07 Mar Much to do about Mini Art
The Multi-Media Mini Show, hosted by the Redlands Art Association, is on display at the Gallery and Art Center, 215 E. State Street, downtown, Redlands, through March 26.
The Multi Media Mini Show (MMM) is unique to Redlands. What makes it different is, it’s a juried show – an artist’s competition with 1) the limitation of the art piece to 14.5″ including base or frame and 2) that all media is accepted. For example, where else can an artist compete with a piece of art made from compressed dirt? The MMM Show is still the only one of this scale in Southern California.
The MMM Show is open to all California artists, which brings in art from Arcadia to Palm Springs. 86 artists submitted 339 pieces ~ but only 200 pieces were chosen to show. Our jurist was Leslie A. Brown.
Leslie A. Brown is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of New Mexico in painting and printmaking. During her masters work she received a fellowship to study printmaking at the Tamarind Institute of Printinmaking in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her career has spanned 40 years as an artist and educator and her exhibition record is extensive. Her works are featured in prominent private, corporate, and museum collections throughout the United States and Europe. Ms. Brown is a faculty member at Riverside City College in Riverside, CA, and the Gallery Director of the Quad Gallery. Ms Brown has curated broadly in the Southern California region and resides in beautiful Temecula, CA with her husband, son, and three dogs.
Winners of the competition participated in over $ 3000 in cash and product awards.
First Place, $400, was presented to Redlands artist, Jeff Owens for his acrylic painting, Madonna of the Mandarins. Second Place, $300, to Scott Krohne from Loma Linda and Third Place, $200, to John Brownfield from Redlands. Juror=s Choice awards, $ 50 each, to Jan Harvey from Yucaipa and Angela Koenig, Rancho Cucamonga; Excellence Awards, $ 50 each, to Dan Soury and Christine Egg White, both of Redlands. Past President=s Award, $100, given to Martha Cowan; Joan Wiley Memorial Award was presented to Jack Rowe. Watercolor West gave a $50 award to r.mike nichols.. Community Sponsors donated to fund awards. Our community sponsors were: Ozel Jewelers of Redlands, donating $500, Security Bank, donated $50, and Pacific Western Bank donated $100. Winners of the community sponsored awards are: Trica Beuler, Adeola Davies-Aiyeloja (2 awards) and Tia Shira (2 awards), Mary Gehley, and Rilla Jaggia.
Purchase Award Patrons pledged in advance to purchase art from the show. Patrons had a private show to select their art. Purchase Patrons were: David & Marjorie Olson who bought a collage by Peggy Dornbach and an etching by Janet Edwards. The Redlands Community Hospital Foundation bought an oil painting by David Saline. Carolyn McHugh bought an oil from Vici Haag and Sandy Davies bought a small mixed media painting by Aubrey Sanchez. Shirley Harry purchased pieces from Tony Radcliffe, Aida Schneider, Christine Egg White, and Caroline McAllister.
Art supplies or services donated prizes, as well. Faber-Castell donated sets of color & watercolor pencils to Nancy O’Connor and Annette Miller. Jack Richeson School of Art & Gallery gave gift certificates towards art supplies, $100 to Chick Curtis, $125 to Fariad, $150 to David Saline. Wilson’s Frame Up donated a framed $75 gift certificate to Stan Ford; Bud Rickert’s Art Supplies & Restoration donated $40 to Kade Berg-Cacao; Ampersand donated a set of painting panels worth $85 to Aida Schneider; Penny Schwartz and Peggy Dornbach received $25 gift certificates from Guzapa Frame & Art Printing; RAA member Lynn Douglass donated $75 for Creative Jewelry to Tia Shira.
81 Redlands Art Association member artists juried into the show are: Helen Bell, Kade Berg-Cacao, Tricia Beuler, Debbi Bishop, William Breer, Beverly Brett, Elva Brooks, John Brownfield, Cindy Canarozzi, Elizabeth Carr, Helen Carson, Liz Coviello, Martha Cowan, Chick Curtis, Adeola Davies-Aiyeloja, Yan Guang Deng, Peggy Dornbach, Janet Edwards, Julie Evans, Fariad, John Fisher, Patricia Franks, Mary Gehley, Deborah George, Mary Grinyer, Vici Haag, Antionette Hanson, Jan Harvey, Joyce Hatzidakis, Kelley Havens, Patty Hayden, Evelyn Ifft, Rilla Jaggia, Tanya Kirkendall, Angela Koenig, Michael LeBlanc, Carol Lima, Michael Mazgai, Caroline McAllister, Diane McLaughlin, Pat Meeker, Joanna Mersereau, Annette Miller, Tom Mogensen, r. mike nichols, Nancy O’Connor, Jon Olson, Marjorie Olson, Alicia O’Neal, Susie O’Neal, Jeff Owens, Ginger Pena, Lori Powell, Tony Radcliffe, Robert Reid, Linda Richards, Jack Rowe, Dave Saline, Aubrey Sanchez, Aida Schneider, Penny Schwartz, Kandra Scullin, Joe Severino, Wayne Sheets, Tia Shira, Joan Marie Smith, Edward Sotello, Dan Soury, Judith Sparhawk, Ron Stephany, Margaret Thielemann, Vlad Voytilla, MaryLou Wallace, Jean Waller, Kay West, Angela Westengard, Alycia Wheeler, Christine Egg White, Brad Willason, Sally Wirth, and Ruth Wood.
25 other exhibiting artists are: Marge Beasley, Ann Bingham-Freeman, Karen Clark, Joan Coffey, Gary Dehrer, Tona Epperson, Annabeth Fenandez, Gloria Fogler-Mancini, Stan Ford, Faith Forsey, Diane Franklin, Mary Grossman, Karl Hager, Rachel Haigh, Constance Jury, Scott Krohne, Virginia Melton, ada m. passaro, Betty Pilley, Kindra Pizarro, Laura Ryan, Michael Saenz, Jessica Newman Skrentny, Dean Spencer, and Steve Walag.
Committee: Sandy Davies, Tony Radcliffe, Angela Koenig, Martha Cowan, Judith Sparhawk, Grace Fermier, and Cheryl O’Connor.
The Gallery is open to the public, Monday – Saturday, 10am to 5pm.