Maine Open Juried Art Show 2016 is on view through April 22 at the Waterville Public Library.
An awards ceremony took place March 22, the results were:
• Best in Show: 86B “Oak Hill” — Walter Gaffney-Kessell, of Fayette, $500.
• Marilyn J. Dwelley Realistic Landscape Award: 66A “Pamola Brook” — Aaron McKusick, of Skowhegan, $300.
• Judge’s Award: 46A “Madison Ave., Skowhegan” — Bernie Beckman, of Wellington, full Maine International Film Festival pass.
• Waterville Area Art Society Award: 96A “The Camden Harbor” — Peggy Tozier Graf, of Canaan, $200.
• First Place Award — Watercolor: 86A “Winter Shadows” — Walter Gaffney-Kessell, of Fayette, $150.
• First Place Award — Oil: 40B “School Recital” — Kevin Mizner, of Pittston, $150.
• First Place Award — Acrylic: 09B “Above Shin Brook Falls” — Abbott Meader, of Oakland, $150.
• First Place Award Pastel: 63A “Revery” — Olena Babak, of Hartland, $150.
• First Place Award — Other Media: 25B “Flag No. 5” — C. E. “Christine” Nilles, of Waterville, $150.
• Second Place Award — Oil: 20B “Remember When…(Forster Manufacturing)” — Marjorie Austin, of Farmington Falls, $100 Second Place Award — Watercolor: 45A “The Net Mender” — Michael Vermette, of Indian Island, $100.
• Second Place Award — Acrylic: 07A “Naiads” — J.A. Pollard, of Winslow, $100.
• Second Place Award — Pastel: 08B “Old Mill in Freedom” — Keith Curtis, of Waterville Page 1 of 2, $100.
• Second Place Award — Other Media: 27B “Dwellings of the Ancient Ones” — Ann Rhinehardt, of Vassalboro, $100.
• Third Place Award — Watercolor: 04A “Winterberry in the Dooryard” — Kay Carter, of Hampden, $50.
• Third Place Award — Acrylic: 24A “Waiting for Warmer Days” — Barbara Chase, of Waterville $50 Third Place Award — Oil: 10B “Tumbledown Mountain” — Judith Schuppien, of Pittston, $50.
• Third Place Award — Other Media: 16B “Sweet Gum Battles H1N1” — Linda Stearns of Bangor $50 Third Place Award — Pastel: 54A “April Marsh” — Paloma Costell, of Hallowell, $50.
• Special Merit, Other Media — 53A “Wilderness” — Adria Keneagy, of Augusta, $25 FrameMakers gift certificate.
• Special Merit, Other Media — 57A “Impressions” — Laurie Sproul, of Canton, $25 FrameMakers gift certificate.
• Special Merit, Pastel — 81B “Bar Harbor” — Jean Victory, of Winslow, $25 FrameMakers gift certificate.
• Special Merit, Pastel — 78A “The Runner” — Jim Nelson, of Winslow, $25 FrameMakers gift certificate.
• Special Merit, Acrylic — 37B “One Quarter Second” — Leslie Woods, of Montville, $25 FrameMakers gift certificate.
• Special Merit, Acrylic — 13A “Underwater Fishing Trip” — Lynn Smith, of Hancock, $25 FrameMakers gift certificate.
• Special Merit, Oil — 68B “Chaos on Vinalhaven II” — Melissa Post van der Burg, of Augusta, $25 FrameMakers gift certificate.
• Special Merit, Oil — 42A “Scallop Picker” — Marcel LaRue, of Augusta, $25 FrameMakers gift certificate.
• Special Merit, Watercolor — 46B “Helping Hand” — Bernie Beckman, of Wellington, $25 FrameMakers gift certificate.
• Special Merit, Watercolor — 28A “Hereafter” — Judson Pealer, of South Paris, $25 FrameMakers gift certificate.
• People’s Choice Award will be announced April 22.
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