The work of 240 artists from 28 states and Canada was presented at the 42nd Annual IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts over the weekend. A juried fine art festival, IMAGES, presented by Atlantic Center for the Arts, drew a huge crowd of more than 48,000 in New Smyrna Beach.
“IMAGES was ranked the 39th Top Fine Art Festival in the Nation by Sunshine Artist magazine in 2017, a designation we were proud to receive,” said Atlantic Center for the Arts Executive Director Nancy Lowden Norman. “It is reflective of the quality of artists selected for the Festival, as well as the commitment from our Patrons and Sponsors. We’re proud to be part of a community that values and supports the arts.”
“I appreciate sharing in the camaraderie and excitement the artists have for describing their work,” said Judge Danyl Cook of Denver. “Art can be so personal, it’s so exciting to see an artist make something with such care that is going to a patron who connects with that creation.”
Judge Jean Marie DeSpeigler of Largo said, “The originality provided us with a very dynamic show, and it was a hard decision.”
IMAGES is supported by the Country of Volusia, City of New Smyrna Beach, Southeast Volusia Advertising Authority, Visit Florida, Boston Whaler, Florida Hospital, NSB Homes, Daytona Beach News Journal, Bath Fitter, Oceanwalk and Riverwalk Condominiums, Mullinax Ford, Old Town Discovery Center, Yellow Dog Eats, The HUB on Canal, and Culture Builds Florida.
IMAGES Chair Denise Crutchfield announced the 2018 IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts award winners:
Marilyn Vaillancourt / Jewelry / Weeki Wachee, FL / Booth 9
Nance Koch (left) and Denise Crutchfield (right) present Marilyn Vaillancourt her award ribbon for Best of Show.
Clovis Rusk / Painting / Brooksville, FL / Booth 167
Christian Nevin / Jewelry / Apopka, FL / Booth 155
Nance Koch (l-r), Christian Nevin, Judge Danyl Cook and Denise Crutchfield.
B. Eugene Bauer / Photography / St. Peters, MO / Booth 228
B. Eugene Bauer receives the Jim McNamara Award for Photography from Betty McNamara.
Lori Jenkins / Painting / Melbourne, FL / Booth 49
Jeff Eckert / Drawing and Graphics / Tampa, FL / Booth 54
Ken Orton / Painting / Venice, FL / Booth 60
Mina Heuslein / Ceramics / Port Orange, FL / Booth 200
Richard Currier / Painting / Micco, FL / Booth 108
Michael Vagner / Jewelry / Eugene, OR / Booth 92
Lynn Fisher / Ceramics / Bellaire, MI / Booth 138
Sandy Lent / Glass / Lake Mary, FL / Booth 109
Copper Tritscheller / Sculpture / New Smyrna Beach, FL / Booth 219
Teresa Merriman / Fine Crafts / Westcliffe, CO / Booth 172
Ken Jensen / Ceramics / St. Augustine, FL / Booth 182
Danny O’Driscoll / Painting / Batesburg, SC / Booth 192
Laird Myer / Digital Art / Ponte Vedre Beach, FL / Booth 8
Kevin Lohse / Mixed Media / Dawson, MN / Booth 117
Jason Stoddart / Photography / Cookeville, TN / Booth 201
- AWARD OF MERIT (12) $350
Bill and Jon Slade / Glass / Jacksonville, FL / Booth 4
Rollin Karg / Glass / Kechi, KS / Booth 169
Brian Horan / Digital Art / Lagrange Park, IL / Booth 221
William Alburger / Wood / Barto, PA / Booth 240
John Leben / Digital Art / Saugatuck, MI / Booth 116
Julie Berndt / Ceramics / Dawson, MN / Booth 118
Walter Arnold / Photography / Hendersonville, NC / Booth 142
Mark and Lee-Etta Van de Bogart / Jewelry / Bronson, FL / Booth 150
Sharon Tesser / Fine Crafts / Louisville, KY / Booth 206
John Mascoll / Wood / Safety Harbor, FL / Booth 82
Laurel and Michael Davern / Jewelry / Lancaster, NY / Booth 218
Igor Menaker / Photography / Grayslake, IL / Booth 147
- AWARD OF HONOR (6) $300
Phil Parker / Mixed Media / Flagler Beach, FL / Booth 23 (not pictured)
Michael Bryant / Photography / Atlanta, GA / Booth 60D
Joyce McAdams / Mixed Media / Edgewater, FL / Booth 119
Steve Edgaar / Leather / Tallahassee, FL / Booth 141
Shawn Thomas / Leather / Belton, TX / Booth 229
Don and Serena David / Jewelry / Palm Coast, FL / Booth 232
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IMAGES 2018
The 42nd IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts kicked off today along Canal Street and Riverside Drive and in Riverside Park in New Smyrna Beach, followed by the Patrons Party at the Brannon Civic Center.
