



AWARD CEREMONY AND RECEPTION

4-9-2008


This was my first art show. There were about 40 people at the opening reception where refreshments were served. This gave me an opportunity to meet and talk with several artists. During the evening I was awarded a cash prize for my painting, 'River Through the Adirondack's'. My family and I had a good time.


John posing with award next to wining painting
John O'Keefe (holding his award) and
wining painting, "River Through the Adirondack's"



CRITIQUE AND MEET THE JUDGE

4-30-2008

John O'Keefe and Dianne Gorrick
John O'Keefe and Dianne Gorrick
in front of award winning painting,
"River Through the Adirondack's"



"Technique and brush work with attention to detail outstanding. Use of the difficult color green well executed. Distance - good 3D effect. Hudson River School quality."
- Dianne Gorrick -



ABOUT THE JUDGE

[ ] = Footnotes


Professional artist Dianne Gorrick Dianne Gorrick [1]

"Artist Dianne Gorrick's formal education in the visual arts includes a Bachelor Degree from Purdue University and a Master's Degree from Wesleyan University.

She is the recipient of two National Endowment Fellowships; a research grant concerning the Hudson River School of Painters and a fellowship to attend Dartmouth College, where she studied the art and culture of New England.

A painter and teacher with over thirty years experience in the visual arts, Ms. Gorrick is represented in many private and public collections, including a prestigious sculpture installation for the Russell Library in Middletown, Ct. A lengthy exhibition history includes the Wadsworth Athenaeum, the New Britain Museum, the Slater Museum, and the Ward-Nasse Gallery, SoHo, N.Y.C.

Ms. Gorrick is an elected artist at the Mystic Art Center and the Essex Art Association. She is a member of the Ct. Plein Air Painters Society and the Lyme Art Association. Working in oils and watercolors, landscapes are the artist's favorite subject matter." [2]


Footnotes:
[1] Image of Dianne Gorrick by John O'Keefe ...taken during event.
[2] Bio information for Dianne Gorrick from her website.


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