Adult Department

F INE ART - F INE CRAFT

Coordinator: Ellen Campbell, Fairfax

Assistant Coordinator & Installer: Katya McCulloch, San Anselmo

Assistant Coordinator & Installer: Wendy Goldberg, San Anselmo

Jurors - Two-Dimensional

Barbra J. Fortier, Napa Barbra Fortier was the Art Coordinator for the Napa Valley Mustard Festival and Sonoma’s Salute to the Arts for many years. She has worked as a gallery assistant at I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, and is currently working at Terra Firma Gallery in Sonoma. A self-taught painter who employs various mediums, Ms. Fortier served as a photographic editor for several years and is known for her “good eye”.

Gwen Manfrin, Orinda Bay Area artist, Gwen Manfrin is a graduate of UCLA in Fine Arts/Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts. Gwen works with several different medias including acrylic, colored pencils, charcoal, graphite and photography. Her work has been seen in many Bay Area galleries including the Bedford Gallery – Walnut Creek, Andrea Schwartz Gallery –San Francisco, Solomon Dubnick Gallery – Sacramento and Gallery Route One – Point Reyes Station. Her current body of work is comprised of mixed media paintings and drawings exploring human emotions.

Mark Perlman, Sebastopol Mark Perlman was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1950 in a small steel mill town. During his youth he was interested in sports and art. He attended Clarion University on a wrestling scholarship and quickly discovered that his true calling was painting. Mark transferred to Eastern Michigan then finished his graduate work at West Virginia University. He left his first university teaching job in Pennsylvania for a five year stint at the University of Texas, El Paso. For the past 25 years he has taught painting at Sonoma State University. Mark Perlman has shown internationally in New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Russia, Japan and recently, in Beijing China. He has been working in encaustic painting for the past 30 years.

Jurors - Three-Dimensional

Arthur Gonzalez, Alameda Arthur Gonzalez is an internationally exhibiting artist with over fifty one-person shows in the last thirty years, including seven in Manhattan, New York. He has received many awards including the Virginia Groot Foundation twice and is an unprecedented four-time recipient of the National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship within a ten-year period. He is a tenured Professor at the California College of the Arts (formerly CCAC) where he was chair of the ceramics program from 1995-2006. Gonzalez has been an artist-in-residence in many places including University of Georgia, Athens, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Penland School of Craft, North Carolina, University of Akron in Ohio, Tainan National University in Taiwan, and Pilchuck Glass School in Washington.

Patricia Kirkish, Healdsburg Over the past ten years, Patricia Kirkish and her husband, Steve, have created and managed Dovetail Collection, one of the finest galleries of three dimensional functional art in Northern California. The gallery has built a nationwide reputation for its incredible collection of American handcraft, with an emphasis on fine wood furniture. Ms. Kirkish evaluates three-dimensional works across a set of criteria which includes artistic originality, craftsmanship, functionality and emotional appeal. As both a collector and promoter of fine craft, she invests considerable time in supporting the local craft community and mentoring emerging artists.

John Toki, Richmond John Toki, formerly a faculty member at the California College of the Arts, has maintained a sculpture studio in Richmond, since 1974. He has completed public commissions for the cities of Berkeley, Sacramento, and Oakland, and has exhibited at the Oakland Museum, Carnegie Museum, and the Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati. Toki is the co-author of several ceramic textbooks, and is also the Associate Producer of SCULPTCAST, Conversations about Sculpture, and Associate Director of Mission Clay Arts and Industry Program. In addition to his art practice, Toki is the owner of Leslie Ceramic Supply Company. He supports community arts as Co-Director of CAA, Ceramics Annual of America, and as a trustee for the Richmond Art Center.

2013 FINE ART – FINE CRAFT AWARDS

Best of Show - 2-D William B Charuhas Pleasanton Best of Show - 3-D Melissa Panages Ross Marin Artist of the Year Award Cara Brown Fairfax Best 2-D Fair Theme Timothy M Horn Fairfax Best 3-D Fair Theme Wendell C Rickon Mendocino Curley Award - 1st Acrylic Dan Thomas San Anselmo Curley Award - 1st Oil James Marc San Rafael Curley Award - 1st Large 2-D Millicent Tomkins Mill Valley Curley Award - 1st Sculpture Rebecca Love Occidental Lou & Marge Bartolini Awards for Outstanding Jewelry Christine Francisco Fairfax Roberta Hamblin Napa Outstanding Clay Sculpture Rita Wilson Napa Outstanding Bronze Sculpture Earl Enriquez San Carlos Outstanding Stone Sculpture Karin Mortensen Sausalito Outstanding Wood Sculpture Bruce Mitchell Point Reyes Station Outstanding Metal Sculpture David Sekoll San Francisco Outstanding Mixed Media Sculpture Walter Harvest Sebastopol AC Graphics Award Barbara Stikker Greenbrae Acacia Gallery Award Melinda Pahl San Anselmo Art at the Cheese Factory Award Emily Dvorin Kentfield Art Works Downtown Awards Judie Cosmo Peterson Petaluma Marie Jackler Novato Baubles & Beads Awards Nancy Rowe Martinez Ginny Smith Napa Baulines Craft Guild Awd - 3D Lorna Newlin Sausalito Black Cat Studio Award Kathleen Lipinski San Anselmo Blue Dot Picture Framing Award Michael Topliff Berkeley Cheap Pete's Frame Factory Awd Judith Buder Novato Copper Door Custom Framing Awd Judith Buder Novato Dimitroff's Frame Shop Award Lawrence Yamamoto Muir Beach Dostal Studios Inc. Award Ila Coombs Novato Fabulous Framers Award Katya McCulloch San Anselmo Falkirk Fair Award Laura Cooper Fairfax Fast Frame Award Dianne Hull Novato Fast Signs Award Linda Olive Fairfax Frame-O-Rama Award - 2-D Dan Thomas San Anselmo

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Framing Dragon Award Holly Brannan San Rafael Framecrafter's Gallery Award Shizuko Shichishima San Rafael Gallery Route One Award Charlie Kleiman San Rafael Jack Haehl Award - Fine Craft Tom McFadden Philo Jeanne Bogardus Awd-Creativity Natalie-Ann Morris Mill Valley Marin Art School Award - 2-D Patricia Bohm San Rafael Marin Jewelers Guild Award Phil Bennett San Rafael Marin Watercolor Society Award Kathy Byrne Santa Rosa Marin Museum of Contemporary Art Award - 2D Elaine Nehm Fairfax Marin Museum of Contemporary Art Award - 3D Emily Dvorin Kentfield Marin Society of Artists Award - 2D David Broad San Rafael Marin Society of Artists Award - 3D Susan Press San Rafael Barbara McQuaid Memorial Award Toni Denmark Novato O'Hanon Ctr for the Arts Award Tom S Tabakin Forest Knolls Perry's Art Supplies Award - 2D June Yokell San Rafael Ragged Sailor Gallery & Framery Awards Judith Yamamoto Muir Beach Laura Kradjan-Cronin Novato rileystreet art supplies Awards Suzanne Riley San Rafael Timothy Dixon Glen Ellen Rousseau's Fine Art Award Kate Barrengos Mill Valley Seager Gray Gallery Award - 2-D Carol Myer Novato Seager Gray Gallery Award - 3-D Stuart Wagner San Anselmo Strawberry Village Framers Awards Diana Benet Greenbrae John Elliott San Rafael Studio 333 Award Bob Justice San Anselmo The Painter's Place Awards Mary Blake San Anselmo Gail Morris San Anselmo Jonnie Baldwin Penngrove Laura Williams San Francisco

