Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts™
State College, Pennsylvania

July 10-13, 2008 ~ Children's Day is July 9, 2008

42nd ANNUAL SIDEWALK SALE AND EXHIBITION

Artists Featured in 2008

2008 Sidwalk Sale & Exhibition Award Winners

Arete Best of Show Award                                                 
Sponsored by Linda & Blake Gall      
Mitch Lyons, New London, PA (Ceramic/Printmaking)

Fine Arts Award                   
Mariko Swisher, Lancaster, PA (Ceramic)
                                                                                          
Awards of Excellence
John C. Mason Award for Excellence in Jewelry Design
 Wes Glebe, State College, PA (Jewelry)
Laurie Coppedge, Jacksonville Beach, FL, (Photography)
Annie Swincinski, Boalsburg, PA, (Printmaking)
Wayne Werner, Havre de Grace, MD (Jewlery)

The Lautsch Family Award of Excellence
Robert Villamagna, Wheeling, WV (Mixed Media)

Awards of Distinction
Joe Graham, Jefferson, OH, (Wood)
Ayala Naphtali, Fair Haven, NJ, (Jewelry)
Chris Plummer, Covington, KY, (Printmaking)
Eli, Thompson, Chesterfield, VA, (Printmaking)
           
Awards of Merit
Jupi Das, Harrisburg, PA (Paper)
Robert Glebe, Chestertown, MD (Metal)
Barry Middleton, Schenectady, NY (Wood)

Avant Garden Award of Merit
     Norman & Hetty Metzger, Homosassa, FL (Paper)

Barash Family Award of Merit
      Susan Levi-Goerlich, Columbia, MD (Fiber)

Barash Publishing Award of Merit
     Andy Shaw, Philadelphia, PA (Ceramic)

Brown and Associates Award of Merit
     Diane Paroda, State College, PA (Painting)

Connections Clothing Award of Merit
     Adam Spector, Fairport, NY (Ceramic)

Kissinger Bigatel & Brower - Beth Richards Award of Merit
     Mayra Orama Muniz & Erica Millner, Lancaster, PA (Jewelry)

John & Sharon McCarthy Award of Merit
Robert Stadnycki, Harrisburg, PA (Painting)

Bob and Ginny Mountz Award of Merit
     Mary Jackson, Charleston, SC (Basketry)

Brian C. White D.D.S. and Associates Award of Merit
     Lou Gagnon, Gainesville, VA (Drawing)

The Frost & Conn, Inc. Booth of Distinction Award
     Carolyn Zakarija, Southeastern, PA (Jewelry)

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 13. This year’s jurors are:

The jurors for the 2008 Sidewalk Sale & Exhibition are Dennis Kiel, Marjorie Arnett, Catherine Butler, Diane LaBelle, and Jeff Guido.

Marjorie Arnett recently retired from Indiana University of Pennsylvania where she served as Assistant Dean and Acting Dean of the College of Fine Arts.  Marjorie taught at the Academy of Art in Zagreb, Croatia and also spent a year as an artist-in-residence in a small town in the Abruzzi Mountains of Italy. She has exhibited her paintings and sculptural work throughout the United Stated as well as international locations.

Catherine Butler is an artist and jeweler whose work mixes humor in her interpretations of flora, fauna, and people. She has been the recipient of two individual artist fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council and in 2003 her work was subject of a one woman show at the Ohio Craft Museum in Columbus. Educated at the Cleveland Institute of Art, she has exhibited both nationally and internationally, and her work can be found in distinguished collections in the United States and abroad. 

Jeff Guido is the artistic director of The Clay Studio, one of the world’s leading institutions focused on promotion of and education in the ceramic arts.  After completing his undergraduate education at Wayne State University, he was employed in several positions as Pewabic Pottery, Detroit’s well known ceramics institution founded during the Arts and Crafts movement. Before joining The Clay Studio he worked as a gallery director and as an independent studio potter.  

Dennis Kiel is the chief curator at The Light Factory in Charlotte, North Carolina, a museum dedicated to photography, film, and related light-generated mediums. The Light Factory is the largest center for photography and film south of New York City. Educated as a graphic designer and art historian, for many years he served on the curatorial staff of the Cincinnati Art Museum, working primarily in prints, drawing, and photography.

Diane LaBelle is the executive director of The Goggle Works Center for the Arts in Reading, PA. As its founding executive director, she was responsible for the center’s design, construction management, and capital campaign.  This 160,000 sq. ft. community art center located in a former safety goggle factory houses state of the art studios for glass, ceramics, wood, and other visual arts. Trained as an architect at Carnegie-Mellon University, LaBelle serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Women Artists.

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