Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts™ State College, Pennsylvania July 9-12, 2009 ~ Children's Day is July 8, 2009 |
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43rd ANNUAL SIDEWALK SALE AND EXHIBITION -- 2008 Sidewalk Sale & Exhibition Winners 43rd Annual Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition Consistently ranked as one of the top outdoor fine art and fine craft shows in the nation, the Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition brings artists and craftspeople from across the nation to State College. More than three hundred exhibitors will offer a wide variety of objects for sale including baskets, ceramics, jewelry, fiber, painting, photography, and wearable art. There will be something to suit everyone’s taste and pocketbook. As part of the Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition’s jury process, almost 900 artists from the United States and several foreign countries submitted slides of their work to be juried. In February, a panel reviewed the slides and the artists receiving the highest scores were accepted into the Sidewalk Sale & Exhibition. To encourage and support the visual arts on a regional basis, the Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition sets aside booth spaces for artists whose primary residence is in the following Central Pennsylvania counties: Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon, Mifflin and Union. Though the Central Pennsylvania Division of the Sidewalk Sale, many artists have been introduced to exhibiting at juried outdoor shows. All exhibitors in the Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition are subject to the same rules, pay the same fees, and are eligible for the same awards. Our jurors visit each exhibitor during the Festival as part of the jury process and subsequently award over $17,000 in prize money. These award winners will be announced at the awards ceremony at the Allen Street Stage, 9:00 a.m. Saturday, July 11. This year’s jurors are:
Mark Bender’s meticulously crafted images have been featured in corporate annual reports, advertising campaigns, CD covers, children’s books, murals, and posters. Holding a graduate degree in illustration from Syracuse University, he is also a faculty member at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. Bender is a member of both the Pittsburgh and New York Society of Illustrators, and has been recognized by the society for professional excellence. Barbara Bradley completed her undergraduate education in plastic and graphic arts at the University of Illinois Chicago and has done graduate work at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Bank Street College of Education in New York. She Bradley has more than twenty-five years’ in arts publishing at the International Exhibitions Foundation (now Art Services International), the Smithsonian Institution’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Sandi Pierantozzi operates a functional pottery school in Philadelphia, where she began her education at the Art Institute of Philadelphia, and continued it at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She has taught extensively at some of America’s most prestigious craft schools, including Arrowmont School of Art and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN; Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC; and Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO. Todd Pownell began his jewelry studies at the Bowman Technical school in Lancaster, where he gained an in-depth exposure to all jewelry making techniques. During his training he also completed the GIA Graduate course in Gemology. He is the co-owner of Tap Studios in Cleveland which offers professional classes in all jewelry techniques including soldering, stone setting and wax carving. After Sarah Rishel earned an undergraduate degree at the Rochester Institute of Technology she embarked on a career as a graphic designer. However, her real calling was as a printmaker and she became a full time etcher over twenty years ago. She has participated in gallery exhibitions and prestigious juried art festivals such as the Cherry Creek Festival, Denver, CO; the Plaza Art Fair in Kansas City, MO the Kansas City, MO; and the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. She has been a board member of the National Association of Independent Artists, the advocacy group. 2008 Sidewalk Sale & Exhibition Award Winners (Mouse over thumbnails to view larger image) Arete Best of Show Award Fine Arts Award
John C. Mason Award for Excellence in Jewelry Design Wes Glebe, State College, PA (Jewelry)
The Lautsch Family Award of Excellence
Awards of Distinction Avant Garden Award of Merit Barash Family Award of Merit Barash Publishing Award of Merit Brown and Associates Award of Merit Connections Clothing Award of Merit Kissinger Bigatel & Brower - Beth Richards Award of Merit John & Sharon McCarthy Award of Merit Bob and Ginny Mountz Award of Merit Brian C. White D.D.S. and Associates Award of Merit
The Frost & Conn, Inc. Booth of Distinction Award
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