IMAGES continues Saturday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.m-4 p.m. featuring the work of 230 artists, live entertainment, children’s art exhibit and activity tent, a food court and Spirit Garden..
Visit this year’s poster artist , Leslie Peebles, of Alachua, Florida at booth 45. The featured pieces is a relief print, “Gopher Tortoise.”
IMAGES offers more than $1000,000 in cash and Patron’s Award. This year’s judges are Danyl Cook and Jean Marie DeSpleger. Winners will be announced Saturday at the Artists’ Dinner.
Judge Jean Marie DeSpleger (above) talks with artist Umarid Eitharog (booth 91).
Judge Danyl Cook (below) talks with artist artist Tresa Merriman (booth172).
For more information, visit http://www.imagesartfestival.org.
Fun at Horsin’ Around
For 34 years, Horsin’ Around has been the event to enjoy an afternoon with friends in support of the arts. The fundraising even had its innovative beginnings on a horse farm (hence, the name), and yesterday it was staged at the Brannon Civic Center with it stunning panoramic view of the Intracoastal Waterway. The live and silent auctions provided guests with a fun time bidding and the opportunity to make an investment in a piece of art to add to their collection, or a getaway with friends to places like Colorado Springs or Vail, or celebrate the 4th of July in New York City or on the Big Island of Hawaii. Also up for bid were restaurant gift certificates, a spa days, or a rounds of golf. Riverside Catering prepared a fantastic menu for guest to enjoy.
Horsin’ Around raises 15% of Atlantic Center’s operating budget, allowing the center to provide arts-related programming to underserved youth, opportunities for working artists to create new work through its acclaimed residency programs, and educational lectures and performances for the greater Central Florida community, serving 65,000 yearly.
For mor information about Atlantic Center for the Arts and its community events, phone 386-427-6975 or visit the website at atlanticcenterforthearts.org, or visit them on Facebook.
There were lots of smiling faces at Horsin’ Around at the Brannon Civic Center Sunday, April 2.
Pictured are some of the smiling winners of the live auction and the lucky 50-50 winner at Horsin’ Around Sunday. All photos by Sandi Caarroll
End of day beach walk
It was a beautiful day in NSB and a walk on the beach seemed a perfect way to end it. A kite surfer was enjoying the wind and waves.
There was even a group of people who arrived to gather round the fire pit on the beach after the sun set.
And then the magic of watching the reddish mood rising from the ocean.
IMAGES winners 2017
The work of 240 artists from 28 states and Canada was presented at the 41st annual IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts over the weekend. A juried fine art festival known as one of the top shows in the Southeast, IMAGES, presented by Atlantic Center for the Arts, drew a huge crowd of over 48,000 in New Smyrna Beach.
“I very much enjoyed the experience of serving as co-judge along with Cecily Cullen, for the 41st Annual IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts,” said Bruce Hoffman of Philadelphia. “There was an outstanding variety of work in all medium, which to me makes for an enjoyable, well rounded festival. The staff and volunteers at Atlantic Center for the Arts were so lovely, knowledgeable and welcoming.”
Judge Cecily Cullen said, “Many thanks to the IMAGES Festival for inviting me to participate as a judge. It is a labor of love to be immersed in the creative work of artists and to spend the weekend with so many engaging people including the staff, volunteers and my judging partner.”
IMAGES Chair Denise Crutchfield announced the 2017 IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts award winners:
- ACA VOLUNTEER LEAGUE BEST OF SHOW AWARD ($6,000)
David David Figueroa / Sculpture / Sanford, FL
Atlantic Center for the Arts Co-Chairs Nancy Lowden Norman and Jim Frost with Best of Show winner David David Figueroa (center). All photos by Sandi Carroll.
ACA Volunteer League Best of Show Winner Award winner ($6,000) David David Figueroa with one of his sculptures.
- GEORGE AND JUNE MUSSON AWARD ($3,500)
Janet and Jay O’Rourke/ Wood/ Cocoa, FL
Janet and Joy O’Rourke
- MONA BREWER AWARD OF EXCELLENCE ($2,500)
Patricia Karnes / Jewelry / Winter Park, FL
Patricia Karnes (l-r) accepts her award check from Denise Crutchfield and Nance Koch.
- JIM MCNAMARA AWARD FOR PHOTOGRAPHY ($1,500)
Jay Canterbury / Photography / Holmes Beach, FL
Denise Crutchfield and Nance Koch congratulate Jay Canterbury, winner of the Jim McNamara Award for Photography.
