River Art

by Lawrence Knorr  River Art: Susquehanna International Fine Art Competition - 2010 Catalog of the 2010 Susquehanna International Fine Art Competition sponsored by West Shore Gallery and Sunbury Press. There were 438 entries from 171 artists in no less than 7 countries. The theme of this year's contest was “River Art”. All entries were to include a river, real or imagined, in their composition. While most utilized the theme literally, many used the theme metaphorically. Entries were divided into seven categories: Oil/Acrylic, Watercolor, Drawings/Sketches, Mixed Media/Collage, Photography, Digital and Other. Ten finalists were selected in each category, except for Oil/Acrylic, which had an overwhelming number of entries. Category winners were selected, along with an overall winner, whose work was determined to be most attractive for the book cover. Regarding the jurors, Monica Smith-Talbott and Erin Sparlor: Monica is a Professor of Art at Harrisburg Area Community College and Erin is a  Professor of Digital Arts at Central Penn College. Both hold Master of Fine Arts degrees. Erin judged the Photography and Digital categories. Monica judged all of the other categories. This catalog presents the work of the finalists who wished to be in the book. The work is arranged by category, in no particular order, except the lead image is the winning entry for the category (if the artist participated in the book). Unless otherwise noted, all of the work is for sale. Prices have not been included in the catalog, but can be found on the information card accompanying each piece in the exhibition.  At the time of publication, it was not yet determined which artists would be able to participate in the exhibition, though all finalists were invited. The following prizes were awarded: Grand Prize - The top entry of the competition received a $250 cash prize and was used as the cover image for this book. This year's winner: "The Lower Fork" (2009) by Ed Letven Category Winners - The top entry in each category won $50 and was featured as the lead image in each chapter of this book: Oil/Acrylic: "9510 River Memory" (2009) by Joel Le Bow Watercolor: "Desplaines River" (2001) by Alli Farkas Drawings/Sketches: "By the River" (2010) by Nancy Ness Mixed Media/Collage: "Fishing Village" (2008) by Jing Chung Traditional Photography: "Dawn Breaks" (2008) by Sudipto Das (not in book) Digital: "Red Rocks" (2010) by Mark DeMent Other: "Not a Care in the World" (2008) by Lilianne Milgrom Artists invited to the exhibition by the jury include: Digital: Barabara Richards Deborah Orloff Frances A. Miller Jing Zhou Kristine Campbell Mark DeMent Mark Kovalchuk Drawings/Sketches: Greg Johannesen Nancy Hess Patricia Wynne Rebecca Yates Shorb Shannon Chong Tatiana Myers Veronica Winters Whitney Knapp Mixed Media: Carly Swenson Harry Spitz Janice Schoultz Mudd Jing Chung John Lyon Paul Lian Zhen Rosalie Beck Other: Clemence Potier Hem Jyotika Joe Kluck Lilianne Milgrom Mary Mikel Stump Susan Alexander Photography: Ellin Pollachek Hugo Cruz Judith Nylen Kimberly Clark Kurt K Weiss Meryl Silver Sarah Dedoelder Sudipto Das Watercolor: Alli Farkas Greg Arens Lauren Mulhern Lian Zhen Michael Gillespie Sam Dixon Sharon Way-Howard Oil/Acrylic: Al Boze Alex Mandel Amihan Jumalon Arlene Meyer Barbara Fracchia Claire Beadon Carnell Connie Lane Deborah Dorsey Dena McMurdie Dennis Shattuck Don Michael, Jr. Ed Letven Eleni Sakellar Gregory W. Frux Heather Leigh Douglas Idell Weiss Ingrid Dohm Jack Siegel JoAnn Parsley Joel Le Bow John Hassler John High John Lloyd John Treanor Josephine Hodos Julie Riker Karen Silvestro Ken Huang Lian Zhen Lynn Patron Madeleine Avirov Mark Frossard Maya Gerr Michael Gillespie Padma Prasad Patricia Walach Keough Paul Hitchen Ralph J Ryan Randel Rogers Renee Fineberg Renee Leopardi Robert Sunderman Sam Dixon Shannon Richardson Suzan Brassard Veronica Winters Victoria Veedell Warren Godfrey William Marvin Page Count: 108 Trim Size: 8 x 10 Publish Date: October 12, 2010 Imprint: Sunbury Press Genre: Art