BRAA KUDOS 2006

n. informal. praise; glory; renown: {<Greek kydos}
2006 July to December

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Placement is roughly chronological

Celebration of a Life
Alex Wind
3/24/48 - 12/16/06

<-This pdf includes Alex's obit, a note from her husband, Paul, and a collection of her art work from our web site.

Marie Collier: "Walking through Clover" Miller off Main Gallery (Merchant Partner)
November 7 - 22, 2006, Reception Saturday November 18, 3- 6 pm.

Leslye Bloom: " Computage" on display in Perspective Gallery (Merchant Partner)
November 1 through December 6, 2006. The reception will be held on Sunday, November 5, 2006. photos

Pat Bevan's "Arabian Classic" (18 x 24 pastel) won 1st Place in the Pastel Division of the Virginia Equine Artists' Association recent juried show at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington VA..

Larry Bechtel's portrait of Nannie B. Hairston will be unveiled on Saturday October 28, 2006 at 4:00 pm in the Montgomery County Government Center. photos

The sculpture is an expression of public gratitude for her 50+ years of social activism in Montgomery County, Virginia, with many people generously contributing toward the bronze casting and pedestal. The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors approved permanent display of the sculpture in the Government Center Building.

Larry Bechtel's portrait sculpture of Addison Caldwell, (VT's first student) was unveiled on Friday, October 20th. A gift of the class of 1955, the work is located near Brodie Hall on the VA Tech campus.

CONGRATS to Shoe Show Award Winners Pat Bevan, Leslye Bloom, Lois Stephens and Maxine Lyons! Their works were chosen by popular vote at the reception, which was graced by over 50 attendees, including many LRA members who braved the "mizelly" drive from Roanoke.

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League of Roanoke Artists
21st Annual Showcase

Vera Dickerson
Best in Show

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BEST IN SHOW Vera Dickerson “Flying Kites”	SPECIAL AWARD FOR DISTINCTION Martha Rhodes “Transformation”	FIRST PLACE WATERCOLOR Myrtle Hooker “Patterns of Reflection”
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MERIT - MIXED MEDIA Susan Young “Night Music-Venice”	JUDGES CHOICE Susan V. Lockwood “Window & Door: Burano”	JUDGES CHOICE Leslye Bloom “Out of the Darkness”

Madeline Pauli Art Exhibit at the "Coffee Depot," October thru December.
Location: 41 W. Main St. Christiansburg, VA.
"Meet the Artist Reception" 2 - 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 21.

Along the Path, new oil paintings of Radford's Wildwood Park by Jennifer Collins, and works by artists inspired by walking, biking and being outdoors; at The Gallery, Radford. Sales will benefit Pathways for Radford & New River Valley Trails.

Reception: Saturday September 23 from 5 - 7 pm, with the show couninuing through November 1.

"Two Voices," a visual duet of recent works by Leslye Bloom and Lee Baker will be on display from September 18 - October 14, 2007 at the Alleghany Highlands Arts and Crafts Center, Clifton Forge, VA.

Pictured left are In the Pink, a 10"h x 16"w, Digital/Acrylic on canvas, 2006 by L. P. Bloom, and

Heavenly Blue Iris, a 14.75 x 19.75"h watercolor by L. P. Baker.

Kathy Cudlin's "Stairway at Montmarte" an Archival Inkjet Print, was named Best in Show at the Lynchburg Academy of Fine Arts Annual Juried Photograph Show. The judge was Pam Fox, photography professor at Hampden-Sydney University. The show runs from September 1-29 at the Academy.

MONTGOMERY MUSEUM & LEWIS MILLER REGIONAL ARTS CENTER
Works by Ann Shawhan - September - October - Opening reception: Fri., Sept. 15, 6:30 - 8:30pm

Ann's acrylic paintings are inspired by the tropics where she spent her youth.

Susan Lockwood's Window and Door was selected for the PFAC Biennial 2006 at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, running from September 02, to October 29, 2006, by juror is Tony Hepburn.

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With amost 400 entries, competition was fierce for this year's Radford Art Show judged by Wyona Lynch-McWhite of Hollins University Museum. About 1 work was accepted for every five submitted. So, special KUDOS to the fourteen BRAA artists (with sixteen pieces accepted and three awards) whose artworks were included: Leslye Bloom, Helen Castaneda, Ann Cattlett, Marie Collier (2), Carole Davis, Myrtle Hooker, Claudia Hurt, Susan Lockwood, Jennifer Lovejoy, Betty Moore, Frieda Post, Martha Rhodes (2), Jennifer Spoon, and Michelle Walter.

Kudos, too, to Jennifer Collins, who served on the show committee.

The show of 82 works runs through October 7 in the Bondurant Gallery in downtown Radford, and is well worth the trip.

