Studio B announces winners of 8th annual December Members and Friends Exhibit
Studio B awarded prizes and certificates during the opening of its eighth annual December Members’ and Friends’ exhibit entitled “Watch Us Sparkle” on Friday, Dec. 4. The show continues through January 9, 2016.
Amy Forsyth was awarded the Sparkle Award for Best In Show for “Better Times,” her fabric dyes on paper, framed in piano key found objects. Sharon Merkle took the Beam award for her photograph, “Plaza Trees”; the Brilliance award was given to Naomi Vogels for her charcoal drawing, “Sick Boy”; Angela Izzo’s acrylic “Standards of Beauty” took the Glow award and Suzanne Fellows’ mixed media print entitled “Blue Ginko” took the Effervescence award.
Honorable Mentions were awarded to the following artists: Joanne Legnini- Carothers: Etching, “Waiting for Spring”; Marianne Cerra: Acrylic, “Enchanted Forest”’ Patti Tinsman-Schaffer: Monoprint, “Exubérance”; Alice Gerhart: Acrylic, “Lunch Time”; Pirjo L’Esperance: Porcelain Teapot, “Enjoying Tea with Blue”; Kimberlee Dawn: Acrylic, “Oley Autumn Light”; Richard Sassman: Acrylic, “When the Saints”; Juan Carlos Ruis, Jr.: Pencil Drawing, “Bird”; Barrie Maguire: Oil, “Lough Swilly Abstract”; Steve Fabian: Oil, “Down Not Out.” Artist Nancy Sarangoulis served as juror for the show.
The gallery’s artist members and new friends were invited to feature their best work. Various media, from oil, pencil, and watercolor to clay, glass, and fiber, are represented. This annual exhibit showcases dozens of local artists and offers an array of styles.
“It is our mission at Studio B to promote the artists,” said Studio B director Susan Biebuyck. “This is another opportunity for the many talented people who have graced our walls to exhibit and for us to cel- ebrate their artistic accomplishments.”
“Even in tough economic times, art is an investment gift. It brings joy and hope to both the giver and the receiver,” Biebuyck noted. The gallery is located at 39 E. Philadelphia Ave. in Boyertown, PA. Please visit studiobbb.org for more information.
In addition to “Watch Us Sparkle,” seven emerging artists will be featured in the classroom gallery in an exhibit entitled “The Soul of Art,” coordinated by Maggie Bucci and Kate Wasson, who interned at Studio B as part of their field experiences as Kutztown University art majors.
Bucci offers the exhibit’s mission, saying, “The artists seek to capture the spirit and soul of art making while striving to give their artwork a life of its own. Their work is based on a deeply personal connection with art making as an expression of one’s inner self and the manner in which they interpret the world round them,” she continued. “This collection of works captures the ‘soul’ of art,” she concluded.
Participating in “The Soul of Art” are Elizabeth Gibson, Tyler Seisler, Jessica Caples, Melinda Ben- son, Emily Thayler, Kate Wasson, and Maggie Bucci. Various media including collage, drawing, painting, fiber art, metals, and ceramics will be presented. About Studio B Studio B, located in the
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heart of historic Boyertown, is the home of the Arts and Activities Alliance, a committee of Building a Better Boyertown, a nonprofit Main Street program dedicated to revitalizing small towns.