Yosemite Renaissance 33 (2018)
Yosemite Renaissance 33 will be on display at the Yosemite Museum Gallery through May 6, 2018. The public is cordially invited to attend! The Museum Gallery is open 10am to Noon and 1pm to 4pm daily. The show will travel on to Kings Art Center in Hanford, opening on June 4th, Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock, opening on Aug 8th, and Gallery 5 in Oakhurst, opening on October 13th.
Rachel Ivanyi, Permanence? The California Spotted Owl, Watercolor, on display at Yosemite Renaissance 33 Exhibition
This year, 65 works by 58 artists were chosen from 820 entries. The exhibit includes paintings, prints, textiles, mixed media, photographs and 3-dimensional works by artists from across the country, selected to inspire a new generation of people to understand, preserve and protect our wild lands and natural places.
Award Winners Yosemite Renaissance 33
Best of Show - $1000 award
Jackie Clark – Big Sister – Oil Painting
First Place – three $500 awards
Carolyn Hartling – Mono Lake Tufa – Alcohol Inks on Yupo Paper
Rachel Ivanyi – Permanence? the California Spotted Owl - Watercolor
Monique Wales – Autumn Aspens, Inyo – Reductive Relief Print
Second Place – three $300 awards
Elizabeth Ashcroft – The Sublime Bewilderness of Yosemite – Mixed Media / Altered Books
Mary Ann Shao – Lake Tahoe, Rocky Shore – Soft Pastel
John Kifer – Birdfood – Acrylic on Board
Honorable Mention - five $100 awards
Charlotte Gibb – When the Forest Stirs - Photograph
Tricia Goldberg – Vernal Falls – Tapestry
Kerik Koukis – Sun, Clouds, and Burnt Trees – Palladium over Pigment Print
Jim Murray – Sentinal West, Study, Acrylic Painting
Jody Sears-Barbuta – Mended 1 and 2 – Wood Sculpture
Weiss Vocelka Award - $1000 ( two $500 awards )
Donors – Derrick Vocelka and daughter Sarah Vocelka Hendrickson
In honor of mother and daughter B. Weiss and Mary Weiss-Vocelka
Tim McMeans – The Energy and Memory of Place – Acrylic, Ink, and Smoke-Stained Paper
Melody Money – Starlight on the Peak – Fiber Art
People’s Choice Award - $100
Rachel Ivanyi – Permanence? The California Spotted Owl - Watercolor
Charlotte Gibb - When the Forest Stirs, Photograph
Our Judges - Yosemite Renaissance 33
Faith Rumm - Artist and Gallery Owner, Mariposa California
Lisa McDermott - Director, Carnegie Arts Center, Visalia
John Kifer - Birdfood, Acrylic
Jeremy Sarchet - Outpouring Projectiles, Photography
Karen Winters - Yosemite Awakening, Oil