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Award Winners: Andrew Carr
(BOS), April R. Behnke (OSW), Michael L. Haley (OSW), Gail Handelmann
(OSW), Nordia Kay (ECA), Ian Horowitz (HON), Alexandra L. Howie
(HON) Chairperson: May Britt Wang
Committee: Kathy Sasso, Andrea
Stober, Carol McLaughlin
Judges
Ron Straka was born in Pennsylvania and graduated
from The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Although
a physicist professionally, Ron has been painting since his early
teens. He is continually drawn to the challenges of plein-air painting,
and travels throughout the world to paint landscapes. Ron received
instruction from many prominent Cape Ann artists, including Martin
Ahearn, Emile Gruppe, Zyg Jankowski, Andrew Menna, Michael Stoffa,
and Paul Strisik. He loves teaching art and inspires students at
all levels. He has taught at The Boston Center for Adult Education,
and he currently teaches at the Rockport and North Shore Arts Associations.
Ron also teaches oil painting at workshops throughout New England,
and gives private lessons. Often invited to serve on both awards
and membership juries, he is a member of the Rockport Art Association
(and formerly on its Board of Governors), North Shore Arts Association
(President 1995–1996), Academic Artists Association, and the
International Society of Marine Painters. In 1994 one of Ron's paintings
was selected to hang in the American Embassy residence in Bratislava,
Slovak Republic. Ron Straka is listed in Who's Who In The World,
International Men Of Achievement, and the International
Who's Who Of Intellectuals.
Judith S. Larsen has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in
Education and Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Tufts and the
School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) in Boston. She has taught
painting, drawing, design, and computer techniques for artists at
Wellesley College, Boston Architectural Center, the SMFA, Massachusetts
College of Art, and Harvard University. She has exhibited widely
in the Boston area, as well as nationally, and is represented in
numerous collections, including the DeCordova Museum, the Museum
of Fine Arts, and the Graham Gund and Stephen D. Paine Collection.
Larsen is a member of the Board of Governors for the SMFA and is
currently represented by the OHT Gallery in Boston.
Rachel Dayson is an artist and art educator who
teaches classes and workshops for children and adults in the Boston
area. Rachel grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and received her Bachelor
of Fine Arts in Painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art. She
later moved to New York, receiving her Master of Fine Arts in Painting
from Purchase College, State University of New York. Rachel has
exhibited her paintings on both a national and international level,
including Boston Center for the Arts, Julie Saul Gallery in New
York, and Nicoletta West Gallery in Zurich, Switzerland. This past
February, her paintings were exhibited in a solo show at Allston
Skirt Gallery in Boston. She currently resides in Watertown, Massachusetts,
along with her dog, Toby. |
