2017 Student Works Exhibition opens, awards presented

KASHRUTH WAYNE » The Wayne Art Center’s 2017 Student Works Exhibition opened with public reception July 20. This annual exhibition of impressive and diverse works is featured by adult students who have been enrolled in classes at the Wayne Art Center during the 2016-2017 school year. 2017 Student Works Exhibition will run through Aug. 18, 2017.

This year’s exhibition features 236 works by 137 students that include drawings, paintings, collage, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, stained glass, works on paper, photography and mixed media. Over 200 works are featured by Wayne Art Center adult artists. Claudia Rilling who is a faculty member of Wayne Art Center, presented the awards at the opening reception. Originally from Bucks County, Claudia Rilling taught and exhibited in the San Francisco Bay area for many years. She earned her BFA from Boston University in 2002 (Cum Laude, Dean’s List) and her MFA from the Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California, in 2010. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. During the summertime, Wayne Art Center is closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

2017 Student Show Award Winners are:

Best in Show — Barbara Berry, In the Nest; oil

Student Award — Terry Boyle, Bridge at the Willows, oil; Louise Dusinberre, Fritz Lumber Closes, pastel; George Elser, Promethean, collage; John Helgenberg, Now Playing, stained glass; Heidi Hendrickson, On the Lake, oil; Amy Kavash, Queen Bee in the Honeycomb, silver/gold metals; Joanne McLean, Deux Poivres et Un Pot, oil; Jonathan Moll, White Knight, oil; Doris Peltzman, Parisan Bouquet, oil; Maxine Rosen, The Garden Party (for the birds), oil;

Honorable Mention — Janice Balson, Georgetown Art District, oil; Elizabeth M. Doherty, transposed, limestone; Susan P. Hampel, Red #1, watercolor; Michael Iacobucci, Blue Sky, oil; Diane Lavelle, Getting Ready, oil; Paula Sargent Mintzer, Love Is All You Need, acrylic; David Rozek, The Node, ceramic; Gerri Trethewey, The Vineyard, watercolor.

Upcoming fall exhibitions include 2017 Annual Wayne Art Center Faculty Exhibition and ARTsisters Exhibition on display from Sept. 10 through Oct. 7. Followed by the annual Wayne Art Center Fall Members which is juried by Scott Noel in the Davenport Gallery and Imprint & Mark: The Language of Perception featuring artists Roger Chavez, Mashiul Chowdhury and Georganna Lenssen from Oct. 15 to Nov. 18, in the Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Gallery.

To learn more about classes, workshops, exhibitions and upcoming events, please call the Wayne Art Center at (610) 688-3553 or visit our website at www. wayneart.org. The Wayne Art Center is located at 413 Maplewood Avenue in

Michael Iacobucci, Blue Sky, Oil, Honorable Mention

Barbara Berry, In the Nest, Pastel, Best in Show

David Rozek, The Node, Ceramic, Honorable Mention