2014 Awards Juror
“Don’t Go” by Kim Foster, Manchester, 2013 Best of Show, Amateur Fine Art
Krista Harberson earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a dual
concentration in painting and drawing from the University of Montevallo.
She holds a Master of Fine Arts from Florida State University, and
served an apprenticeship under Hanga master Hiroyuki Dekura at
Dekura Studios, Nishi-Gifu, Japan.
Harberson is currently a Foundations Professor at Savannah College
of Art and Design, where she has taught drawing, color theory, and two
and three dimensional design since 2001. She taught drawing at Gifu
International Center for four years, using dry media such as charcoal, graphite, chalk pastel,
and conte. Prior to that, she taught printmaking and life drawing at Florida State University and
served as a technical assistant at the Florida State University Museum of Art.
Her work has been exhibited in several shows in Macon, Savannah, and Milledgeville, Georgia
and in Pensacola, Florida. She exhibited most recently at “Behind the Minds” in Macon, Ga. in
June 2013.
2014 Slide Juror
Charles Ward was born and raised in Macon, GA. He graduated with
a B.A. in Art with a concentration in Drawing from Piedmont College
in Demorest, Georgia. He received a Master of Arts in Teaching from
Georgia College & State University in 2006. He received a Master of
Fine Arts from Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C., in 2008.
Currently, Charles is Assistant Professor of Art at Middle Georgia
State College in Macon, GA, where he teaches 2D Design, Drawing,
3D Design, and Art History for the Art Program as well as Digital
Media Studio and Professional Portfolio of the B.A. in New Media and
Communications Program.
Ward is a member of the Contemporary Arts Exchange and has most recently exhibited work
at the 2nd Annual Behind the Minds Exhibition at The 567 Center for Renewal in Downtown
Macon.
F INE
ART
For more information, or to make a Merit or Purchase Award Pledge, contact the
Georgia Living Department at [email protected] or (478) 988-6555.
October 2-12, 2014
The Georgia National Fair Fine Arts Merit Awards Program gives the patron the opportunity
to reward an artist for a piece that may not have placed, but the patron feels has merit.
The patron pledges a certain amount which is awarded to the artist, but the artist retains
posession of the piece.
The Georgia National Fair Fine Arts Purchase Awards Program benefits both the patron
and the artist. Art patrons pledge to buy art from works submitted to the Georgia National
Fair Fine Arts Competition and Exhibition. The amount a patron pledges is the minimum
they will spend to buy art from a single artist. For instance, if a patron pledges $500 and
desires a work priced at $350, the patron will pay the artist the pledged amount of $500.
A patron may buy more than one piece from the same artist for the pledged amount if the
works are priced within that amount. Many times a patron will increase their commitment
in order to purchase a favored piece. The artist receives the total amount paid for a work.
The Georgia National Fair does not take a commission. Because no commission is
charged and because patrons take a risk in making a pledge to buy, we ask the artists
to submit a reduced price for the Art Patron Purchase Awards along with a regular
price to the general public.
“Georgia Grown”
ABOUT THE ART PATRON MERIT AND PURCHASE AWARDS
Fine Arts Superintendents:
Edna Garrett, Perry
and Diana McClarnon, Perry
The 25th annual juried competition of
Fine Arts, presented during the Georgia
National Fair, October 2-12, 2014,
provides an opportunity for Georgia artists
to exhibit their work before an audience of
more than 440,000 people who attend the
Fair. The exhibition will be located in the
Miller-Murphy-Howard Building.
CALENDAR
August 8 - Deadline for images and
fees to arrive.
August 30 - Notification of accepted/
unaccepted works.
September 12-13, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Hand delivery of accepted works. Artwork
will not be accepted outside of scheduled
hours.
October 2, 3 p.m. - October 12, 10 p.m.
- Exhibition open.
October 14 - Art pickup, 12 noon - 8 p.m.
October 15 - Art pickup, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
October 20 - Begin return of shipped
works.
WORK NOT PICKED UP BY OCT. 15
WILL BECOME PROPERTY OF THE
FAIR.
