Florida Artist Group Best in Show ($1,000)
awarded to;
Richard W. Rosen, Area VII “Gotham VI”
Raku fired clay
Elizabeth Morse Genius Memorial Award
($1,000) awarded to;
Nancy Sykes Cockerham, Area V “Living in
Pleasantville” Mixed Media
Ru Israels Memorial Award ($500) awarded
to;
Joan Sonnenberg, Area VII “Totem
Plantain” Mixed Media

Dorothy Bosco Memorial Award ($500)
awarded to;
Nat Krate, Area III “Torso III” oil
Downing Barnitz Memorial Award ($500)
awarded to;
Joan B. Nixon, Area V “Renewal”
Mixed Media
Fonchen Lord Memorial Award ($250)
Donated by William Lord awarded to;
Pam Brodersen, Area VII “Evening Light”
Digital Image

Richard Dean Andruk Memorial Award for
oil or acrylic painting ($100)
Donated by Marjorie Dean Andruk awarded
to;
Daniel Ambrose, Area VI “Morning Glow” Oil

Elizabeth Davis Memorial Award ($100)
Donated by Dr. H. Clinton Davis awarded to;
Carol Frye, Area V “Never Alone” Collage

Nancy Stair Karish Memorial Award ($100)
Donated by Susan Stair Stevens
awarded to;
Tayler N. Ikin, Area IV “Looking Down Hill”
Watercolor
Florida Artist Group
Best in Show Award
Robert York
Pod
Acrylic on canvas
51" x 42"
Area IV
Elizabeth Morse Genius
Memorial Award




Nancy Cockerham
Mystique
Mixed media, 48" x 36"
Area V
The Benjamin Award




Melody Oxarart
Mask
Powdercoated Steel
35" x 19"
Area III
Ru Israels
Memorial Award



Gay Germain
Field of Color XII
Acrylic/oil on canvas
48" x 48"
Area III
Fonchen Lord
Memorial Award

Jean Germain
Kennedy Library Stairs
Photography, 39" x 28"
Area VI
Mamie Harrison
Memorial Award


Lois Barton
Opposing Forces
Acrylic, 25" x 37"
Area II
Lois Tracy
Memorial Award




Jeffrey Smart Baisden
The Forward Observer
Color pencil, 27" x 21"
Area VI
Richard Dean Andruk
Memorial Award



Gena Brodie Robbins
Amusement
Oil on board, 48" x 36"
Area VI
Nancy Stair Karish
Memorial Award



Cheryl A. Fausel
The Cared for Shoe
Watermedia, 28" x 28"
Area VII
Cheap Joe's Art Stuff
Award



Joan Furia Klutch
Nothing is Less Real
than Realism
Watermedia, 40" x 31"
Area VII
56th Annual Exhibition
Ridge Art Association Gallery
Winter Haven, FL
May 3-31, 2006

by Carol Frye

The vote is in and this year's exhibition was a success! Donna
Kelly, of The Lakeland Ledger wrote "The 81 piece exhibit is as
varied as the locations of the artists whose work comprises it." The
show was on exhibit from May 1 thru May 30, 2006.
The exhibition judge, James Yood, Adjunct Full Professor of Art
History at the Chicago Institute of Art, was given a few hours before
the reception to select the awards.
Theater Winter Haven is located directly across the hall from the
gallery and gheater goers joined the crowd filling the gallery during
the opening reception.  Much of the food, provided by Ridge Art
Association volunteers reflectd that it was Cinco De Mayo
After careful examination and deliberation, the winners Professor
Yood chose are:

Florida Artist Group Best In Show -  
Melissa Miller Nece










Elizabeth Morse Genius Memorial Award -
Kas Turner













Ru Israels Memorial Award -
Gregory Jones










Don Carmichael Memorial Award -
Jan Miller













Jean Dean Memorial Award -
Joan R. Lustig










Ralph LaVigne Memorial Award -
Carol Frye








Fonchen Lord Memorial Award -
Betty Altman













Earle W. Epps Memorial Award -
Joan Lyon













Nancy Stair Karish Memorial Award -
Lee Ackert










Elizabeth Upham Davis Memorial Award -  
Joyce Novak












Richard Dean Andruk Award for Oil or Acrylic Painting -
Elizabeth S. Clement
Florida Artist Group
58th Annual Exhibition
May 3 - July 19, 2009
at the
Juried for awards
by internationally known artist
Sam Gilliam
57th Annual Exhibition
Daytona Beach Museum of Arts & Sciences
May-September, 2007
Juror:
Dr. Donald Kuspit
Art Critic and lecturer,
Professor of Art History and Philosophy at NYU Stony Brook.
and author of over 20 art books

FLAG MEMORIAL AWARDS 2007: