2007 Greenbelt Labor Day Festival Art Show Winners

Many visitors commented that the Greenbelt Labor Day

Festival Art Shows - both the adult and the children's

- were even better than last year's!! The organizers

would like to thank all the artists who participated,

the City Public Works crew who deliver the display

boards to us every year, and the staff of the

Community Center for their courteous assistance. The

following are this year's award-winners:

In the adult show, Patricia Gershwill was awarded

first place in the oil/acrylic painting category for

her abstract "Beauty in Mistakes". Hilary Katherine

Theis received the 2nd place award for her "Russian

Constructivist Self". Hilary also received the 4th

place award in the drawing category for her "White

Conte Still Life". Joan Baker was awarded 3rd place

for her still life painting "Sourdough, Wine and

Cheese", and Caitlin Donahue received the 4th place

award for her "...of she who made a faux pas".

In the drawing category, Jacqueline Tull Willoughby

was awarded first place with her large pencil drawing

"Rebirth." Nora Simon received the 2nd place award

for her pencil drawing "Still Life", and she also was

awarded 4th place in the graphics category for her

computer print "Room for One More". The 3rd place

award in drawing went to Erika Weaver for her ink

In the graphics category, which includes mixed-media

2-dimensional works as well as prints, Peter Awah was

awarded first place for his "Hard Workers", a large

work that combined acrylic painting and collage. This

work also received the Cipriano Award for the work

that best depicted the theme "Americans at Work".

Elena Khazanova received the second place award in

this category with her collage "Blue Bowl", and Jan

Garland received the 3rd place award with her tissue

In the sculpture category there was a wide variety of

media and techniques. John Norden received first

place for "Face It", and Elizabeth Morisette received

the 2nd place award for her "Friendly Fire".

"Sunrise" by Eileen S. Murray took the 3rd place

award. Eileen also received the 3rd place award in

the fine crafts category for her crocheted "Vase".

Wendy Hagelgans received the 4th place award for her

In the fine crafts category, Lorraine Brooks was

awarded first place for her "A View With Nature".

Kathy Kent received the 2nd place award with her

quilted wall hanging "East Meets West", and Colette

Zanin received the 4th place award with her "Green Man

The children's show is divided into age groups as well

as categories for judging. In the pre-school through

six years old age group the following awards were

in painting, "The Window", a large tempera by

Elizabeth Gardner, received the first place award.

Elizabeth also received a first place award in the

sculpture category for her ceramic work "Candy Shop",

and a 3rd place award in the drawings and prints

category for her drawing "Flower Girl". Kathryn

Turnbull's large "Orbit" received the 2nd place award

in painting, and William Peterson's water color

"Lobster" received the 3rd place award. In drawings,

prints and mixed-media 2-dimensional works, Emma

Brewster-Geisz received the first place award for her

mixed-media "The Rainbow Bird". John Commins received

the 2nd place award for his drawing "Dinosaur". Karen

O'Brien received the 3rd place award for her drawing

"Inside the Rainbow". Karen also received a first

place award and a 2nd place award in the sculpture

category for her ceramic works "Santa's Milk and

Cookies" and "On the Bottom of the Sea". Jacob

Keifline received the 4th place award for his collage

"The Snowman", and Kadin Smith received a 4th place

In the seven through ten years old age group, Savannah

Keifline received the first place award in painting

for her "Pansies". Savannah also received the 2nd

place award in painting for "The Village". Grace

Kendall was also awarded a first place award in

painting for her water color "White Heron". Patty

Commins received the 3rd place award for her "Self

Portrait". Patty also received a second 3rd place

award for "Greenbelt Lake". Eileen O'Brien received

the 4th place award for "The Living Sea". In the

drawings, prints, and 2-dimensional mixed-media

category, Mary Commins received the first place award

for her drawing "Mother and Child". Jonah Pitts

received the 2nd place award for his print "Steam

Under the Stars". James Fahey received the 3rd place

award for his drawing "Dragon Fire", and Samantha Fu

received a 3rd place award for her multi-colored print

"At the Beach". Catherine Peterson received a 4th

place award for her colalge "Speckled Egg". In the

sculpture and 3-dimensional works category, Clementine

Morisette received the first place award for her "Four

Seasons" fabric creation. Mary and Patty Commins

together received the 2nd place award for their "Dusk

and Dawn" masks. Michael Goolsby received the 3rd

place award for his sculpture "Leo", and Charles Fahey

received the 4th place award for his ceramic sculpture

In the eleven through fourteen years age group,

Lindsey Leigh received the first place award in

painting for her water color "Emerging Dragon". In

the drawings and prints category, Genevera Gannon

received the first place award for her drawing "The

Great Pyramid", and also the 2nd place award for her

brush drawing "The Blue Dragon". Lisa Down received

the 3rd place award for "The Lady", and Selina Donahue

received the fourth place award for her drawing

"Bohemian Bird". In the sculpture category, Rose

Commins received the first place award for her ceramic

In the fifteen through eighteen years old age group,

Hope Nicholson received the first place award in

painting for "The Sea and Sun of Peter Max". Hope

also received the first place award in drawings and

prints for her "80's Hair Metal", as well as a 4th

place award in the same category for her computer

print "80's Hair Metal Revamped". Aaron Pixley

received a first place award in drawings and prints

for his ink drawing "Rage". Aaron also received a 3rd

place award in this category for his drawing "Bio

Shock". Maddy Henderson received the second place

award for her colored pencil drawing "Valor".