ELIGIBILITY
1. All exhibitors are required to read
and abide by the Georgia National Fair
General Rules And Regulations found
at http://www.georgianationalfair.com/
home-arts-fine-arts/. PLEASE NOTE:
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO READ
AND UNDERSTAND THE RULES. If you
have questions, you may certainly e-mail
us at [email protected]. Please help us
prevent entry disqualifications.
2. Open to all Georgia artists who are 18
years of age or older and no longer high
school students (those students must
enter in the Youth Art Competition).
3. Artists may enter up to three works
per category of their own original and
untutored work. Each piece must be an
original work of art and not a replication of
another work. Works previously shown in
this exhibition may not be entered. Works
must have been completed within the
last three years.
4. The size limit for all hanging art work
is 5’ x 5’, including the frame. Art should
not extend more than 2” from the picture
plane. Work must be framed and ready for
hanging with secure hooks and wires. No
sawtooth hangers. Watercolors, graphics,
and dry media must be covered with glass
or Plexiglas. Works on canvas may be
unframed, but sides of canvas (gallery
wrap) must be painted.
5. Sculpture and floor pieces must fit
within a 4’ x 4’ space, be free standing, and
not weigh more than 150 pounds, unless
previously approved. No installations,
please.
6. Accepted work which differs from
the image submitted for jury will be
disqualified.
7. No accepted entry may be withdrawn
prior to the close of the exhibition. Early
removal will result in forfeiture of prizes
and disqualification from future shows.
8. Unlike a traditional art gallery, the
Georgia National Fair patrons consist
largely of families with children. Exhibits
should be suitable for family viewing.
The Georgia National Fair reserves the
right to reject any exhibit offered if it is
objectionable. This includes, but is not
limited to: images of nudity or graphic
violence, profanity, and depictions of a
sexually explicit nature. Decisions of the
Georgia National Fair will be final.
ENTRY PROCESS
9. All images must be digital in .jpg
format and should be submitted by e-mail
to [email protected]. Images should be
300 DPI and 4-5 inches in height .
10. One image for each two dimensional
piece entered and up to two images for
each three dimensional piece may be
submitted. The file name should match
the title of the piece (title and #1 and title
and #2 for multiple images of 3D pieces.
Example - Mona Lisa 1, Mona Lisa 2).
11. Visa, Mastercard, American Express,
checks and money orders are accepted
for registration fees.
ENTRY FEES
12. Non-refundable entry fees are $10
per work, payable to the Georgia National
Fair, upon entry submission, to arrive by
August 8, 2014.
ACCEPTED WORKS
13. Artists whose works are accepted
will receive instructions for shipping or
delivery. Decisions of the juror(s) will be
final.
SALES
14. Unless specified NFS, it is assumed
that all work is for sale. Please provide
a price with your entry. No commission
will be attached to sales. Sold works
other than Purchase Awards will be
coordinated through the artist must
remain on exhibition until after the close
of the show.
LIABILITY
15. Every reasonable precaution will be
taken during the receiving, installation,
exhibition, and return of work, but the
Georgia National Fair, its employees and
volunteers, will assume no responsibility
for loss or damage incurred. Artists
should carry their own insurance. Work
should not be so fragile that shipment or
public display is potentially harmful to the
work or the viewer.
AWARDS
16. More than $6,900 in Merit and
Purchase Awards available in addition to
cash prizes offered for each category.
PURCHASE AWARDS
17. The Georgia National Fair Fine Arts
Purchase Awards Program benefits both
the patron and the artist. Art patrons
pledge to buy art from works submitted
to the Georgia National Fair Fine Arts
Competition and Exhibition. The amount a
patron pledges is the minimum they will
spend to buy art from a single artist. For
instance, if a patron pledges $500 and
desires a work priced at $350, the patron
will pay the artist the pledged amount of
$500. A patron may buy more than one
piece from the same artist for the pledged
amount if the works are priced within
that amount. A patron may increase their
commitment in order to purchase a favored
piece. Because no commission is charged
and because patrons take a risk in making
a pledge to buy, we ask the artists to
submit a reduced price for the Art
Patron Purchase Awards along with a
regular price to the general public.
18. Pre-sold works or commissioned
works are not eligible for the purchase
awards program.
