Congratulations 2012 Award Winners

Taos Select

Taos Open

Best in Show

Lorrie Garcia

"The Coronation of the Virgin"

pine and natural pigments

49" x 29"

Best in Show

Lydia Hesse

"Gouldian Finches"

acrylic painting

Judges Choice

Taos Select

Taos Open

Teresa Swayne

"Archive I" (triptych)

mixed media

48" x 48"

Isabelle Rudolph

"Field of Your Imagination"

mixed media

Valerie Graves

"Taos Valley Evening Colors"

pastel

22" x 22"

Jim Wagner

"Red Wing Black Birds"

acrylic painting

Lynda Jasper- Vogel

"Henry Takes Another Shift"

mixed media

28" x 15" x 12"

J. Mehaffey

"Salsa"

oil and wax on panel

Awards Juror: CYNTHIA SÁNCHEZ, PH.D.

Cynthia Sánchez has been the director and curator for the Capitol Art Foundation in Santa Fe for over 20 years. The Capitol Art Foundation directs and manages the Capitol Art Collection, a public, permanent collection of contemporary art by New Mexico artists, housed in the New Mexico State Capitol Complex.

Sánchez  has a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from New York University, a Masters of Fine Arts in Art History and Performance Art from the University of California, and a Bachelor of  Fine Arts in Painting and Sculpture from the University of Arizona. As a cultural theorist, she writes and lectures on the politics of representation and cultural identity, and the performance of visual culture. She is a contributing author of Women Artists of Color: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook.

Sánchez is also a painter, performance artist, and poet. She is a native of Santa Fe, New Mexico where she currently resides with her husband.

KTAOS People's Choice Award

Ken Daggett

Canyon Reflections

Oil

40" x 30"

 

Other 2012 Awards

2012 Distinguished Achievement Award

2012 Poster Award

Kid's Give Back Program

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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