Exhibit runs from August – October 2012

This exhibit will be hanging during Open Studios.

This is the 18th Annual HPAA art Exhibit at City Hall Plaza. The artist’s reception was April 12th at 5:00 pm. The exhibit runs through April, 2007. Awards were given out during the artist’s reception. The winners are listed below.

Category 1 – Best In Show:
Dave McDonnell for “Jamaica Plain Festival”

Category2 – Oil and Acrylic
First Place: Mauricio Puente for “Downtown Crossing”
Second Place: Yvette Stenzel for “Back Bay Winter”
Third Place: J. Marshall Dyke for “Spring Hue”
Honorable Mention: Fransisco Garcia for “U.S.S. Constitution”
Honorable Mention: Jorge Guzman for “Violence”

Category 3 – Photography/Photogravure/C-Print
First Place: Erik Gehring for “Dawn Redwood”
Second Place: Valentino Alba for “Mime”
Third Place: Mike Ritter for “Girl in Truck”
Honorable Mention: Antoinette Harrell for “Icy Hand”
Honorable Mention: Tommy for “Untitled

Category 4 – Watercolor
First Place: Rosemarie Clinton for “Boston Rose Garden”
Second Place: Mary Bellew for “Serenading”
Third Place: J. Marshall Dyke for “Escape Hue”

Category 4 – OTHER (Mixed Media/Sculpture/Quilt)
First Place: Rebecca Holland for “Armand’s World”
Second Place: Paul Walski for “Liberty Tree”
Third Place: Michael Onischewski for “Out to Lunch”

Judges from the Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism & Special Events were:
Sarah Hutt, Director of Visual Arts Programming
Kristen Wawruck, Program Manager, Planning & Developement
John Crowley, Exhibitions Coordinator

This is the 19th Annual HPAA art Exhibit at City Hall Plaza. The artist’s reception was April 10th at 5:00 pm. The exhibit runs through May, 2008. Awards were given out during the artist’s reception. The winners are listed below.

Category 1 – Best In Show:
Maureen D. Spinale for “Autumn Light”

Category 2 – Watercolor/Acrylic/Pastel
First Place: Hector Perlera Guillen for “La Iglesia ”
Second Place: Lisa Goren for “Red Kelp ”
Third Place: Francisco Garcia for “Abstract II ”
Honorable Mention: Clara Diaz for “Step By Step ”

Category 3 – Oil
First Place: J. Marshall Dyke for “Starring Hue
Second Place: J.R. Ringdahl for “Flowing Light”
Third Place: Alan DeMola for “Lady in Lisbon”
Honorable Mention: Yvette Stenzel for “Main Street”

Category 4 – Photography
First Place: Mike Ritter for “Water Fountain Detail”
Second Place: Judith Oullette for “Joan Crawford
Third Place: Gloria Carrigg for “Fall Colors”
Honorable Mention: David McDonnell for “Feeding the Ducks”

Category 5 – Other media
First Place: Rebecca Holland for “Chickadee – getting ready for winter”
Second Place: Adele Rothman for “Untitled box”
Third Place: Sharon Armour for “Ari”

This is the 20th Annual HPAA art Exhibit at City Hall Plaza. The artist’s reception was April 16th at 5:30 pm. The exhibit runs through May, 2009. Awards were given out during the artist’s reception. The winners are listed below.

Category 1 – Best In Show:
Adele Rothman for “Untitled” — collage

Category 2 – Painting
First Place: Yvette Stenzel for “Winter Country”
Second Place: Madeline LaFarge for “Mountain Spring”
Third Place: Richard Salvucci for “Commercial Street, Provincetown”
Honorable Mention: Jorge Guzman for “Three Muses”

Category 3 – Photography
First Place: David McDonnell for “Patriot’s Day”
Second Place: Gert Condon for “And If”
Third Place: Susie Robson for “Gnarly”
Honorable Mention: Erik Gehring for “Pine Grove in Snow”

Category 4 – Other Media
First Place: Tsun Ming Chmielinski for “Plate of Plums” (Pastel)
Second Place: Sasja Lucas for “Twilight Saraband” (Silkscreen)
Third Place: Richard Salvucci for “Rockhopper Penquins” (Pencil Drawing)
Honorable Mention: Robert Johnson, Jr. for “The Annuals Portfolio “1932” #10″ (Mixed Media Collage)

This is the 21st Annual HPAA art Exhibit at City Hall Plaza. The artist’s reception was 5:30 pm. The exhibit ran through May, 2010. Awards were given out during the artist’s reception. The winners are listed below.

Best in Show: Maureen Spinale “Passage 1″

Painting
First Place: Tsun Ming Chimielinski for “Bamboo”
Second Place: Giuseppe Di Fiandra for “Fruit in Front of the Window”
Third Place: Lisa Goren for “Whalebone”
Honorable Mention: Francisco Garcia for “Untitled”

Photography
First Place: Susie Robson for “School in Ghana”
Second Place: Erik Gehring for “Marker”
Third Place: Gert Condon for “March of the Mannequins”
Honorable Mention: Scott Johnson for “Bell Air Dashboard”

Other Media
First Place: Robert Smith for “Nunsuch”
Second Place: Sasja Lucas for “Ancient Ruins”
Third Place: Rosemarie Michmerhuizen for “Harvest”

This is the 22nd Annual HPAA art Exhibit at City Hall Plaza. The artist’s reception was April 21st at 5:30 pm. The exhibit runs through May, 2011. Awards were given out during the artist’s reception. The winners are listed below.

Best in Show “Japanese Cherry Birch” by Erik Gehring

Painting
First Place “Moosehead Lake” by Rose Marie Clinton
Second Place “Spring Slope” by Sasja Lucas
Third Place “San Antonio Sunset” by Robert Smith

Photography
First Place “Students Laos” by Susan Palumbo
Second Place “Gotcha” by Gert Condon
Third Place “Sunflower” by Scott Johnson

Other Media
First Place “World’s End” by Maureen Spinale
Second Place “Can’t See the Forest for the Trees” by Cheryl Murphy
Third Place “Beauty Emerging” by David McDonnell

The exhibit is from April 9 – May 11, 2012

Reception: April 12 from 5-6 pm

Videos:

Mayor giving out awards

Part 2 Mayor giving our more awards

Part 3 Mayor giving last of awards

View 1 of artwork

View 2

View 3

View 4

View 5

View 6

The winners are:

Best in Show: Pink Flamingos by Graham Waiting

Painting

First: Aboriginal Dreams of Buddha X by Marc Sevigny
Second: The City by Laura Richardson
Third: Rapture by Maureen Spinale

Photography

First: MFA Staircase by Scott Johnson
Second: Bike by Susie Robson
Third: Suburban Butte by Adele Rothman

Other Media

First: Cabalistic by Sasja Lucas
Second: Sligo Ireland by David McDonnell
Third: “I Am” by Sharon D. Amour