Best of Show Awards
$500 Amateur
$2000 Open/Professional
AMATEUR DIVISION
For the beginner or the exhibitor with
limited experience who has yet to reach an
accomplished level of the art. An artist who
accumulates 10 first place ribbons or wins Best
of Show will be required to move up to the Open/
Professional Division. Judges reserve the right
to move works from Amateur to Professional if
quality of the work merits.
1st $200
2nd
$100
3rd
$75
OPEN OR PROFESSIONAL
DIVISION
For the exhibitor (professional or amateur)
whose work is competitive at the highest level
of his/her art. Professionals are those people
who teach fine art, have a degree in fine arts,
and/or receive income from their art.
1st $300 2nd
$200
3rd
$100
CATEGORIES
FINE CRAFTS
DIV. 20101 Amateur
DIV. 20103 Open/Professional
1 Basketry; coiling, mold woven,
traditional and non-traditional weaving.
2 Fiber; rugs, silk screen, wall hangings,
etc., of original design (Hand spinning and
weaving should be entered in the Spinning
and Weaving Show).
3 Gourd Art
4 Metal Smithing; jewelry and art metal
craft.
5 Mixed Media; (3-D pieces) Includes
stained glass; must be an original design.
6 Pottery and Glass; includes functional
and art pieces not suitable for the sculpture
category
7 Wood; includes fine objects such as
hand hewn bowls, folk art, decoys, etc.
(Traditional wood carving and Wood Turning
should be entered in their respective
shows).
MINIATURES (other than portraits)
DIV. 20201 Amateur
DIV. 20203 Open/Professional
All Miniatures must be a small scale rendering
of life-size subjects. Limited to 4x6 inches for
Paintings and 4x4x4 inches for 3-D works.
SCULPTURE
DIV. 20401 Amateur
DIV. 20403 Open/Professional
1
2
Metal, Wood, or Mixed Media
Clay or Stone
SPECIAL CATEGORIES
These categories will be juried separately from
other categories. First place winners will be
eligible for the Department Best of Show Award.
DIV. 20501 Amateur
DIV. 20503 Open/Professional
1 Georgia National Fair; works depicting
any recognizable aspect of the Georgia
National Fair
2 The Livestock Show; works depicting
domestic animals typically raised on a farm;
does not include pets such as cats, dogs,
birds, etc. Works will be judged on accurate
depiction of the subject.
3 Wildlife; works depicting animals
found in the wild. Works will be judged on
accurate depiction of the species.
2014 SELECTED FEATURE:
PORTRAITURE
The Special Feature will change each year.
The 2015 Special Feature will be Abstracts.
The Selected Feature will be juried separately
from other categories. First place winners
1 MIniature painting
eligible for the Department Best of Show Award.
2 Miniature other 2-D, mixed media, Amateur and Open/Professional Divisions with
drawing, etc.
category prize money set forth above will apply.
3 Miniature 3-D
All entries in this category will be twodimensional.
PAINTINGS (other than portraits)
DIV. 20301 Amateur
DIV. 20601 Amateur
DIV. 20303 Open/Professional
DIV. 20603 Open/Professional
1 Painting on canvas or panel; oil,
acrylic, encaustic, tempera.
2 Painting on paper or watercolor
canvas; water media
3 Other two dimensional; mixed media,
drawing, original print (woodcuts, etching,
silk screen, etc. Artist must have created
plates; prints of existing artwork are not
acceptable.) No numbered prints accepted.
