Artist of the Month Competition

Earlier tonight, at the West Bank Art Guild meeting, I placed second in the Artist of the Month competition for February 2012. My acrylic painting is titled "Ocho." Prior to each general meeting of the guild, there is an artist of the month competition. Fifteen minutes before the meeting starts members vote. Then during the break, which precedes the program, the winners are announced.

There are three place ribbons. All three works hang on a wall downstairs at the Westwego Art Center. In the photo below are the artists with their winning artworks. From left to right there are Joan LeBlanc (3rd Place), Me (2nd Place) and Jude Trafficano
(1st Place).

Exhibit at the Westwego Peforming Arts Theatre

This afternoon I moved five of my pieces from Westwego Community Center to the Westwego Performing Arts Theatre, also located at 177 Sala Avenue in Westwego, Louisiana. The theatre is also run by the Jefferson Parish Performing Arts Society. From March 27 – April 18, 2009, “Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical,” will be performed at the theatre. My art will hang in the lobby now through April 21, 2009.

One Artist Show at Teatro Wego! Dinner Theatre

This afternoon I hung a one-artist show at the Westwego Community Center, which is located at 177 Sala Avenue in Westwego, Louisiana. The building is home to the Treatro Wego! Dinner Theatre, which is organized by the Jefferson Parish Performing Arts Society. From March 6 – 22, 2009, a new comedy by Annie Pie, called “Wild Mushrooms,” will be performed at the dinner theatre. My art will hang in the lobby and hallway of the center, now through March 24th, 2009.

Tres Earns Third Place

Thursday night at the West Bank Art Guild meeting, a painting of mine placed third in the "artist of the month" competition. Below is the piece I entered. During the break all the artists voted. It is always great to receive recognition from my peers.

After the meeting and program, the painting was hung in the center gallery along with the first and second place winners. Before, only the first place winner was honored. Now all three places are honored.

This is one of three paintings completed last October. I made a concerted effort to be less geometric in completing these paintings. The response from my fellow artists and non-artists has been very positive.


Tres


acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Teatro Wego!

Last Wednesday I was contacted about hanging art in the lobby of the Westwego Community Center on Sala Avenue. The Jefferson Performing Arts Society (JPAS) has a buffet in the building as part of its dinner theater and dinner before theatrical productions. Yesterday afternoon I hung fourteen pieces with similar visual themes. They will be on display through December 5, 2006. This is the first of many exhibits in the center. Click on the WCC link in the first sentence to view the art.

3rd Place for Artist of the Year

At the West Bank Art Guild banquet, on May 25th, I received a certificate recognizing me for third place in the Artist of the Year competition.

At guild meetings member artists bring a piece to compete in an Artist of the Month Competition. During the break, members vote on the pieces entered. Names are covered so it is not obvious which artists made which piece. The top three vote getters are recognized. The first place artist has her/his winning piece displayed in the guild's gallery for a month.

The artists each receive points for participating and more points for placing. The accumulated scores are totaled at the end of the fiscal year.

At the February meeting, my piece placed third in competition. I did not attend every meeting in the year. But when I did, I brought a piece to compete.

The competition was created to encourage artist members to create new works.