COUNCIL OF THE ARTS ANNOUNCES STUDENT ART SHOW WINNERS

The Chenango County Council of the Arts has announced the winners of the 2008 Congressional Art Show, “Artistic Discovery”. This annual competition for Chenango County high school art students is sponsored by Congressman Michael Arcuri and is part of a national competition. Winners from local exhibits go on to compete with others from around the state in Utica, and one winner’s work is chosen from each state to hang in the halls of Congress for a year.
Schools participating in this year’s Artistic Discovery are Sherburne-Earlville, Norwich, Afton, Oxford, and Unadilla Valley. The exhibit was coordinated by Norwich High School art teacher Wayne Franklin and was juried by Carl Houghton and Lynne Berry.

In the 2 dimensional category first place awards go to: Juliet Morin, Sherburne-Earlville; Sarah Powell, Norwich; and Paige Wissenbach, Sherburne-Earlville. Second place awards go to Ayla Martin, Afton; Joe Mettler, Sherburne-Earlville; Christi Baker, Oxford; and Mark Jensen, Unadilla Valley. Honorable Mention awards go to Alexis Blatcher, Norwich; Michael Cogswell, Afton; Julia McDermott, Sherburne-Earlville; Sarah Powell, Norwich; Craig Berg, Norwich; Jessica Johannes, Unadilla Valley; and Mariane Domingos, Sherburne-Earlville.
Three dimensional award winners include Mark Ross of Norwich, Pasquale Dabbraccio, Norwich, and Monica Roser, Norwich.
The five students chosen by the judges to move on to the Utica competition are: Julia McDermott, painting, Sherburne-Earlville; Ayla Martin, painting, Afton; Juliet Morin, one painting and one mixed media piece, Sherburne-Earlville; and Paige Wissenbach, photography, Sherburne-Earlville. Only two dimensional work is accepted for the next phase of the Congressional Art Show.
Eighty four students from around the county have work displayed in the show, which is open to the public and runs through April 17.
Local sponsors for Artistic Discovery are Peter and Virginia Chaplin, the George and Elisabeth Mead Foundation, and Golden Artist Colors.