1st - Painting & Drawing

Martha Rhodes

3rd - Painting & Drawing

Marie Collier

PFS Photo Award

Leslye Bloom

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Delbert Jones' "Van Gogh Hokie Bird" was featured on the Extra-1 Page of the Roanoke Times on Sunday August 27, 2006 - A humorous note: He was almost arrested driving his hokie bird to campus... they thought he might be stealing it.

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Sarah Meadows' "Ut Prosim" Gobbler Statue in memory of Thomas “Nick” Brantley was featured in the New River Current on Sunday, August 27, 2006.

Art Along the Alley
only 3 artists showing weren't BRAA members!
Special KUDOS to Jessica Wirgau, event facillitator


Jennifer Lovejoy First	Sally Mook Second	Kendall Kessler Honorable	Ann Catlett

Carole Mc Namee	Darcy Meeker	Claudia Hurt	Martin Taylor

Nancy Newhard-Farrar to judge Art Along the Alley on August 26

Nancy is the Director of the Alleghany HIghlands Arts and Crafts Center in Clifton Forge, Virginia. She joined BRAA this year, but has not yet met many of our local artists. Please come downtown to welcome her after jurying is completed (It begins at 10am.)

Good Grief!
First Martha, now Sally -
we're so sorry!
Full article in
DOCUMENTS

Annual Sale at Miller off Main Street Galler (BRAA Merchant Partner)
August 11 & 12, 2006, 9:00 to 5:00, 20% off

Kathy Cudlin's photograph, Metro Cité, and Susan Lockwood's photograph The Storied Blue have been accepted in the upcoming Roanoke City Show, August 25 - November 12, 2006, Art Museum of Western VA, reception: August 24, 2006, 5 - 7 p.m., M. Stephen Doherty, Juror

Va Highlands Festival

July 28 - August 13, 2006,
Juror: Harry Thompson

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Honorable Mention:

More Studio Artists, Mixed Media,
Leslye Bloom

Weight of the World, Mixed Media,
Leslye Bloom

Island Evening, Water Media,
Vera M. Dickenson.

A Break In the Clouds, Mixed,
Lyndall Mason

Gallery:

Gloxenia with Mom's Rug, Water Media, Toni Bowman

The Green Jug, Watercolor, Walling Cyre

Autumn Reflections, Oil, Myrtle Hooker

The Travelers, Water Media, Myrtle Hooker

Poppy Proclamation, Water Media Lyndall Mason

A Taste of the Moon, Mixed/Collage, Sally Mook

Iris Romance, Watercolor, Mary Montgomery

In the Garden, Watercolor, Frieda Post

Rocky Coast of Maine, Mixed Media, Janet Rasnick

Thanks to Toni Bowman for taking many of the source photos! -LB

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Leslye Bloom's "3 Irons 2" was featured on the front pages of the absolute arts and world wide art resources websites July 17, 2006.

You may have noticed them appearing in downtown Blacksburg, but you might not be aware of the "Hokie Birds" by BRAA artists. The official website is still being updated. Soon there will be images and maps of the finished pieces. Meanwhile, to whet your appetite, on the left are proposal images by Braa Exhibiting Artists Alisa Colpitts, Martha Dillard, Delbert Jones, Sarah Meadows and Sally Mook.

Special kudos to Sarah Meadows, who developed the sculpture prototype.
Alisa Colpitts Feature , Other proposal images ,
Martha DIllard's vandalized "Hiker Hokie" Sculpture will be repaired

Pink Accessories
Digital Photograph

The art Gallery at Mish Mish presents:

Digital Art and Photography by Harry Yeatts, Reception: Friday July 7, 2006 from 5 - 7 pm. The show will continue through August 3.

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Couple Dancing
18x24 Acrylic on Canvas

Works by Joe Dunnagan are featured during July and August at the Montgomery/Miller Museum. There will be an opening Reception pm Saturday, July 8, 2006 from 5-7pm.

David Hedges - Perspective Gallery, Squires Student Center, VA Tech, June 1 - July 31

Website redesign: Montgomery/Miller Museum
Completed July 1, 2007 by Leslye Bloom

Out of 70 submissions, 9 of 12 months were awarded to BRAA Artists.

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BRAA Artists chosen for the Town of Blacksburg 2006 Calendar:

January: Akiko Yamamuro; February:Walling Cyre; May and cover: Carole Carrera Davis; June: Leslye Bloom; July: Lisabeth Weisband; August: David Hutchins; September: Marie L. Collier; October : Leslie Roberts Gregg; and November: Nancy C. Hedges.

The calendar will be available to the public in early December and can be picked up for free at Town sites including the Municipal Building at 300 South Main Street and the Community and Aquatic Centers on Patrick Henry Drive. Anyone with questions can contact .

"It should be a really beautiful calendar this year and I am pleased that so many BRAA members submitted their work."

Jessica Wirgau <JWirgau@blacksburg.gov>

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