Just a short note to say thank you to everyone who made FEAST such a huge success! Yesterday was the last day of this amazing show and I am truly sad to see it go.
Thank you to all of the artists who entered the show, you produced so many thoughtful, well-crafted, inspired works of art.
Thank you to our librarian friends who voted for our Librarian's Choice Award, spending what must have been hours pouring over all 46 works in the show to pick your top three favorites.
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Kathleen worked with a group of printmakers in Peru to create this stunning collaborative book. Each print has a food theme and is beautifully executed. Great fun yesterday when an aunt of one of the Peruvian artists stopped by to admire her niece's work.
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Another one of our Librarian's Choice Award winners. Because Joe phoned me before entering the show asking if "cannibalism" was an appropriate subject for FEAST. I said absolutely! And, it's been one of the most popular works in the show.
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Each day this week, our final week of the fabulous FEAST exhibition, I will feature one of our six award winners. Today's Librarian's Choice Award is a stunning printmaking tour de force. Here’s a terrific comment about Nourish from one of our voting librarians, “The high-end production gets the top vote.
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Congratulations to the following award winning artists for the best works in our wildly popular FEAST exhibition.
BEST OF SHOW AWARDS:
Mortal Salt by Daniel Smith
Chili: A Recipe by David Esslemont
The Mystery of the Donut Bastards by Patricia Freeman-Martin
LIBRARIAN'S CHOICE AWARDS:
Nourish by Diane Jacobs Here’s a terrific comment about Nourish from one of our voting librarians, “The high-end production gets the top vote. What can I say, it looks beautifully printed, sumptuous, well-crafted, and engaging.
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This book has been very popular with gallery visitors here in this coffee-centric city. Not being a coffee drinker I had no idea so much "art" was involved in making coffee. Karen also did a great job creating texture on the pages with gel medium.
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Because Robin just stopped by the gallery and we had a delightful visit. And because she is a photographer exploring the book arts and I am thrilled with the work she has submitted to two of our juried shows. This book plus her Joy of Eating piece are both terrific additions to this fantastic show.
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This broadside is beautifully done! Six vintage wood type fonts on that rich, creamy Rives paper. Contains Julia Child's entire recipe for Chocolate Mouse. After just eating some fresh local strawberries this morning it made me wish for some chocolate for dipping.
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Because I'm a sucker for a carousel book and I just noticed that the oven door on this book opens. So clever. This one-of-a-kind book reminds me of my mother trying to teach me to cook (I was a terrible student) with her own Corningware dishes.
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Today I am sitting in the gallery watching the neighbor's cat stalking birds in my Laurel hedge. Reminded me of this fantastic work by Elizabeth Sanford titled Backyard Food Chain. Elizabeth's work has been in several of our shows and is always a crowd pleaser.
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Because I am heading up to Washington State tomorrow and the apples there so wonderful. Plus, the artist's parents visited the gallery last weekend and we had a delightful chat. I could tell they were so proud of their son and this book and the work he does.
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Because tomorrow is Sunday and Sunday is too often donut day around these parts. Nothing like a good "Old Dirty Bastard" donut from VooDoo donuts to go with my Sunday paper. But enough about donuts.
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