2012 CLASS WINNERS

Acrylic Painting 1st Dan Thomas San Anselmo 2nd William Dempster Mill Valley 3rd Sue Averell Sausalito Oil Painting 1st James Marc San Rafael 2nd Kathleen Lack Novato 3rd Debbie Patrick Sausalito Aqua Media 1st Mary Blake San Anselmo 2nd Diana Benet Greenbrae 3rd David Broad San Rafael Drawing/Graphics/Printmaking 1st Tom Killion Point Reyes 2nd Warren Lee San Rafael 3rd Karen Kelly Santa Rosa Pastels 1st Debbie Patrick Sausalito 2nd Sandy White Woodacre 3rd Wendy Goldberg Fairfax Mixed Media or Collage 1st Cynthia Granados Petaluma 2nd June Lee Napa 3rd Cathy Coe San Rafael Large Format 2-D Works 1st Millicent Tomkins Mill Valley 2nd Barbara Lawrence Woodacre 3rd Barbara Wheeler Nicasio Miniature Works (2-D) 1st Tim Mitoma Corte Madera 2nd Pat Doherty Corte Madera 3rd Linda Lieberman San Rafael Giclee Prints 1st William Dempster Mill Valley 2nd Kathleen Lipinski San Anselmo 3rd Sharon Kelly San Anselmo Digital Art 1st Vaidis Valaitis San Rafael 2nd Susan Holloway Woodbury, MN 3rd Ethan Browning, Jr. Novato Celebrating Agriculture Art 1st Debbie Patrick Sausalito 2nd Timothy Horn Fairfax 3rd Leslie Allen Mill Valley Sculpture 1st Rebecca Love Occidental 2nd Doug Wilson Mill Valley 3rd Claudia Carroll San Rafael

2012 CLASS WINNERS

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Miniature Works (3-D) 1st Michael Mindeman San Rafael 2nd Barry Chukerman Novato 3rd Wendell Rickon Mendocino Furniture 1st John Liston Berkeley 2nd Wendell Rickon Mendocino 3rd Mark Fielding San Rafael Carved & Turned Wood 1st Tom McFadden Philo 2nd Stu Hill Sonoma 3rd Jerry Kermode Sebastopol Glass 1st Brian Roberts Santa Rosa 2nd Isa Foulk Novato 3rd Mary Rogers Novato Jewelry 1st Ruth Cardin Santa Rosa 2nd Mara Perez Greenbrae 3rd Roey Berman San Rafael Ceramics 1st James Whiting Berkeley 2nd Kathy Pallie San Rafael 3rd Marie Jackler Novato Fiber & Textiles 1st Susan Doyle San Geronimo 2nd Jeanmarie Nutt Roseville 3rd Toni Denmark Novato Various Media 1st James Palmer Petaluma 2nd Bettina Pauly San Francisco 3rd Melissa Woodburn San Rafael

Honorable Mentions – Two-Dimensional Work

Carol Allen Mill Valley Leslie Allen Mill Valley Judy Arndt Forest Knolls Victoria Berghoff San Rafael Judy Bernhardt Novato Thomas Berto Santa Rosa Wendy Brayton Cotati Kathy Byrne (2) Santa Rosa William Charuhas Pleasanton Janis Chittick Ross Cathy Coe (2) San Rafael Timothy Dixon Glen Ellen Steve Emery San Anselmo Tom Fleming Corte Madera Dave Getz Fairfax Wendy Goldberg Fairfax Walt Green Greenbrae Timothy Horn Fairfax Charles Kiene Sausalito Leslie Lakes Mill Valley Warren Lee San Rafael Monica Lee-Boutz Santa Rosa Karl Lichtenstein San Geronimo Linda Lieberman San Rafael James Marc San Rafael Victoria Mimiaga Mill Valley Danute Nitecki Berkeley Theresa Paris Petaluma Shoshana Parry Fairfax Debbie Patrick Sausalito Colleen Rosenblatt Mill Valley Carla Roth Ross Kit Shepard Stinson Beach Yoshi Stokes Novato Debora Strand Novato Millicent Tomkins Mill Valley Vaidis Valaitis San Rafael Lane Weiss Kentfield Agnes Yau Oakland