1 Individual adult
2 Individual child
3 Pet(s)
4 Groups (may include people and/or
animals)
5 Miniature portraits (no larger than
4”x6”)
2013 AWARD WINNERS
Georgia National Fair Best of Show, Amateur...........................................................Kim Foster, Manchester
Georgia National Fair Best of Show, Open/Professional......................................Marlin Adams, Thomaston
Best of Show Award, Wood Turning................................................................Robert (Butch) Davis, Snellville
Artists for Art Merit Awards:
Bruce Chase, Macon
Robert Detamore, Barnesville
Charlotte Durrence, Springfield
Sharon Farkas, Gainesville
Dee Ann Heidler, Macon
Laura Lacis, Peachtree City
MERIT AWARDS
Cyndi Marble, Loganville
Fred Morris, Barnesville
Robert Moshell, Hamilton
Barbara Smenner, Manchester
Pennie Sunderman, Fort Valley
Chris Wilson, Marietta
Wood Turning Merit Awards
Frank Bowers, Stone Mountain
Niall Mathieson, Barnesville (2)
Doug McCulloch, Marietta
Harvey Meyer, Dunwoody
Dolly Alexander Merit Award.............................................................................Paul Harman, Manchester
Tom & Lora Arledge Merit Award..........................................................................Nancy Lucas, Manchester
Tom & Lora Arledge Merit Award...................................................................................Ron Dawes, Bonaire
Snyder & Lisa Chapman Merit Award........................................................................Elizabeth Baker, Perry
Edith Edmonds Merit Award..................................................................................Robert Moshell, Hamilton
Tim & Linda Gerard Merit Award........................................................................Pat Christian, Waverly Hall
Carol Gerbing Merit Award..........................................................................................Pong Holton, Douglas
Phil & Susan Hargrove Merit Award............................................................................Chris Wilson, Marietta
Houston Arts Alliance Merit Award..............................................................Michael Kovach, Warner Robins
Jim & Diana McClarnon Merit Award.................................................................Sharon Farkas, Gainesville
Meriwether County Artists Guild Merit Award...........................................................Phyllis Runyon, Kathleen
Fred & Kendall Morris Merit Award..........................................................................Eddie Rainey, Milner
Robert T. Moshell, DVM Merit Award..................................................................Susan R. Dolan, Columbus
Jack & Gloria Ragland Merit Award..........................................................................Kay Ridge, Stockbridge
Joy & Ken Raynor, M.D. Merit Award...............................................................Micah Goguen, Warner Robins
Betsy Reiter Merit Award..........................................................................................Don Coker, Columbus
Kay Ridge Merit Award...........................................................................................Henrietta Ladson, Albany
Lois Wills Merit Award...........................................................................................Karen Burnett, Townsend
James Yawn Merit Award............................................................................................Bucky Bowles, Fortson
PURCHASE AWARDS
Georgia National Fair Purchase Award..................................................................Donnie Wright, Cochran
Elinor Crane Purchase Award....................................................................................Jane Bowen, Crawford
Reithoffer Shows Purchase Award..............................................................................Chris Wilson, Marietta
Frito-Lay, Inc. Purchase Award.................................................................................Lee Wettstein, Bonaire
Mike & Sallie Jaros Purchase Award.....................................................................Cheryl Arnold, LaFayette
Tom & Lora Arledge Purchase Award...........................................................................Chris Wilson, Marietta
Horatio V. Cabasares, M.D., P.C. Purchase Award............................................................Donna Tabor, Perry
Davis & Diane Cosey Purchase Award.........................................................................Chris Wilson, Marietta
David & Lynn Morley Purchase Award............................................................................Billy Dykes, Valdosta
Jim & Diana McClarnon Purchase Award...................................................................Judy Black, Gainesville
Tim & Linda Gerard Purchase Award.......................................................................Carol Costello, Perry
Peggy Bledsoe Purchase Award.....................................................................................Beth Arnold, Lilburn
Shirley & Bill Brown Purchase Award....................................................................Nancy Lucas, Manchester
Mr. & Mrs. Larry E. Garrett Purchase Award.................................................Frank Bowers, Stone Mountain
Mark & Charlotte Harper Purchase Award....................................................................Michael Rasher, Perry
Fred & Kendall Morris Purchase Award..............................................................Ron Britton, Sharpsburg
Perry Dental Associates Purchase Award..............................................................Cheryl Arnold, LaFayette
Sandy Kusuda Purchase Award..................................................................................Chris Wilson, Marietta
Pennie Sunderman Purchase Award......................................................................Nancy Lucas, Manchester
ARTISTS IN
RESIDENCE
October 2-12, 2014
Miller-Murphy-Howard Building
Each year the Georgia National Fair invites
selected artists to participate in our Artists
in Residence program. The goal of the
program is to expose the fairgoers to the
arts through demonstrations and interaction
with these artists. Artists in Residence are
usually selected from previous winners of
the competition.
