Uniontown Art Club lists winners for recent exhibit
The Uniontown Art Club recently announced winners for its 75th anniversary art exhibit/sale, which was held Aug. 10-17, at the State Theatre Center for the Arts, 37 W. Main St., Uniontown. Awards were presented to the following artists:
– Best of show, Marie Lint for her watercolor painting entitled “Model A.”
– First place, Laura DeFazio for her clay sculpture entitled “Portrait of Joe Jordan.”
– Second place, Madelyn Cindric for her watercolor entitled “Duet.”
– Third place, Abraham Fotta for his oil painting entitled “Sunset on the Blue Ridge Mountain.”
– Juror award, Madelyn Cindric for her oil painting entitled “Sunlit.”
– Juror award, Catherine Rosensteel for her watercolor painting entitled “Summer Solitude.”
– Honorable mention, Rose Blout for her watercolor painting entitled “Window Gardening, France.”
– Honorable mention, Nancy McChesney for her ceramic tiles entitled “Harvey.”
– Honorable mention, Sharon Bunyan for her mixed media exhibit entitled “Under the Big Top.”
– Merit award for Abraham Fotta’s oil painting entitled “Haluski.”
– Merit award for Joe Materkowski’s charcoal work entitled “John.”
– Merit award for Joe Materkowski’s self-portrait oil painting entitled “Brushes.”
– Photography award for James Ulmer’s photo entitled “South African Waterfowl.”
The art exhibit/sale was held to celebrate the art club’s 75th year as a local organization and to share its diamond anniversary with the community.
Show juror was Patrick Daugherty, local artist and art instructor at Penn State Fayette. Daugherty is also the curator of the Frank Melega Museum in Brownsville. The opening reception was held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, followed by the awards ceremony at 5 p.m. The show opening followed the unveiling and presentation of the statue (sculpture), which was created by Laura DeFazio and presented to the community during a ceremony at the Uniontown Public Library. The majority of the 75 to 90 people, who attended the ceremony at the library, also attended the art exhibit at the State Theatre where they enjoyed refreshments and hors d’oeuvres. During the week, the doors to the State Theatre’s were open to allow the public a chance to view the theatre’s interior. The State Theatre was built in 1922. The theatre was designed by architect Thomas Lamb, who also designed the famous Pantagus Theater in Toronto, Canada.