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SHOWS:
The Guild has shows at the Framingham Public Library in June and
December for 2 to 4 week periods. Delivery of art work generally takes
place between 10 AM and 1 PM at the Library. The Guild also enjoys having
two shows at Premier Image Gallery in Ashland, Don Gordon proprietor. One
show at the Premier Image Gallery is strictly for the Guild and lasts for a
month. The second show available to Guild members is a show open to members of
all area visual art organizations and will last several months. There is a
small fee set by the proprietor for each piece entered to a maximum of two pieces.
Show information is
provided in the Guild's monthly newsletter. Participation in shows
requires paid-up full membership practicing artists. All members entering artworks are requested to assist in the hanging and take
down of the shows. Pieces not picked up at take-down are subject to a
$5 storage charge.
AWARDS:
Judging is held in three or four categories
depending on the number of pieces received. The usual categories are Oil/Acrylic,
Watercolor, Miscellaneous/Mixed Medium. Ribbons and cash prizes are awarded for
First, Second, and Third place, and on occasion, a Fourth prize may be awarded.
Usual cash awards are: First- $50; Second- $25; Third- $10. Ribbons are awarded for Honorable Mention.
The Best of Show winner receives $25 and is honored with their name engraved
upon the the Katherine Eames Silver Bowl (for the spring show) or the Lillian Ginns
Procter Award plaque (winter show) exhibited in the Guild room.
In addition, at the Guild Spring
Show, the Delia McDonald Award for Excellence in Oils and the Norman Feather Award for
Excellence in the Use of Color may be given. Winners receive ribbons, a cash prize
of $25 and their name
engraved on a plaque displayed in the Guild Room.
The amounts of the cash prizes awarded at the Premier Image Gallery is dependent
on the number of entries. Ribbons are awarded in several categories and for
First, Second, Third and Honorable Mentions. An Owner's Choice award may also be
given.
COMMISSIONS:
The Guild requests a
twenty percent commission on all art sales. The commission at the Premier Image
Gallery is thirty percent at the Guild show. Twenty percent goes to the Gallery
and ten percent to the Guild. The Gallery's normal commission is higher but is
held lower for the Guild membership.
Guild Awards and Honors
SPECIAL AWARDS
BEST IN SHOW - KATHERINE EAMES BOWL AWARD
"Bird's Eye View"
(Watercolor) by Donna Porter
DELIA McDONALD
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN OILS:
"Autumn at Hopkinton State
Park" by Dyrick Schaefer,
OIL AND
ACRYLIC
First: "Trumpet" acrylic by
Bob Coviello
Second: "Miller's River,
Vermont" acrylic by Bill Robinson
Third: "Abby" oil by Pearl
McCarthy
Honorable Mention: "Tiny
Orchid Friend" oil by Suzen Perry
WATERCOLOR
First: "Antiques Interior" by
Nancy Bailey
Second: "Respite" by Aline Pepper
Third: "Collection Series #3" Crist Filer
Honorable Mention: "Queen of Pink" by Polly Meltzer
MISCELLANEOUS/MIXED MEDIUM
First: "Bread and Jam" pastel
by Margot Borgo
Second: "Boe Morgan—Atty. At Law" conte chalk by Mary Haigh
Third: "Bookshelf" fabric by Tobi Hoffman
Honorable Mention: "After the Rain" mixed media by Donald Gotz
*Lisa Leavitt, a former Curator at the Danforth Museum of Art, is now an Independent Curator in Newton, Massachusetts.
SPECIAL AWARDS
BEST OF SHOW – LILLIAN GINNS PROCTOR AWARD
“Motion,” by Blair Boudreau
DELIA McDONALD AWARD
FOR EXCELLENCE IN OILS:
“The Girls,” by
Pearl McCarthy
OIL AND
ACRYLIC
First: “The
Girls,” by Pearl McCarthy
Second: “Cox
Reservation, Essex,” by Charlie Holt
Third: “Harajuku
Girls,” etching by Blair Boudreau
Honorable Mention:
“Rough Seas,” by Dyrick
Schaefer
WATERCOLOR
First: “Old
Lobster Bait Overboard,” by John Pauplis
Second:
“Through the
Salt Marsh,” by John Keane
Third: “View
From Grand Canal,” William Chignola
Honorable Mention:
“Night Light,” by Lisa
Bailey
MISCELLANEOUS/MIXED MEDIUM
First: “Motion,”
etching by Blair Boudreau
Second: “The
Collection,” watercolor and pen and ink by Crist Filer
Third: “Golden
Boy,” pastel by Margot Borgo
Honorable Mention:
“Lovers,” collage by
Doreen Smith
Former Guild Awards and Honors
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