Donnie Wright, Cochran
Oct. 2-4
Donnie grew up in Houston
county
and the middle
Georgia. area. He is a selftaught artist with a primary
interest in metal sculpture. His
preferred medium is scrap or
recycled metal objects and tools with a rusty
patina. The focus of much of his work is horse
sculptures and western art, but he will also vary
his interest from time to time with steampunk
pieces and some oil paintings.
His creation of artworks began in 2008 when
he worked in oil painting for a about a year. He
then developed an interest in making welded
metal garden art for his wife.While pursuing this
interest, he discovered a South Dakota artist
John Lopez, "who does stunning scrap metal
creations." John became a friend and mentor
as they communicated by email and telephone
over the years. "John has been my biggest
inspiration and I hope one day I can measure up
to the quality of his work."
Donnie’s sculpture entitled “Salvador’s Saddle”
won the 2013 Georgia National Fair Purchase
Award and in 2012 his “Salvador” was chosen
as Best of Show in the Amateur Division.
Atlanta
Woodcarvers Club
Oct. 2-3
A t l a n t a
Woodcarvers Club
was founded in 1976 by a group of carvers in
the Atlanta area with the purpose of promoting
woodcarving/wood sculpting on all levels of
performance, and providing fellowship and
support to local woodcarvers. The club grew in
membership to a record level of 125 members
and then some members split off to form
suburban clubs. AWC collaborates with other
metro clubs in joint projects such as staffing
an Atlanta woodcarving booth at the annual
Southeast Woodworking Show. For more
information, visit www.atlantawoodcarvers.
com.
Marlin Adams, Thomaston
Oct. 4
Marlin Adams is a Professor
of art at Gordon College in
Barnesville, Georgia where
he has taught art classes for
the past twenty years. He has
been featured in The Artist’s
Magazine, American Artist Magazine and in
American Artist’s “Oil Highlights Collectors
Series.” He has been a winner in “The Artist’s
Magazine” portrait competition and a finalist
in the categories of landscape, still life, and
portraiture. He was also a finalist and a Staff
award winner in the 2007 Art Renewal Center
International Competition.
Adams’ work can be found in museums and
private collections throughout the country. He
is listed in four comprehensive reference books
on American art: The Bluebook of American Art,
Davenport’s Art Reference, The Red Book and
AskArt.com.
Adams is a graduate of Brigham Young
University and holds a Master of Fine Arts
degree. He has been a full-time painter for a
portion of his career and has combined painting
and teaching for the past 30 years. Marlin paints
portraits and still lifes from life. He often works
alongside his students, believing that direct
observation of the artist painting from life is the
fastest way to learn.
His sculpture entitled “Sara” was the 2013
Best of Show winner in the Open/Professional
division of the Georgia National Fair Fine Art
Competition.
Wini McQueen, Macon
Oct. 5
Wini McQueen lives and
works in Macon, GA. For
many years she practiced the
dyer’s art-painting, stamping
and resist patterning textiles
for clothing. Recording stories
from the African diaspora through interviews,
photographs, and sound recordings was an
avocation and a way of contributing to the
cultural life of her community. When both
interests merged, the results were hand dyed,
pieced works with quilt-like qualities which
she calls ”urban kente” (“kente” refers to the
narrow loom woven pieced textiles of West
Africa). The urban twist is inspired by modern
tools such as the camera, the copy machine,
the computer’s scanner and new world sagas
from the urban American South and the bustling
cities of West Africa. Wini spent the last five
years crafting textiles about the written word
from the African diaspora that will cover the twostory rotunda walls of Macon’s soon-to-open
Tubman African American Museum. “What has
been equally fulfilling,” she says, “was first, cocurating an exhibit documenting her search
for pieced textiles in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana,
West Africa in 1994-95 and again in 2000, and
more recently, curating an exhibit of survival
objects-tools, quilts, toys, et. al. crafted by
black people in Middle Georgia which she calls
‘Make Do.’” Her experiences as an educator
include residencies in Georgia; Williamstown,
Massachusetts; Cincinnati, Ohio (where she codesigned a unit featuring the art of 19th century
landscape artist Robert Duncanson with Taft
museum staff for local seventh graders); and
Cote d’Ivoire ,West Africa (where she served as
mediator in the exchange of cultural/survival arts
between The Institute National Superieur des
Arts et de l’Action Culturelle (Abidjan, RCI) and
local Georgia schools).
