27th Annual Spring Festival Winners
Below are the winners of the 27th Annual Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festival.
Best In Show ($2,500)
Sponsored by the Helen G. Gifford Foundation
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Yorman Gal, Old Taffa, Isreal
Medium: Painting
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The Melyana Second Place ($1,000)
Sponsored by Claus Ilhemann, owner of the Palace Shops, Palace Station and Decorum, Ghent
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Irmaly Brackin, Boone, NC
Medium: Mixed Media
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The Catherine Toscano Kastenbaum Memorial Third Place Award ($500)
Sponsored by Russ Cerro in honor of Catherine and her love for the Stockley Gardens Arts Festival |
Jim Spillane, Edinburg, VA
Medium: Photography |
Norfolk Artist Award ($300)
Sponsored by The Norfolk Commission on the Arts & Humanities
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Michael Preble, Norfolk, VA
Medium: Photograhy
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Edward G. Carson Memorial Award ($250)
Sponsored by Claudia Mackintosh of Nancy Chandler and Associates
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Benjamin Frey, Buena Vista, VA
Medium: Drawing |
The Mayor’s Award ($500)
Sponsored by Mayor Paul Fraim
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Letitia Lee, Hampton, VA
Medium: Painting |
Award of Merit ($150)
Sponsored by Friends of Stockley |
Mike and Monique Thomas, Virginia Beach, VA
Medium: Raku |
Award of Merit ($150)
Sponsored by McCormack and Puryear Jewelers
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Kris Taylor, Richmond, VA
Medium: Etchings |
Futures Award First Prize ($100)
Sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Ed Robey |
Gregg Morgan
Medium: Photography
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Futures Award Second Prize ($75)
Sponsored by Dr. Hamlin and Dr. Morgan |
Kendle Roberts
Medium: Drawing |
Futures Award Third Prize ($50)
Sponsored by Dr. Hamlin and Dr. Morgan |
Emily Bartlett
Medium: Glass |
Artist Spotlights
Past Stockley Artists:
Here are closer looks at some of the artists who have exhibited at Stockley in the past.
Hussein Saidi
Contemporary African artist, Hussein Saidi, was awarded the Best in Show Award at the Fall 2008 Stockley Gardens Arts Festival. Born and raised in Tanzania, Hussein combines traditional African themes with modern style. His work is highly acclaimed internationally and has been on display at various locations including the US Embassy in Niamey, Gdynia, Poland’s International Exhibition of Art, and The African American Museum in Philadelphia, to name just a few.
Saidi’s collection of art contains an overriding theme of community and family. He attempts to unify and intertwine his two worlds – that of Tanzania and that of the United States – by focusing on the commonality of all people globally. From his father, also an artist, Saidi acquired the skills to create contemporary acrylic paintings. These paintings utilize bold colors and shapes, and they are lively, active and pure in emotion. Saidi also creates unique collages utilizing natural materials such as barks, leaves, husks and other natural fibers, combined in a meticulous process. Saidi incorporates natural materials in his collages, where the materials he uses reflect his perceptions of the strong ties between humans and Earth. Each creation either shows scenes from daily life in Africa, or it shows ujamaa, which is Kiswahili for cooperation, unity in family and in community life.
To see his gallery of artwork, click here.
Jim Spillane
Jim Spillane, who has exhibited and won Best in Show at the Spring 2008 Stockley and who has won many other awards over the past decade travels extensively to capture the powerful images. Click here to read Jim's thoughts and see his collections of photography and faces from around the world.
Betty Scott Owen
Betty Scott Owen, a native and resident of Norfolk, Virginia, won Best in Show at the 2007 Spring Stockley Gardens Arts Festival. In the past eight years, she has been juried into more than one hundred exhibitions in museums, galleries and art shows including New York, Washington, DC and London. She has received multiple awards for her abstract and representational imagery and her work is included in many collections as well as in the permanent collection of the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, VA. She is being represented by the Aplan Gallery in Huntington, Long Island, New York and currently has her work on the Saatchi Gallery website and the Biennial 2007 Exhibition website of the Medial Museum in London. The photography she presents is simple and pure, at the same time powerful. It is fresh and original and its message is felt on many levels. Without using computer programs to manipulate the images, the dichotomy of captured movement is evidenced in water reflections. Here are some pictures of her work.
  
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