Congratulations
CENTER Award Winners
People's Choice
"The Magical Life of Glacinda,” Pam Kavalesky's and Alice Jump”s sparkly dragonfly sculpture.
Two other entries came very close to winning. Each artist will receive a second-place honor with a cash award. These prizes will go to:
"When the center is a rockin’ come on in,” Brendan Clark’s whimsical depiction of the Center for the Arts.
“287,” Crystal Bergman’s artisan craft entry depicting how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll pop.
Community Arts Challenge Prizes and Awards – CENTER
Choreography
First Place: Holes by Victoria Congdon
Loopy by Tamara Congdon
Music - Musical Composition
First Place: Waltz to the Center by Lynn Koch
Earth, Air, Fire, Water by Scott Turner
Music - Original Song
First Place: This Must Be the Place by Patty Francis
Second Place: Aim for the Center by Bob Cat and Elias Kushner
Redefined by Brian Fitz
Third Place: Family by Paulette Fry
Honorable Mention: The Center of All is You by Donna Atwood
Writing - Prose
First Place: Tenacious Weaver by Meghan Aagaard
Second Place: When the Center Won’t Hold by Alexandria Faulkenbury
Third Place: Roots and Renewal by Gerald E. Rehkugler
Writing - Poetry
First Place: What’s All This Talk About Center? by Frank Kelly
They Met at the Center by Kristin Yarnell
Second Place: The Center of Everything by Nancy Dickerson
Third Place: Our Center by Marian Strang
Honorable Mention: Dig by Doug D’Elia
The Endless Rows by Kate Hickey
Writing – Drama
First Place: Edge of the Gyre by Greg Moller
Photography
First Place: Returning to Center by Crystal Lyon
Second Place: Center Staircase by Teri Pelton
Mythical Staircase by Karen Robinson
Third Place: Centering the Clay by Dorothy Troike
What Awaits at the Center by Randy Ross
Honorable Mention:
Stay Centered by Christa Boice
Shifting Centers by Jean Cameron
Rusty Bridge by Skip Clark
Center Stage by Sheila Cohen
Look at Me by Frank Kelly
Front and Center by Susan LoParco
Fling it Down the Center by Christine Steger
Hopscotch on a Hot Day by Meghan VanDeuson
Morning Glory by Jean Weiss
Center of Attention by Jim Weiss
Artisan Crafts
First Place: Scenic Collage by Ashley Bobbett-X
Box Office by Karen Ernhout
Second Place: 287 by Crystal Bergman
Third Place: Center by Donna Atwood
Glacinda by Pam Kavalesky & Alice Jump
The Sun in My Sky by Teri Pelton
Honorable Mention:
Pearl by Kathie Beale
My Recorded History by Terri Gardner Fendya
Winter Fields by Sandra Holland
Alewife Migration by Pamela Jenkins
Home by Janet Johnson
Morning Meditation by Cathy Lee
Spiraling by Nancy McLaughlin
spherical on field of play by David Quinlan
Fine Arts
First Place: When the Center is a Rockin’ Come on In by Brendan Clark
Second Place: Labyrinth by Anne Withers
Third Place: Nature Unleashed by Julie Maddren
Venus Fly Trap by David Quinlan
Center of My World by Marian Strang
Honorable Mention:
Center of Our Universe by Brookley Abate
Balancing Act by Veronique Domaratsky
Return to Center by Thomas Edwards
Center of My World by Mary D. Elliott
Amelie by Emily Gibbons
Anchored by Alice Jump
Center Ice by Denise Knight
Centrifugal Farce by Michelle Lo Gerfo
Stone Circle by Deb Putman
Pollinators by Lisa Schaaf
2009 by Kuner X
Memorial Awards
Irvan Beale Award: Fall by Janet Johnson
Harry N. Davis Award: Sold Out by Jane O’Shea
Jane Zogg Award: Daybreak Cows by Jeffrey Glave
Olcott Family Artisan Craft Awards: CENTER by Lily Byrne
Elegance by Julie Maddren
David Blatchley Award: Head or Tails? by Sharyn Madison
Rona Lee Knobel Award: Mandala by Thomas Edwards