Wini McQueen served as an Artist in Residence
at the first Georgia National Fair in 1990.
Cyndi Marble, Loganville
Oct. 5-7
Cyndi was born and raised
in Massachusetts. A former
4-H member, she spent her
childhood summers showing
cattle and sheep. She has a
BFA in fine art; her major was textile design. She
and her husband, Sam, moved to Georgia over
30 years ago, most recently to Loganville where
she maintains her studio. “We live at the end of
the road in a funky house surrounded by trees.
I can look out any window and find inspiration.”
Cyndi has worked in watercolor, acrylic, clay ,
stone and fiber, but has considered pastel her
favorite medium since she picked up the first
stick. She paints many different subjects, but
is best known for animal paintings, especially
her cows and old rusted vehicles. She is vice
president of Southeastern Pastel Society and
has achieved Member of Excellence status.
She has also achieved Member of Excellence
status with the Alabama Pastel Society, is a
juried member of the Degas Pastel Society., and
a member of Kudzu Art Zone.
Cyndi regularly exhibits her work in juried shows
around the country, including shows sponsored
by PSA (Pastel Society of America), and IAPS
(International Association of Pastel Societies).
She has won numerous awards and her work
can be found in a number of private collections.
Cyndi has exhibited at the Georgia National Fair
in Perry, Georgia, for many years and won many
awards.
Cyndi is represented by Art on the Avenue in
Macon Ga. and she also accepts commissions.
Virginia Lowman, Hartsfield
Oct. 7-9
Virginia Lowman lives in
Colquitt County, near Moultrie
on the farm where she grew
up. She lived in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
for
many
years. She graduated from
the Community College in Allegheny County
with an Associate Degree in Accounting and a
Bachelors Degree in Business Management.
While in Pittsburgh, she worked for Price
Waterhouse, Hertz Rent-A-Car and H&R Block.
She returned to Moultrie in 2001 to care for her
ailing father. In South Georgia, she has worked
for local governments and Siemens Water
Technologies. She has retired and devotes her
time to making baskets.
Virginia has had an interest in arts and crafts
from an early age, but has found her calling as
a basket maker. In 1997, when her son was
leaving for college, someone asked her, “What
will you do now – take up basket weaving”? Her
ARTISTS IN
RESIDENCE 2014
(continued)
answer was, “maybe,” and a seed was planted.
In 1998, she took her first basket weaving class
at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. From that
first class, she taught herself to make different
types of baskets. After returning to Moultrie,
she took a pine needle basket class at the John
C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North
Carolina. From that class, she began to focus
on coiled baskets using pine needles
The art of pine needle basket making is becoming
lost in our society. There are pine needle basket
makers in some arts and crafts groups and in
some Native American cultures. But, not many
people know of its existence. Virginia is trying to
keep the art alive by teaching and by exhibiting
at arts and crafts shows. She has participated
in Mossy Creek Barnyard Festival in Perry, GA;
Market Days in Tallahassee, FL; The Love Affair
in Tifton, GA; and Plantation Wildlife Festival in
Thomasville, GA. She is a member of Wiregrass
Art Gallery in Thomasville, GA, and has taught a
group of Native American women to make pine
needle baskets.
In addition to pine needle baskets, Virginia has
begun using other materials in coiling baskets.
She is using a prairie sweet grass and is
exploring using lemon grass and other plants
in South Georgia. She is trying to preserve
the art of coiling a basket and use sustainable
materials.
Kim Foster, Manchester
Oct. 8-9
Kim Foster has been a
professional photographer for
over 13 years. She resides in
Manchester, Georgia with her
husband Brad, and children,
Grace and Raines.
Kim Attended Georgia Southern University
with an Interior Design Major. She later
attended Columbus State University, where
her photography instructor encouraged her to
pursue a career in photography. She opened
Kim Foster Photography on Main Street in
Manchester and quickly discovered her niche
in portraiture. Her specialty is children and
family portraits and, more recently, wedding
photography.