Honorable Mentions – Three-Dimensional Work

Robert Abrams Emeryville Deb Bennett San Rafael Phil Bennett San Rafael Dave Benoit (3) San Anselmo Claudette Bleijenberg San Francisco Emily Dvorin Kentfield Earl Enriquez San Carlos Alex Friedman Mill Valley Geraldine GaNun-Owens San Rafael Roberta Hamblin Napa Stu Hill Sonoma Doug Nadeau San Rafael Cornelia Nevitt Woodacre Nancy Roberts Santa Rosa Nelcy Tarics San Rafael Tami Tsark San Francisco Judith Yamamoto Muir Beach

Timeline & Rules

Entry Forms Due On or before Thursday, May 16, 5 pm, Fair Office

Entry Limit Eight works per artist. Please refer to Rule #4.

Entry Fee $12 Per Entry - Fee must accompany Entry Form.

Mailed/Shipped Entries Due Thursday, June 20, 5 pm, Fair Office

Hand Delivered Entries Received Friday, June 21, 12 Noon to 7 pm, Redwood Foyer, Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium

Artwork Juried Saturday, June 22

Call For Jurying Results Monday, June 24, 8 am to Noon 415.473.6400

Note When you deliver your artwork to the fair, you will receive more specific instructions for obtaining jurying results, including detailed times to phone. This will eliminate overloading the phone lines at 8:30 am.

Non-Selected Entries Released Monday, June 24, 12 Noon to 7 pm, Toyon Room, Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium 68th Annual Marin County Fair Saturday, July 3 through Sunday, July 7

Selected Entries Released Monday, July 8, 12 Noon to 7 pm, North Lobby, Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium Mailed/Shipped Entries Delivered to UPS/USPS on Friday, July 12

Late Storage Fee $5 PER DAY FOR EACH ENTRY NOT PICKED UP ON TIME. THIS RULE WILL BE ENFORCED.

1. Local and State Rules govern this competition.

2. Eligibility: Open to all living United States artists, 19 years and over. Works of art previously shown at the Marin County Fair are not eligible. All entries must be original design and must have been completed within the last two years.

3. Entry Fees Are Non-Refundable.

4. Entry Limit: Eight works per artist. A set (if it was designed by the artist to be displayed/sold only as a unit) is considered one entry. Due to excessive entries in some classes, there may be high competition for selection and awards.

5. Eligible Work: a. Wall-hung works may not exceed 8 feet in height or be of excessive weight.

b. Two-dimensional works must be framed and have screw eyes or mirror (d-ring) hangers with braided wire. Unframed canvases must have painted/finished sides. Clip frames (glass with clips and no moulding) are not acceptable. c. If sculpture is accepted for exhibition, you must provide a pedestal of

appropriate scale and height, painted a solid white (matte) finish. Fragile free-standing works must have a Plexiglass cube cover with the pedestal.

The Fair will provide a case for jewelry items.

6. Receiving Mailed/Shipped Works of Art: Mailed/Shipped works of art must be received in the Fair Office by Thursday, June 20, 5 pm. Prepaid, return postage and insurance must accompany entries. Make checks payable to Marin County Fair.

7. Sales: Please indicate sale price or not for sale (N.F.S.) on entry form. Marin County Fair will retain a 20% commission. Sales will be handled through the Fair Office. Artists will be paid by check approximately three weeks following the Fair. Sales Price may not be changed after entry form has been submitted.

8. Liability: a. Although reasonable efforts will be undertaken to safeguard exhibitors’ property against

loss, damage or theft, neither the County of Marin nor the Marin County Fair will be responsible for any loss, damage or theft of exhibitors’ property brought on the premises during the period of the Marin County Fair. Every precaution will be taken in the handling and exhibiting of work; however, the Exhibits must be picked up on Release Day. The Fair does not guarantee the safety of any artwork not picked up on Release Day.

b. Work held over 5 days after release date will become the property of the Marin County Fair and may be sold or donated to defray storage costs.