- AWARD OF DISTINCTION (4) $800
Birgit Kupka-Peyla / Jewelry / Salinas, CA
Erika Mock / Fiber / Duluth, MN
Beth Garcia / Sculpture / Lakeland, FL
Patrick Dragon / Ceramics / Lakeland, FL
- AWARD OF COMMENDATION (6) $600
Vicki Jones / Drawing and Graphics/ Belle Isle, FL
Claudia Melchiorre / Jewelry / Cape Canaveral, FL
Tim Ludwig / Ceramics / DeLand, FL
Ummarid Eitharong / Painting / Orlando, FL
John Mascoll / Wood / Safety Harbor, FL
Jessica Ladd / Mixed Media / Cookeville, TN
- JUDGES’ CHOICE (5) $400
Jim and Mariann Wilshire / Painting / Roswell, GA
Ed Myers / Digital Art / Lake Mary, FL
Wiwat Kamolpornwijit / Jewelry / Alexandria, VA
Sara Parker and Simon Hunt / Fiber / Athens, GA
Christian Nevin / Jewelry / Apopka, FL
- AWARD OF MERIT (12) $350
Phil Parker / Mixed Media / Flagler Beach, FL
Robert Ross / Painting / Winter Park, FL
IMAGES 2017 Poster Artist Robert Ross with Patron Deborah Schaefer, who purchased the original artwork, “Bucket List.”
Steven Howell / Mixed Media /Gainesville, FL
Marilyn Vaillancourt / Jewelry / Weeki Wachee, FL
Michael and Nurit Asher Vagner / Jewelry / Eugene, OR
Joyce McAdams / Mixed Media / Edgewater, FL
Jim Norton / Jewelry / Athens, GA
Bill Kidd / Ceramics / Miramar, FL
Ronna Katz / Painting / Albuquerque, NM
Michele Throne and Dan Schaufele / Jewelry / Lyons, CO
Jeff Eckert / Drawing and Graphics / Tampa, FL
- AWARD OF HONOR (6) $300
Leigh Griffin / Jewelry / Atlanta, GA
Copper Tritscheller / Sculpture / New Smyrna Beach
Collin Margerum / Drawing and Graphics / Winter Springs, FL
Amy Lansburg / Mixed Media / Valdosta, GA
Kim Coy / Jewelry / Casselberry, FL /
Gary Curtis / Painting / Woodstock, GA
IMAGES is supported by the County of Volusia, City of New Smyrna Beach, New Smyrna Beach Resort Area, Spectrum Reach, Boston Whaler, Ocean Properties, Mullinax Ford, Bert Fish Medical Center, Florida Hospital, TD Bank, Daytona Beach News-Journal, Oceanwalk and Riverwalk Condominiums, New Smyrna Beach Brewery, 90.7 WMFE – Public Radio, All American Gutter Protection, Bath Fitters, Daytona Beverages, The Hub on Canal, The Solar Guys, The Spa at Venetian Bay, and Yellow Dog Eats.
Atlantic Center for the Arts Co-Executive Director Nancy Lowden Norman said, “IMAGES is an extremely competitive Festival to be juried into, and this year’s artists reflected such high quality work. Community support for the Festival is incredible, from our sponsors to our Patrons Program. This year, we had over 230 Patrons pre-commit to spending money on art at the Festival. We’re proud to be part of a community that values and supports the arts.”
For more information, visit atlanticcenterforthearts.org or call 386-427-6975.
Saturday at IMAGES: A Festival for the Arts
Art festival lovers of all ages came out to enjoy IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts Saturday, Jan. 28, in New Smyrna Beach.
More than 230 artist booths lined Riverside Drive and Canal Street, as well as live entertainment and children’s activities.
Sunday hours for this free event are 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Top IMAGES awards went to:
ACA VOLUNTEER LEAGUE BEST OF SHOW AWARD ($6,000)
David David Figueroa / Sculpture / Sanford, FL / Booth78
GEORGE AND JUNE MUSSON AWARD ($3,500)
Janet and Jay O’Rourke/ Wood/ Cocoa, FL / Booth 13
MONA BREWER AWARD OF EXCELLENCE ($2,500)
Patricia Karnes / Jewelry / Winter Park, FL / Booth 27
JIM MCNAMARA AWARD FOR PHOTOGRAPHY ($1,500)
Jay Canterbury / Photography / Holmes Beach, FL / Booth 73
Photos of award winners will be posted tomorrow night.
Stingray designers featured at ACA League Fashion Show
New Smyrna Beach Middle School students modeled fashions designed by student designers created from materials such as brown paper, clear tape, DVDs, construction paper, duck tape, newspaper, photos and other non conventional materials at the Atlantic Center for the Arts Volunteer League Fashion Show Nov. 1, at Sugar Mill Country Club.
The middle school students paraded a “Thanks for all that you do for Stingray artist” banner as a finale to their fashion show.
The League Fashion Show is fundraiser for Children’s Art programs in the community. Attendees were able to shop at a “boutique” with the latest fashions from local merchants, enjoyed lunch, the students fashion show opener and a fashion show by participating local merchants.
The League’s busy fall schedule is kicking into high gear. If you are interested in becoming a member, call 386-402-7517.
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