PRESS RELEASE - For Immediate Release
ART>10- Artfocus Magazine presents Awards @10th
Annual Fall Artist’s Showcase at Rotunda/ Metro Hall in November,2001
TORONTO - Working in media as diverse as oils and acrylics, encaustics, pastels,
mixed media, watercolour, collage, photography & sculpture the work of 25 talented
visual artists was introduced to the public @ ART>10 - Artfocus 10th Annual Fall
Artist’s Showcase @ Metro Hall Rotunda (55 John Street at King Street West) In Toronto,
for 4 days, November 12 , 13, 14 & 15, 2001.
Multicultural mix of artists
Artfocus Magazine once more collected a talented group of emerging professional
artists from across Ontario for this popular fall "indoor" art show. As
in previous years, ART>10 included a wide spectrum of artists originating from
the many countries who contribute to the unique multicultural mix of Canada’s burgeoning
art scene as well as leading recent graduates from Ontario’s art schools. Returning
to Metro Hall from previous years was USA-born KATERINA FRETWELL (Parry Sound), Phillipine-born
artist, EPIFANIO MANALO( Scarborough), Iranian-born artist, PARVANEH MIREMADI (North
York) & EVELYN POLLOCK (Toronto).
Newcomers to ART>10 were ARA AYLESWORTH (Toronto), LUDIMA CURILOVA (Toronto),
SUZANNE DE SYLVA (Rockwood), Russian-born TANIA DARASHKEVITCH (Toronto), ANGELA DEL
BUONO (Brampton), Phillipine-origin ALEJANDRO ELEGINO (Markham), Columbian - born
EDWARD HOYER (Burlington) , JENNY JOHNSTON(Peterborough),Greek-origin ARGINO KLINAKIS
(Markham), Israeli-born RONIT KUSHNIR (Thornhill), ALISHA LINSEMAN (Toronto), KEVIN
MATHERS (Toronto), CHRISTIAN McLEOD (Toronto), South American- born JAMES MEJIA (North
York), EMILY MUIR (Toronto), Russian-born OKSANA POSATSKAYA (Richmond Hill), ALLISON
ROSE (Thornhill), JULIANA SCHEWE (Mississauga), NATHAN TURNER (Waterloo) and RHONA
VINOKUR (Toronto).
A dramatic central sculpture was provided by sound sculptor/ musician DON DICKSON,
SSC, (Mississauga) a prize-winning member of the Sculptors’ Society of Canada.
Awards to 11 artists
Awards were presented by ARTFOCUS on November 14 followed by a party
with classical jazz music by Alan Gaensbauer, a former exhibitor and
prizewinner @ the BCE Place Artfocus show in the fall of 1994.
The three JURORS who selected the awards included Zack Popiesznski, Director
the new Peak Gallery, on Morrow Street (also a former prizewinning artist
at the 1994 Artfocus show), Selena Cristo, Director the recently opened Luft
Gallery on Queen Street West and Prof. Ken Carpenter of York University,
recently elected President of AICA Canada, the Canadian Branch of the International
Association of Art Critics.
Awards were selected as follows:
1. Best in Drawing/ Best in Show to NATHAN
TURNER, printmaking supplies from Praga Industries, (value
$500); wax paints from Staedtler-Mars; a custom website portfolio @Artfocus
Online.
2. 1st in Photography to JULIANA SCHEWE,
Epson Stylus Photo 890 colour printer, courtesy Epson Canada (value $499).
3,4,5. 2nd, 3rd & 4th in photography, EMILY
MUIR, ANGELA DEL BUONO & ALLISON ROSE, photo-based artbooks courtesy
Artfocus.
6. Best in Mixed Media to ALISHA LINSEMAN,
$200 Gift Certificate from Currys Art Store.
7. Best in Acrylics to KEVIN MATHERS,$200
Gift Certificate from Woolfitts Art Supplies.
8. Best in Watercolor to KATERINA FRETWELL,
Winsor Newton watercolor set, value $200 (courtesy Col-Art Americas).
9. Best in Oil Painting to JENNI JOHNSTON,
Golden Artists Colors, Gift Certificate, value $150 US & sample paints.
10. 2nd in Oils to ARA AYLESWORTH,
Max paints by Grumbacher
(courtesy Stamford Canada) & Staedtler- Mars wax paints.
11. 3rd in Oils to CHRISTIAN MCLEOD,
courtesy R & F Encaustics, USA & Staedtler-Mars wax paints.
A percentage of art sales at ART>10 was donated to the Canadian Red Cross -
USA Disaster Fund.
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ART>10 Info:
Pat Fleisher, Show Organizer
T.416.925.5564 F. 416.925.2972
EM: info@artfocus.com
Online: http://www.artfocus.com