Kim has enjoyed learning to paint oil portraits at
The Village Art Studio in Manchester with many
accomplished artists. Their encouragement and
support led to her submission of “Don’t Go” to
the Georgia National Fair Fine Art Competition
in 2013, where it was chosen as Best of Show in
the Amateur Division.
Butch Davis, Snellville
Oct. 10
“My name is Robert Davis, but
family and friends know me as
“Butch.”
Davis was a corporate pilot
for thirty-four years., the last
twenty-four years were spent
flying jets worldwide.
He started woodworking after retirement and
joined the Gwinnett Woodworkers Association,
eventually becoming their President for two
years. Butch is a member of the American
Association of Woodturners, their virtual chapter
“Segmented Woodturners” and the Georgia
Association of Woodturners.
“At a GWA class several years ago Ken Vickery
was presenting a class on “Segmented Turning”
and since that day I knew that’s what I want to do
with my woodworking. “
Butch considers wood turning his hobby and
says he completes “one to three projects a year,
so far, all for family members.”
Davis has been competing here at the Georgia
National Fair for six years and his piece entitled
“Quasar” was chosen as Best of Show winner
in Wood Turning in 2013.
Annie Greene, LaGrange
Oct. 10-11
Annie L. Greene, retired
educator and artist has had
thirty-five years of experience
as an art teacher on all levels
from elementary school to
college level. She has been
exhibiting her artwork since 1962. She has
created works in oils, acrylic, pen and ink and
needlepoint, but since 1972 she has been
known mostly by her two-dimensional yarn art
in which she glues yarn to watercolor paper.
Since retiring from public school teaching she
spent many years serving as a resource person,
demonstrating or teaching art classes in schools,
galleries, libraries, health care systems and for
clubs and organizations throughout Georgia
and Eastern Alabama. When she introduced
the idea of using yarn to create two-dimensional
works of art to her junior high school students it
was the students who motivated her to work with
the same medium to create her artwork. Since
that time she has exhibited widely with over 50
One Woman Art Shows, 205 Group Shows, has
won numerous awards and has over 460 works
of art in numerous art collections.
Annie self-published a book entitled “The
Farm in Yarn” about her childhood visits to her
grandparents’ farm in Adel, Georgia when she
was 12 and 13 years old. This project, with
37 yarn art pieces, won Best Exhibit in 1993
with a budget under $100,000 and the Atlanta
History Center won Best Exhibit with a budget
over $100,000. The exhibit traveled throughout
the state of Georgia for 2 years, having been
promoted by the CVAM, LaGrange, GA.
Annie resides in LaGrange with her husband,
Oliver N. Greene, Sr., a retired school principal.
They have two children, Zinta L. Perkins, a
past art teacher and principal of Pebblebrook
Performing Arts School, Cobb County, and
Dr. Oliver Nathan Greene, Jr., Vocalist and
Associate Professor of Music, Georgia State
University, Atlanta, GA.
Joy Raynor, Bonaire, and
Micah Goguen, Warner
Robins
Oct. 11-12
Joy Madden Raynor is a
retired speech pathologist from
the Bradenton, Florida public
school system. She works in
both photography and pottery.
Her photographs have won Cherry Blossom
Category in Macon 3 years in a row. She has
won best color at the GNF and Best Color,
Best Black & White and People’s Choice at
the Macon Fair. She hand tints black and white
photos to capture the antique essence of the
historical buildings in this area.
Clay also intrigues her because in the Raku
process one pulls the piece red hot at 1750° from
the kiln and places it into sawdust to smoke and
activate the metallic glazes. Her new interest in
clay is to transfer one of her photos onto her clay
work in a creation that enhances both. She has
been able to do this with Polaroid emulsion lifts,
transfers and Liquid Light applications. After a
two week workshop at Penland N.C. with Mark
Burleson, she has mastered a few techniques to
accomplish this new process.
Most of her art background has been acquired
at courses at Penland School of Crafts in
Penland, North Carolina; Arrowmont School of
Arts & Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tenn.; Wild Acres in
Little Switzerland, N.C. (a branch of the Ringling
School of Arts, Sarasota, Fl.); and at workshops
with experts in the field:
Joy won Best In Show at the Fine Arts Society’s
annual show in Warner Robins with a sculpture
called Women of the World. She has had a one
woman show at Fort Valley State College; her
King Tut ceramic was exhibited in the Macon
Museum of Arts and Sciences Egyptian show.
