Last Festival’s Winners
Below are the winners of the 2008 Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festival. The show was judged by Jim Hirschfield, who has been teaching and creating art for two and a half decades.
Spring 2008 SGAF Awards
Best In Show ($2,500)
Sponsored by the Helen G. Gifford Foundation |
Jim Spillane, Edinburg VA
Medium: Photography |
Second Prize ($1,000)
Sponsored by The Palace Shops/Trust of Middleton |
Wiwat Kamolpornwijit, Alexandria, VA
Medium: Jewelry |
Third Prize ($500)
Sponsored by Friends of Stockley |
Karen Eide, Carrollton, VA
Medium: Painting |
Norfolk Artist Award ($300)
Sponsored by The Norfolk Commission on the Arts & Humanities |
Jeanne Goodman, Norfolk, VA
Medium: Painting |
Edward G. Carson Memorial Award ($250)
Sponsored by Matthew Fine |
Michael Farrar, Clifton Forge, VA
Medium: Drawing |
The Mayor’s Award ($500)
Sponsored by Mayor Paul Fraim |
Brian Sykes, Charlotte, NC
Medium: Wood |
Award of Merit ($150)
Sponsored by McCormack & Puryear Jewelers |
Vonnie Whitworth, Virginia Beach, VA
Medium: Painting |
Award of Merit ($150)
Sponsored by Changes Hairstyling & City Spa |
K. Dianne Hottenstein, Chesapeake, VA
Medium: Pottery |
Artist Spotlights
Here are closer looks at some of the artists who have exhibited at Stockley in the past.
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.
  
Matthew Fine
Another previous Best in Show winner, Matthew is currently working with hot cast glass and granite to create his stunning sculptures. In addition to being a fine artist, Matt also serves on Hope House’s Board of Directors. See more of Matt’s work here.
Clayton Singleton
A past Best in Show winner at Stockley Gardens Arts Festival, Clayton’s work can be seen in collections in the United States, London, Belgium, New Zealand, and Bolivia. He teaches visual art at Lake Taylor High School in Norfolk, Virginia. He has won teacher of the year twice and helped rewrite the visual arts curriculum for Norfolk Public Schools and Newport News Public Schools. You can see more of Clayton’s work here.
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