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9. Removal of Work: Accepted works, including those sold during the Fair, shall not be removed from the exhibition until Fair closes.

Division 80 Fine Art - Fine Craft

Note - Please enter Photographic works in the Photography Dept. Photographic works will be displayed with Fine Art/Craft.

Class (Categories)

1 Painting, Acrylic Wall works measuring 5 feet maximum in any direction, including framing.

2 Painting, Oil Wall works measuring 5 feet maximum in any direction, including framing.

3 Aqua Media (Watercolor, Tempera, Gouache, Various Aqua Media) Wall mounted works measuring 5 feet maximum in any direction, including framing.

4 Drawing/Graphics/Printmaking Pen, Charcoal, Ink, Colored Pencil, Scratchboard, Cartoon Cells, Animation Art, Architectural-Botanical-Scientific Illustration, Monoprints, Serigraphs, Woodblocks, etc. Wall works measuring 5

feet maximum in any direction, including framing. New! Special Award for Best Pen & Ink (See award listings.)

5 Pastels Wall works measuring 5 feet maximum in any direction, including framing.

6 Mixed Media or Collage Wall works measuring 5 feet maximum in any direction, including framing. 7 Large Format 2-Dimensional Works Any Media. Framed and unframed works on stretched canvas/fabric, unstretched wall works, wall-hung works under glass/plexiglass. Wall Works measuring over 5 feet, maximum height 8 feet.

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8 Miniature Works (Two Dimensional) Any Media. Two dimensional works five inches maximum in any direction, including framing or stands.

9 Giclée Prints Generated from any original media (Oils, watercolors, etc.)

10 Digital Art Original work created with the use of a computer. (Examples - Digital Graphics and Illustration, Digital Painting, Scanner Art, Animated Art, etc.) No Photography or Giclée Reproductions allowed in this class.

11 New! 6” x 6” Two Dimensional – Any Media – Any two dimensional work of art on canvas, board, paper, etc. Maximum size six inches by six inches, not including frame. Entries in this class must be framed or have painted/finished sides to be accepted for jurying.

12 New! “Kids!” Two or Three Dimensional – Any Media – Any work of art celebrating school-aged children (one of more kids posed, at play, etc.)

13 Sculpture Metal, Wood, Stonework, Clay, Fiber, Various and Mixed-Media. Free- standing or wall-hung. (Walls are 8' high.) No ceiling-supported works will be accepted.

Please refer to additional awards for sculpture listed below. 14 Miniature Works (Three Dimensional) Any Media. Maximum size five inches in any direction, including framing or stands. 15 Furniture Any Media. Low furniture risers are the responsibility of the artist.

16 Carved & Turned Wood All Media.

17 Glass Two or Three Dimensional (Blown, Stained, Fused, Slumped, Cased, etc.)

18 Jewelry All Media.

19 Ceramics All Media.

20 Fiber & Textiles All Media.

21 New! Altered Books – Any design using one of more books. An altered book is a form of mixed media artwork that changes a book from its original form into a different form, altering its appearance and/or meaning. Your Altered Book may be as simple as adding a drawing or text to a page, or as complex as creating an intricate book sculpture. Take a book (old, new, recycled or multiple) and cut, tear, glue, burn, fold, paint, add to, collage, rebind, gold-leaf, create pop-ups, rubber-stamp, drill, bolt, and/or be-ribbon it, etc. You may add pockets and niches to hold tags, pebbles, beads, or other three-dimensional objects. You may change the shape of the book, or use multiple books in the creation of your finished work of art.

