Community Arts Challenge Prizes and Awards – CONNECT

 

Choreography

Winners:

Chase the Sun by Tamara Congdon

Crossing Over by Victoria Congdon

Hold Yourself by Megan Perioli

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Music - Musical Composition

Winners:

Conversation for Cello and Piano by Lynn Koch

Hot July Road by Scott Turner

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Music - Original Song

Winners:

I Want to Connect by Donna Atwood

One Stripe by Bob Cat and Elias Kushner

Too Little Too Late by Patty Francis

 

 

Writing - Prose

Winners:

What Remains by Meghan Aagaard

The Perfect Crime by Karen Foresti Hempson

 

 

Writing - Poetry

Winners: 

Cosmic Connection by Cecile Swift Lippitt

Only Reconnect by Beth MacRae

A Bridge to the Moon by Raven Magill

Laugh Lines by Erin Maynard

Honorable Mentions:

The Cone of Future Light by Deborah Goemans

How We Connect by Frank Kell

For My Children by Susan Weitz

The Author Talk by Kristin Yarnell

 

Writing – Drama

Winners:

Last December by Greg Moller

CONNECT3D by James Pfrehm

Nah My Thoughts Stay by Amy Jean Porcaro

 

Digital Visual Art

Winners:

Feeling Disconnected by Sherry Dans

The Space Between by Bernie Freytag

Childhood Remembrances by David Quinlan

Curious Connections by Victor Siegle

Honorable Mentions:

Direct Correlations by Brendan Clark

Ways to Connect by Chris Gratz

 

Photography

Winners:

Coming Home by Teri Pelton

Interface by Deb Putman

Tiger Swallowtail and Buttonbush Connect by Randy Ross

A Boy and His Cow in Nepal by Dorothy Troike

 

Honorable Mentions:

SouthWorks Sunshine by Jeanne Cameron

Heroic Connections by Sherry Dans

Where there is Shadow there is much Light by Carol Foster

Love at First Sight by Deborah Goemans

Connection by Janet Johnson

Connecting Flight by Jim Weiss

 

Artisan Crafts

Winners:

Short Connection by Crystal Bergman

Trio – Connecting Nature’s Beauty by Pam Kavalesky

We’re All Connected by Nancy McLaughlin

Connect with the Spirit by Teri Pelton

Honorable Mentions:

Set From a Dream by Ashley Bobbett

Love by Carrie Contento

Follow the Threads by Terri Gardner Fendya

Tridhreach by Emily Gibbons

Bending the Arc Towards Justice by Pam Jenkins

Connection with Party of Five Zinnias by Cheri Sheridan

 

Fine Arts

Winners:

Comfort Hug by Donna Atwood

Connect Through Dance by Sandy Cowan

L’hypotheque by Genevieve Greer

843-9537 by Michelle LoGerfo

Connect the Dot by Paul Kozlowski

Honorable Mentions:

We Are One by Brookley Abate

Ochenta by David Beale

Reconnecting with the Universe by Brendan Clark

Venn by Kim Hay

Open House by Jane O’Shea

Family Vacation by Lisa Schaaf

When are you Coming? by Angeles Solana

 

 

 

Memorial Awards

Irvan Beale Award: Seen Change by Michele Baran

Threads by Karen Dillon

Harry N. Davis Award:  Teamwork by David Quinlan

Jane Zogg Award: Autumn’s Rainbow Connections by Thomas Steger

David Blatchley Award: Mother and Daughter Connection by Dennis Howe

                  Remembering Great..Aunt Mary McCarthy by Christine Steger

Rona Lee Knobel Award: The Dance of Life by Anne Withers

Doris Still Award: I Wish I Had Cried by Lisa Kingsley-Atwater

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This year's winner of the People’s Choice Visual Art Award of the Cortland County Community Arts Challenge is Pam Kavalesky for her wooden vase sculpture display titled, Trio - Connecting Nature’s Beauty. Runner ups were Michelle LoGerfo for her painting, 843-9537 and Cheri Sheridan for her fiber entry, Connection with Party of Five Zinnias. Thank you to the many visitors to the exhibit who voted for this award.

 

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