CVAA scholarship art show a success

Staff Reports

The Carson Valley Art Association's annual Scholarship Benefit Art Show was Nov. 6 and 7 at the CVIC Hall in Minden. The show was produced by the volunteer members of the art association and committee head Margaret Biggs.

Food was served at the reception, with coffee provided by Blind Dog Coffee Co.

The flea market table was manned by Eileen Merrill and her committee. Raffle items were donated by local businesses.

For information the upcoming scholarship benefit and Carson Valley Days art shows, contact scholarship chairwoman Beth Bosmans, 782-5606.

Winners from 2010 CVAA Scholarship Benefit Show:

Best in Show: Nancy Bargman, mixed media "Navajo Boy"

Water media, 51 entries:

Don Fotine, "Autumn Morning," first

Terry Sweeney "Gathering at the Gap," second

Carolyn Denning "Home Grown Tractor," third

Honorable mention: Eileen Merrill "Mountain Storm, Don Fotine "Copper Creek," Alice Norton "Sand Harbor"

Photography, 39 entries

Wendy Frances "Stream of Life," first

Debbie Marsh "Jobs Mountain," second

Wendy Frances "Cooling Off," third

Honorable mention: Richard Farrar "It's A Hoot," Pam Brekas "Surreal Bodie"

Oil, 34 entries:

Nancy Clarke "Tahoe Rocks," first

Buz Schott "On the Road," second

Howard Friedman "Water and Rocks," third

Honorable mention: Linda Wellise "Foothill Cattle Drive"

Acrylic, 25 entries

Richard Rose "Oxidized History," first

Paula Coyle "Out of the Shadows," second

Anna Louise Darden "Abstract Brown/Gold," third

Mixed media, 22 entries

Helen Martin "Reflections," first

Dorrine Sadilek "Gardner's Delight," second

Lee Lewis "Botanical Garden," third

3-D, 9 entries:

Pete Bowie "Out of Nowhere," first

Susan Welch "Young Coyote," second

Lynn Ann Watson "Spirit Feathers," third

Pastel, 5 entries:

Ida Glazier "6AM Scossa Cow Camp," first

Helen Fanning "St. Mary's Church," second

Ida Glazie "Paying the Help," third