Her work is in private collections and is selling at
local galleries.
Micah Goguen grew up in
Central Georgia and obtained
his B.A. in Art from Georgia
College & State University in
Milledgeville. Micah continued
studies in figure drawing
and painting at Kennesaw
University and lived in the
Atlanta area for seven years producing and
showing art at local venues. Residing currently
in Warner Robins, Micah focuses primarily on
bringing art to the community and using art as
a form of communication for those struggling
to understand and cope with life situations.
Stationed primarily at The Painted Door Art
Gallery, Goguen helps to manage the studio and
produce work while teaching art to both adults
and children. He also volunteers time at the
local community center and works with adults
in alcohol and substance recovery, as well as
uprooted and traumatized children. Goguen
hopes to foster and nurture new artists and
strengthen the impact that the arts can have on
the revitalization of a community. Using mural
work, art for entertainment and art therapy for
healing, he collaborates with school systems,
local shops, and non profits to help unify and
most importantly “spread a message”. Micah’s
own artwork conveys his interest in people as
he uses oil paints to mostly create expressive
portraits. Bold color choices and organic
movement signify his style and you can most
often expect a large confrontational composition
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that forces the viewer to take notice and interact.
Micah works in a range of media and teaches
workshops in Oil and Acrylic Painting, Ceramics,
Textiles and Drawing. Goguen also does art
restoration and studied under Shae Avery at
Avery Gallery in Roswell, Ga. You can find
collective works and services from Goguen at
The Painted Door Art Gallery at 1752 Watson
Blvd. Warner Robins, Ga. 31093.
Middle Georgia Woodcarvers
Guild
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The Middle Georgia Carvers
Guild was founded in 1989 by a
group of carvers in the Warner
Robins area with the purpose
of promoting woodcarving & sculpting on all
levels from novice to professional. We wanted
to provide encouragement and fellowship and
support to local carvers and the community.
The club was originally charted as the Wood
Carving Club of Middle Georgia. The name was
changed sometime in the 1990s. At one time
there were close to 100 active members who
contributed much to the community with our
annual Christmas tree raffle. The proceeds of
tickets sales went to many great causes in our
community. At the present time the club has only
15 members and meets monthly (2nd Saturday)
at a members house.
2014 GEORGIA ARTISTS FOR ART
Betty Arnold, Juliette
JoAnn Camp, Greenville
Pat Christian, Waverly Hall
Robert & Diane Davis, Snellville
Mikki Root Dillon, Lilburn
Fine Arts Society of Middle GA, Warner Robins
Terry Gambill, Warner Robins
Edna Garrett, Perry
Jean Eaton Gay, Moultrie
John Gay, McDonough
Annie Greene, LaGrange
Larry & Nancy Guerine, Kennesaw
Syra Hansen, Powder Springs
Phil & Susan Hargrove, Butler
Lamar Holland, Lilburn
Pong Holton, Douglas
Cindy Jones, Warner Robins
Roy Maddox, Sr, Perry
Jim Mitchell, Warwick
Marla Oliphant, Bonaire
Diane Osborne, Columbus
Roseanne M. Peters, Midland
Heather Smith, Cartersville
Susan Verrochi, Perry
Ed & Peggy Vesely, Bonaire
Janice Williams, Perry
Lois Wills, Kathleen
Chris Wilson, Marietta
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Georgia Artists for Art
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Meriwether County Artists Guild
Ken & Joy Raynor, MD
Betty Dillard
Tom & Lora Arledge (Two $50 Awards)
ECAM Associates, LLC
Fallen Leaves Studio
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Paul Harman
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Houston Arts Alliance
Jim & Marilyn Hutchinson
Niall Mathieson
Fred & Kendall Morris
James Yawn
The Georgia Gourd Society
Tim & Linda Gerard
Phil & Susan Hargrove
In Memory of Ethel Durbin
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Tommy & Kathryn Hightower
JMA Architecture, Inc.
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Pruett Air Conditioning Associates
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