(Aug 9th, 2021)
Honestly, this is one of those really daunting posts since it has SO MANY PICTURES. But it's an art show, what do you expect?
We did the art show last year. We had a good number of participants (some the same, some new) and since it was coming out of COVID times, people had less time to art, so we had fewer entries, but I still loved all the stuff we got.
There was still a different theme each week, but we didn't check in every week. We just let people go at their own pace and turn everything in at the end. There wasn't enough stuff to use Beth's studio again, so we just did the show at home. And Tyler had just finished doing the lights and painting in Carnegie Hall, so that worked out very well.
I'm thinking the best way to show off the art is by putting the category and then pictures. Let's start at the beginning. I did blog about the first few art themes, but after that I gave up knowing we would get more of the entries at the end of summer.
Roar, Clay, Annalise Kinsey
Stories Around the Campfire, Magic Clay, Camille Kinsey (magic clay is super cool and REALLY light)
Catching Butterflies, Paint on canvas, Keri Scoresby
Feelin' Like a Kid Again, Photography, Ivory Cazier
Bubbles and Giggles, Photography, Robyn Cazier
Oopsie Daisy, Photography, Daisy Cazier
Bring Home Something Cool, Screen Printing, Maleen Cazier (I literally love this shirt and I wear it all the time and get lots of comments)
Parcheesi Promise, Marker and Colored Pencil, Pearl Cazier
Pop, Marker and Crayon, Pearl Cazier
Handprint Flower, Gelli Printing and Acrylic Paint, Mila Billings
Girl with Umbrella, Gel Pen, Mila Billings
Childhood Stories, Pencil, Maggie Hulse
Always Busy, Magic Clay, Annalise Kinsey
Almost, Photography, Ivory Cazier
Death Shrooms, Henna, Robyn Cazier
Subterranean Colors, Thread, Daisy Cazier
Professional Digger, Fabric, Maleen Cazier
Brain Coral, Watercolor, Daisy Cazier
Cutest Dwellers, Marker and colored pencil, Pearl Cazier
Where the Ants Go, Marker, Lilly Francis
Adolescence, Ink, Rebecca Francis (I think this piece is amazing and it might be my favorite.)
Chaos, Robyn Cazier
Sonic Boom, Paint on canvas, Pearl Cazier
Planet Chaos, Mixed Media, Maleen Cazier
Loki Ruins the Internet, Digital, Daisy Cazier
Chaos, Paper and Googly eyes, Maya Francis
My Room, Digital, Lilly Francis
Evil Eye, Oil Pastel, Annalise Kinsey
Against Desolation, Pencil, Gabriel Mendenhall
NAME ART
Washed Away, Photography, Maleen Cazier
Annalise, Leather Impressions, Annalise Kinsey
MILA, Gelli Printing, Mila Billings
Lilly Fly, Pencil and Marker, Lilly Francis
Maya Bug, Marker, Maya Francis
Jane, Photography, Jane Hulse
Beth, Photography, Beth Hulse
El, Photography, Eleanor Hulse
SPIRIT ANIMALS
The Guardian, Colored Pencil, Preston Schollenberger (Preston was a new participant and he only entered the two pieces but they were epic.)
The Tiger in the Sky, Colored Pencil, Preston Schollenberger
Owl, Paint on Canvas, Camille Kinsey
Watching and Waiting, Paint on Canvas, Keri Scoresby
Mama Whale, Crosstitch, Maleen Cazier
Curiosity, Mixed Media, Annalise Kinsey
Fluff Butt, Paint on Canvas, Pearl Cazier
Slytherin Soul, Marker, June and Maleen Cazier
Elephant, Watercolor, Maya Francis
ELEMENTS
Written in Stone, Magic Clay, Annalise Kinsey
Life Can Be Zen, Paint on canvas, Keri Scoresby
Baby, You're a Firework, Paint on canvas, Pearl Cazier
The Elements of Life, Gelli Printing, Brooks Billings
On the Road, Colored Pencil on Coloring Page, Camille Kinsey
The Shape of the Elements, Digital, Daisy Cazier
Earth In Bloom, Paint on canvas, Pearl Cazier
MANDALA ART
Super Natural Sight, Marker and Pen, Annalise Kinsey
Mandala Color Art, Collected Materials, Brooks Billings (I never would have thought of making mandalas from collected materials, but I think these photos are brilliant and beautiful and now I want to try it.)
Mandala, Collected Materials, Mila Billings
Color Me Mandala, Collected Materials, Stephanie Billings
Mandala Hedgehog, Crosstitch, Maleen Cazier
Sundala, Colored Pencil, Daisy Cazier
INTERNATIONAL/COUNTRIES
Ancestral Cranes, Printed Rice Paper, Stephanie Billings (This piece was so cool. Stephanie made her own origami paper using the colors from the flags of her ancestral countries. Then she made them into cranes. Very cool and probably the most intentional piece we had.)
Panda, Marker and gel pen, Mila Billings
Carnival, Scratch Board, Annalise Kinsey
Patriotic Sky, Paint on canvas, Maleen Cazier
Have Some Noodles, Washi Tape, Pearl Cazier
Wannabe Geisha, Colored Pencil, Ivory Cazier
COMICS
You Are What You Eat, Crosstitch, June and Maleen Cazier
Legacy, Pencil, Gabriel Mendenhall
Please Pick Me, Colored Pencil and Sharpie, Pearl Cazier
Mando, Paint on Canvas, Tyler and Maleen Cazier (Yes, Tyler and I did this art earlier in the year, but that is allowed and mainly I wanted more pieces in the Comics category. I didn't realize it would win overall.)
TINY ART
Flag, Rocks and Paint, Brooks Billings (I never even thought about using rocks. Genius.)
Heart, Rocks and Paint, Brooks Billings
Yellow Flower, Rocks and Paint, Mila Billings
Ladybug, Rocks and Paint, Mila Billings
Dandelion Wish, Rocks and Paint, Stephanie Billings
Catch a Wave, Rocks and Paint, Stephanie Billings
Dragonfly, Rocks and Paint, Stephanie Billings
Read the Skies, Paint on canvas, Daisy Cazier
Baby Balloons, Marker and Paint, Maleen Cazier (I actually used a baby's finger to make the balloons.)
Don't Catch Me, Paint on canvas, Pearl Cazier
Pop, Paint and Paper, Annalise Kinsey (This was really cool, since Annalise's piece folded out to reveal many small squares of art. It was very interactive.)
We had Camie Call come judge for us. That would be the hardest part for me, so I'm glad that I don't have to do it. I can barely chose one for people's choice. Each category had a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place and some honorable mentions. (I'm not going to list them, but you can see many of the ribbons in the pictures.) The overall large ribbons went to:
1st place - Mando
2nd place - Mandala Hedgehog (this one also got the most people's choice votes)
3rd place - Life Can Be Zen
I believe we had 85 people's choice votes. That doesn't mean 85 people came through, because sometimes people voted for more than one, but that was still a good showing for it being a bit smaller this year.
I made sure to give out a bookmark to every piece that got a vote. I think it's cool when there are 80 pieces of art and someone liked your piece the most. That means something. Our family came away with plenty of ribbons and bookmarks.
It was fun as always. We didn't do art this summer. Our focus was on other things. Stephanie almost took the torch and ran with it, but she was busier than I was. Perhaps there will be art again some year. We'll have to see.
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