Zoey wins design award

NEWS RELEASE

SAULT SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL

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SAULT STE MARIE, MI - The 43rd Annual Sault Summer Arts Festival was held Tuesday, August 4, on the grounds of the Sault City Hall. 

Award winners were:

OLIVE CRAIG BEST OF SHOW AWARD:  JEANNE TUBMAN.  Jeanne Tubman is a Sault Ste. Marie oil painter. The Best of Show Award is a three hundred dollar prize donated by the Olive Craig Gallery in Alberta House Arts Center.

BEST OF CRAFTS AWARD:  JANICE BARNES.  Janice Barnes, of Battle Creek, Michigan, makes leather purses. The one hundred fifty dollar award is donated by the Eastern Upper Peninsula Craftsmen and National Office Supplies and Printing.

PAINTING AWARD:  DAVID BIGELOW.  David Bigelow is a Sault Ste. Marie artist who works in watercolor, pastels and pen and ink. The one hundred fifty dollar Painting Award is donated by the Le Sault Artists Guild.

JUDGE’S CHOICE AWARD:  PAUL MASON.  Paul Mason, from Kimball, Michigan, combines his welding skills, found objects and a vivid imagination to produce improbable critters to cavort in yards and gardens. The seventy-five dollar Judge’s Choice Award is donated by The Art Store.

AARRE LAHTI DESIGN AWARD:  ZOEY WOOD-SALOMON.  Zoey Wood-Salomon is a Sault, Ontario artist who paints in the Woodland Indian tradition. She displayed paintings and cards. The fifty dollar Aarre Lahti Design Award is donated by the Sault Area Arts Council.

JEWELRY AWARD:  JIM AND CINDY PIERSON.  The Piersons are from Ann Arbor, Michigan. The fifty dollar Jewelry Award is donated by Ryan’s Jewelry.

FIBER AWARD:  SHIRLEY HARRER.  Shirley Harrer is a Sault artist who uses recycled materials to craft teddy bears and moose; clothing, coiled baskets and more. The fifty dollar Fiber Award is given by Leanne and Gary Deuman.

GRAPHICS AWARD:  ANTHONY STRUBLIC.  Strublic, from Marinette, Wisconsin, produces detailed pencil drawings of Great Lakes freighters and lighthouses, and ocean going vessels. The fifty dollar Graphics Award is given by Cooper Dental.

PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD:  NORRIS SEWARD.  Seward, a woodworker as well as a photographer, lives in Sault, Michigan.  The fifty dollar Photography Award is given by Thomas J. Veum, Leanne Barnes Deuman and Michael T. Veum, Attorneys.

POTTERY AWARD:  SCHMIDT-MARKEN DESIGNS.  The Schmidt-Markens, from La Porte, Indiana, make stoneware pottery.  The fifty dollar Pottery Award is given by Soo Co-op Credit Union.

WOOD AWARD:  JERRY WYGANT.  Jerry Wygant makes bracelets, earrings and pendants of finely inlaid wood. The Pentwater, MI artist has won many awards in both the wood and jewelry categories. The fifty dollar Wood Award is given by Michael Bryce Winnick, Attorney.

YVONNE PEER GLASS AWARD:  GAIL VANSLEDRIGHT.  Gail VanSledright, from Alto, Michigan, makes kiln formed glass wall tiles and nightlights. The Glass Award is a fifty dollar award.

AWARD FOR BEST DISPLAY:  CHERYL STEVENS.  Cheryl Stevens is a Sault ceramics artist who makes jewelry of hand painted clay. The award is a fifty dollar prize.

HONORABLE MENTION AWARDS:  KAREN REECE, of Colorado Springs, CO., for lampwork bead jewelry

DAVID BROWN, of Sault, Michigan, for carved sculptures on driftwood

The festival judge was Toni Leny of Manistique, Michigan.

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