22 Various Media - Hollowware, Baskets, Vessels, Handmade Books, etc.

American System of Judging –

Awards Offered per Class at Jurors’ Discretion

Best of Show (2-Dimensional) -------------------------------------- $500 & Ribbon Best of Show (3-Dimensional) -------------------------------------- $500 & Ribbon Best Interpretation of Fair Theme – Schools One awarded for 2-D and one for 3-D ---------------------------- $100 & Ribbon

New! Best Pen & Ink Entry ----------------------------------------------- $100 & Ribbon First Place (each class) ----------------------------------------------------- $250 & Ribbon

The $250 First Place Awards for Acrylic, Oil, Large Format 2-Dimensional, & Sculpture (A Total of $1,000)

Courtesy of ~ Nancy Curley, Larkspur, in memory of Charles H. Curley

Second Place (each class) ------------------------------------------------- $100 & Ribbon Third Place (each class) ----------------------------------------------------- $50 & Ribbon Honorable Mentions (At Jurors’ Discretion) ------------------------------------ Ribbons

Two Special $100 Awards for Jewelry

Courtesy of ~ Lou & Marge Bartolini, Novato

Special Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sculpture – Clay, Bronze, Stone, Wood, Metal, & Mixed Media will each receive

$50 & a Special Rosette Ribbon (Awarded at Jurors’ Discretion)

S p e c i a l S p o n s o r e d A w a r d s s

Courtesy of ~ A C Graphics, San Rafael ------------------------------------------- $75 Gift Certificate

Art at the Cheese Factory, Stinson Beach ------------------------ $50 Cash Award

Art Works Downtown, San Rafael ---- Two $50 Cash Awards for Freshest & Most Fun Art

Barbara McQuaid Memorial Award ---------------------------------- $200 Cash Award

Baubles & Beads, Berkeley ---------------------------------- Two $50 Gift Certificates

Baulines Craft Guild, San Rafael ----------------------------- $100 Cash Award (3-D)

Black Cat Studio, San Rafael ------------- $150 Gift Certificate for Giclee Printing

Blue Dot Picture Framing, San Rafael --------------------------- $50 Gift Certificate

Cheap Pete’s Frame Factory Outlet, San Rafael ------------- $50 Gift Certificate

Copper Door Custom Framing, Sausalito ---------------------------- $25 Gift Certificate

Dimitroff’s Frame Shop, Tiburon --------------------------------- $100 Gift Certificate

Dostal Studios Inc., San Rafael ----------------------------------- $100 Gift Certificate

Fabulous Framers, Ignacio ------------------------------------------- $100 Gift Certificate

Fast Signs, San Rafael -------------------------------------------------- $50 Gift Certificate

Frame-O-Rama, Mill Valley ------------------------------------- $50 Gift Certificate (2-D)

Framing Dragon, San Rafael ---------------------------------------- $100 Gift Certificate

Framecrafter’s Gallery, Greenbrae ------------------------------------ $50 Gift Certificate

Jack Haehl Memorial Award --------------------- $100 Cash Award for Fine Craft

Jeanne Bogardus Award ----------- $100 Cash Award for Outstanding Creativity

Marin Art School, Novato ------------------------------------ $100 Cash Award (2-D)

Marin Frames & Prints, San Rafael ------------------- Two $75 Gift Certificates (2-D)

Marin Jewelers Guild, San Rafael ---------------------------------- $50 Cash Award

Marin County Watercolor Society ------------------------------- $100 Cash Award

Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato ----- Two $50 Cash Awards (2-D & 3-D)

Marin Society of Artists, Ross --------------------- Two $50 Cash Awards (2-D & 3-D)

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley ------------------------------ $25 Cash Award

Perry’s Art Supplies & Framing, San Anselmo ------------- $50 Gift Certificate (2-D)

Ragged Sailor Gallery & Framery, Corte Madera ------------ Two $25 Gift Certificates

rileystreet art supplies, San Rafael/Santa Rosa ------ Two $50 Gift Certificates

Rousseau's Fine Art Framing, Novato --------------------------- $50 Gift Certificate

Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley ---------------------- Two $50 Cash Awards, (2-D & 3-D)

Studio 333, Sausalito --------------------------------------------------------- $50 Cash Award

The Painter’s Place, Picture Framers, Larkspur --------- Four $75 Gift Certificates

Marin County Fair Artist of the Year ---- Based on an artist’s overall work selected

for the show (Winner must be a Marin resident) ----------------- $100 Cash Award