Bedford Arts and Crafts Society Announces Winners in the 15th Annual Regional Art Exhibit

Best in Show: Florence Como's picture was front and center as guests entered the show - image (c) JMcCT, 2014 — *Best in Show: Florence Como’s “The Red Canoe” was front and center as guests entered the show – Image (c) JMcCT, 2014*

Submitted by Bedford Arts and Crafts Society

Judged by Bedford artist Dianne Levine, the Bedford Arts and Crafts Society drew a varied set of artists and category winners for its 15^th Annual Regional Art Exhibit. The show also featured work by Natalia Soares, BACS’s 2014 scholarship winner.

And, the winners were:

BEST IN SHOW
Florence Como, The Red Canoe

WATERCOLOR
First Place: Susan McGrath, Lemonade
Second Place: John Giannino, Buoys w/b Buoys
Honorable Mention: Susan McGrath, Blowin’ in the Wind; Mary Aloyse Firestone, Composition; Florence Como, Raining in Venice

OIL/ACRYLIC/PASTEL
First Place: Betty Slechta, Shadows in Time
Second Place: Ellen Hurley, Fawn Lake Bedford
Honorable Mention: Jeanne Reidy, Misty Mountain

DRAWING
Honorable Mention: Laura Wallace, Ann

PRINTMAKING
First Place: Doris Smith, The Little House
Second Place: Jean Hammond; Tea Tags
Honorable Mention: Susan Iozzo, Cat O’ Nine Tails; Maria Green, Inspired by the Quilts of Gee’s Bend #1

SCULPTURE / 3-DIMENSIONAL
Honorable Mention: Bonnie Miskolczy, Extinction

PHOTOGRAPHY
First Place: Mary Aloyse Firestone, Fog Watch in the North Atlantic
Second Place: Ellen Royalty, Kayaks on the Concord River
Honorable Mention: Ellen Royalty, Gilbertville; Bob Bass, Moving Surf, Lucy Vincent Beach, MV