Congrats to Mrs Floyd E Cahoon

Mrs. Floyd E Cahoon was awarded Honorable Mention in
the 1212 Gallery Manchester National Juried Fine Art Exhibition 2008!
The juror was Elizabeth Schlatter,
Deputy Director and Curator,
University of Richmond Museums.

Liquid ships with wooden sails

Liquid ships with wooden sails
Floating in a paper sea,
wrapped in hay bales and bamboo
upon a splattered beach
with eyes shut tight by ink
how does she stop to think?
Are they ships or are they sharks
do hay bales bind or protect
and what are all those tiny specks
scattered in the sand...
bits of glass, smallish fish
or 10 million little finger tips
of a million helping hands.

Manchester National Juried Fine Art Exhibition

Manchester National Juried Fine Art Exhibition 2008 at 12 12 Gallery

Mnjfae08 12 12 Gallery's highly successful competition, Manchester National Juried Fine Art Exhibition, is the gallery's first all media show for 2008. Juror and Curator N. Elizabeth Schlatter, Deputy Director and Curator, University of Richmond Museums, selected 53 works from 46 artists from a total of 593 images from 132 artists. Awards presentation and artists' reception on Sunday, April 6th, from 2 - 5 pm. The exhibition runs through Sunday, May 4th.

Richmond artists Judith Anderson, Ann Bradshaw, Lorraine Brevig, Catherine Farmer, Joelle Francht, Edwin Hollaway, and Zach Walker are among the finalists competing for up to $1000 in cash prizes.

Other finalists are Jorge Albertella, Marcia Babler, Beki Borman, Roger Cannon, James Cooper, Rebecca Degenhardt, Sally Dill, Anca Dobrian, William Durrill, Nancy Fairchild, Claire Feng, Ernie Fournet, Morgan Frew, Margaret Gluhman, Wayne Guenther, Bro Halff, Ann Harper, Annie Hogan, Phyllis Hollenbeck, Jordan Kasey, Geraldine Kiefer, Leslie Krane, Mark Lembo, Jennifer Martin, Michael Mastro, Brittain McJunkin, Monika Merva, Marcia Middleton, Karen Phipps, Steve Shanks, Sonia Sherrod, Denis Sivack, Stuart South, Leo Theinert, Cole Thompson, Jessica van Brakle, Chloe Watson, and Pat Wilson.