PHILADELPHIA WATER COLOR SOCIETY
PWCS 2017 Awards Winners
Award Name |
Amount |
Winner |
1. PWCS Award for Excellence in Works on Paper |
$1,500 |
Barbara Berry |
2. Elizabeth Shober Hooper Memorial Award for Excellence in Presentation and Tech. |
$1,000 |
Susan Weintraub |
3. PWCS Founders’ Award |
$500 |
Denise Athanas |
4. National Watercolor Society Award for Excellence in Watermedia |
$500 |
Cheryl Schlenker |
5. PWCS Board of Directors’ Award |
$400 |
Joanna Barnum |
6. PWCS Members’ Award |
$400 |
Denny Bond |
7. PWCS 117th Exhibition Award |
$300 |
George Politis |
8. PWCS Award for Use of Color |
$200 |
Elizabeth Oberman |
9. Vincent Award |
$200 |
Carol Kardon |
10. Frank Nofer Memorial Award for Transparent Watercolor |
$275 |
Tan Suzchiang |
11. Chandler Bellows Memorial Award |
$250 |
Deborah Maklowski |
12. Marie L. Hollenbeck Award for Excellence |
$250 |
Teresa DeSeve |
13. Pennsylvania Watercolor Society Award for Excellence |
$250 |
Mick McAndrews |
14. Baltimore Watercolor Society Award for Excellence |
$250 |
Janet Milnazik |
15. Mel Fetterolf Award |
$225 |
Catherine Peluso |
16. W. Emerton Heitland Memorial Award |
$200 |
Alexis Lavine |
17. Mary K. McGee Memorial Award for Excellence in Pastel |
$200 |
Mary Rinderle Smith |
18. Mildred Sands Kratz Award for Traditional Watercolor |
$150 |
Kathleen durdin |
19. Newman & Saunders Gallery Award |
$150 |
Steve Cole |
20. Sandra Sawin Memorial Award for Representational Landscape in Watercolor |
$150 |
Ken Karlic |
21. PWCS Award for Composition |
$100 |
Mark Kaufman |
22. American Picture Framing Award |
$100 |
Judith Hummer |
23. Ginny Coombs Award for Excellence |
$100 |
Jane James |
24. Thornton Oakley Memorial Award |
$100 |
Charlotte Mehosky |
25. Frederic W. Schmid Memorial Award |
$100 |
Debra Smith |
26. Helen Farr Sloan Award given by the Studio Group at Howard Pyle Studio |
$100 |
Thomas Rutledge |
27. Bonnie and Harrison vonDuyke Award for Transparent Watercolor |
$100 |
Thomas Bucci |
Total |
$8,100 |
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Bold print signifies endowed awards
Ross
Lance Mitchell is the former Director of Barnes-de Mazia Education and
Outreach Programs for the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. This was
his second term of employment with the Barnes Foundation where he
previously served as the Gallery Director. For eight years he was the
Executive Director of the Violette de Mazia Foundation whose mission was
to teach aesthetics and art appreciation. Mr. Mitchell started his
career as a painter and studied at the Barnes Foundation in Merion, PA
with Violette de Mazia. He has also worked as Executive Director of
Historic Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia where he repositioned the
cemetery as a heritage tourism destination and Senior Associate for
VIART Corporation, a Manhattan based art-consulting firm. His past
volunteer service includes serving as President of the Philadelphia
Sketch Club, Commissioner on the Lower Merion (PA) Historical
Commission, as well as Vice President of the Lower Merion (PA)
Historical Society
Office and Gallery Hours
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Judith AntonelliAWARDS
$1,000 PWCS Award of Excellence
Total Cash Awards in Excess of $8,500
Juror of Selection - Robert Burridge
Robert Burridge, a noted award-winning Industrial Designer who, after twenty-five years in the corporate world, focused his life to painting everyday. Burridge attributes his success to his education from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, his stint as an adjunct professor at Cooper Union in New York City, and in 1966, his Fluxus art performances with Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Jim McWilliams and Charlotte Moorman. His work hangs in permanent collections of international embassies, corporate galleries and art colleges. His solo museum exhibitions received positive attention, so he was invited to exhibit his paintings at the Smithsonian Folklife Circus Arts Festival in Washington, DC. http://www.robertburridge.com
Judge of Awards - Andy Evansen
Andy Evansen began painting watercolors as a change from the detailed digital images he creates as a medical illustrator. His work gained recognition after winning an international watercolor competition through American Artist magazine, appearing on their cover in 2005. His paintings have won numerous awards, including the Bronze Medal of Honor at the 2012 American Watercolor Society Exhibition, the Painters Award in Northwest Watercolor Society’s 2012 Waterworks Exhibition, and in 2015 he received the High Winds Medal and his signature status from the American Watercolor Society.
Andy was a featured presenter at the 2014 and 2016 Plein Air Convention and Expo, and in 2015 he was invited to Nanning, China to participate in a watercolor exhibition and plein air event alongside other world renowned watercolor painters. Andy recently opened his own studio gallery, Evansen Art Studio, in Hastings, MN, and he serves as the President for the prestigious Plein Air Painters of America (PAPA). To learn more about Andy and his work please visit his website: www.EvansenArtStudio.com.