The award winners of the Abstraction Exhibition were announced at the opening reception on Sunday at the Rowayton Arts Center. Robert Sachs (Norwalk) won Best in Show for his photo, Ice Skating Rockefeller Center #1 and Bevi Bullwinkel (Fairfield) won 1st Place, Mixed Media and the Hu Lindsay Memorial Award for her painting, Dancing. The Hu Lindsay Memorial Award was presented by Hu Lindsay’s widow, Marcia Powell, and grandson, Cooper Lindsay, both of Norwalk. Hu Lindsay, longtime resident of Norwalk was an artist and past RAC Board President.
The exhibition is on view until Saturday, April 28. Chairs of the exhibition are Heide Follin and Melissa Orme. The judge, Cabell Molina, is an artist and owner of SONO’s Love Art Gallery.
The award winners are:
Best in Show: Robert Sachs (Norwalk) “Ice Skating Rockefeller Center #1,” Photoraphy
Acrylics: 1st: Susan Acker (Stamford) “Inferno,” 2nd: Lois Weingarten (City Island) “Winter Memory,” 3rd: Lisa Thoren (Darien) “Off the Grid,” Honorable Mention: Peter Thoren (Darien) “Adult Swim” Drawings, Prints, Pastels: 1st: Katharine Draper (Norwalk) “Network,” 2nd: N.Robert Cestone (Rowayton) “Latest News” 3rd: Holly Hawthorn (Redding) “Into the Void,” Honorable Mention: Donna Collins (Darien) “Palustrine” Mixed Media: 1st: Bevi Bullwinkel (Fairfield) “Dancing,” 2nd: Kendall Klingbeil (Pound Ridge) “Lapis Reflections,” 3rd: Dana Laird (Rowayton) “Swath,” Honorable Mention: Pat Atkin (Darien) Untitled Oils: 1st: Linda George (Darien) “Combustion,” 2nd: Katharine Draper (Norwalk) “Circumfluent,” 3rd: Antoinette Vardamis (New Canaan) Passages Photography: 1st: Laure Dunne (Norwalk) “Passing By,” 2nd: Nancy Breakstone (Westport) “Whisps of Life,” 3rd: Kirsti Holtan (Stamford) “Stained Glass Bokeh,” Honorable Mention: Pierre Lahaussois (Norwalk) “The Tears of the Arizona”
For almost 60 years, the Rowayton Arts Center has been a cultural gem in the community. It is an exceptional gallery where regional artists may exhibit and sell their work as a wonderful venue for art classes and workshops for all levels for both children and adults. The RAC Art School and Gallery are located on the scenic Five Mile River at 145 Rowayton Avenue, Rowayton, Ct. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday: 11am-5pm. For more information: www.rowaytonarts.org.