Peddler’s Village Announces Winners of the 27th Annual Fine Arts & Contemporary Crafts Show 2011

Peddler’s Village has announced the winners of the 27^th Annual Fine Arts and Contemporary Crafts Show. The event is being held Saturday, June 4 and Sunday, June 5, 2011, 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.  More than 40 juried artists from the region display and sell works throughout the Village while competing for $5,000 in cash prizes.

This year’s Founder’s Award was presented to Bucks County photographer Ruth C. Taylor of Reflections by Ruth. This annual award is for work chosen for purchase by Peddler’s Village to be added to the Jamison Family’s permanent collection.

Reflections by Ruth Fine Art Photography specializes in landscape and nature scenes of Bucks County, Eastern PA and Northwest NJ. The selection will be on display at the Golden Plough Inn.

The show winners by category are:

Fine Arts Category

First Place Best of Show: Deanna Hayes, York, PA, Colored pencil drawings and prints of original artwork.

Second Place: Barbara Zietchick, New Hope, PA, Printmaker, archival etchings and monotypes

Third Place: Joan Dunham, Glenside, PA, Theorem Painting

Honorable Mentions: James Hecker, Camp Hill, PA, Infusion art, textured canvas, acrylic/oil, nature, natural abstracts; James Redding, Newtown, PA, orginal acrylics & watercolors on canvas and paper and limited edition lithos & giclees; Kathy Russo, Bethlehem, PA, Oil Paintings

Photography Category

First Place Best of Show: Den Sweeney, Philadelphia, PA, Photography

Second Place: Alex Pieterson, Lambertville, NJ, Limited Editions Photographys

Third Place: Paul Grecian, Quakertown, PA, Fine Photography

Honorable Mentions: Andrew Chen, Skillman, NJ, Nature Photography; Chris Hill, Pipersville, PA, Bucks County Scenic Photography; Del Morgan, Allentown, PA, Fine Art Photography

Contemporary Crafts Category

First Place Best of Show: James Hemmel, Rutherford, NJ, Handcrafted sterling silver and mixed metal jewelry

Second Place: Barbara Kurland and Bill Underwood, Denville, NJ, Wooden bowls, wooden wine bottle stoppers and salt and pepper grinders

Third Place: Aline Pepper, Dublin, PA, Wool three-dimensional figures

Honorable Mentions: John Armstrong, Willow Grove, PA, Ceramics and pottery; Jennifer Bower, Kimberton, PA, Jewelry; Tony Williams, Harleysville, PA, Functional furniture and wood sculpture

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