Cheltenham Art Center Announces Awards

Artists and spectators gathered Sunday afternoon at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts for its 70^th Annual Awards Show.

About 50 pieces of media are on display; most of them are paintings. The show’s juror is Joan Wadleigh Curran, painter, guest artist and lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania. 

From the juror’s statement:

To jury a painting exhibition is an exciting and daunting experience. I love the process of looking. It is an opportunity to see a variety of images and ideas. As a practicing artist, I take the responsibility seriously …

I believe it is the juror’s duty to give careful, nuanced attention to each work … My charge is to try to recognize a singular voice, an unusual way of looking at the world or a compelling idea represented in the paintings before me.

The awards:

• Juror’s Award, Elizabeth Heller for “Still Life With Dahlias”  
• Cheltenham Center for the Arts Award, Eleanor Day for “Summer Morning”
• Alma Finestone Memorial Award, Lauren Rinaldi for “Samskaras
• Emanual Weiss Memorial Award, Edwina Brennan for "Homage to Gorky" 
• Irving Portner Memorial Award, Robert Small for “Jumtoutamiskin”
• Hitoshi Nakazaato Award, Rosalind Reichstein for “The Hills Alive”

The show runs through May 11 and gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Cheltenham Center for the Arts is located at 439 Ashbourne Road, Cheltenham.