WAKEFIELD — During the well-attended opening weekend of the Arts Collaborative of Wakefield’s “ARTOBER” exhibit, attendees voted for the Viewers Choice Award. Congratulations to ACW artist Heather DiGiovanni who received the most votes for her pastel painting Caleb. This exceptional portrayal of a dog, familiar to members of St Joseph’s Church is remarkably lifelike. Joy Schilling earned second place with her Black Cat Mosaic. This fall-inspired image featuring pumpkins, corn, a crow and a cat was created using small colorful tiles.
There was a four-way tie for third place, highlighting the high quality of the art in this show. Brian K Johnson won two awards for his work. Peace Piece is crafted with blue and green plastic soldiers arranged and melted into the shape of a peace sign. Tim Berners-Lee in HTML is a portrait rendered entirely using text and grayscale values. Tim BL is an English computer scientist best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web. Elizabeth Noble’s oil painting Nya depicts her beautiful friend, created from Nya’s own Instagram photos and designed with her generous permission. Blossoms by Stephanie Stigliano combines brush painting and monoprint. She layers her imagery using line, texture, light and shadow to create this beautiful image.
This weekend, there will be two artist demonstrations. On Friday night, Elizabeth Noble will demonstrate how to quickly sketch apples using a variety of supplies, many of which you already have at home including a ballpoint pen and crayons. She will discuss the importance of learning to draw and paint and building a creative habit. On Saturday, Maryellen Henning will demonstrate how to make Paper Leaf Pendants.
Experience ARTOBER at Albion Cultural Exchange this weekend on Friday, October 10 from 5 to 8 p.m. and on Saturday, October 11 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to see the Viewer’s Choice Award winners’ work, as well as the work of all 37 local artists featuring over 125 pieces of art, a collection from WHS Art students and artwork available for $10.00 in the Small Works Fundraiser. Hope to see you there.