
JUDGES
Amy Genser works with paper, paint, metal and wood to explore her obsession with texture, pattern, and color. Evocative of natural forms and organic processes, her work is simultaneously irregular and ordered. She uses paper as pigment and constructs her pieces by layering, cutting, rolling, and combining paper. The process is a meditation, which Amy describes as a beautiful dream. Her hands take over and her mind is quiet.
The natural world is a clear source for Amy’s work. She is fascinated by the flow of water, the shape of beehives, and the organic irregularity of plants, flowers, rock formations, barnacles, moss, lichen, and seaweed. Her pieces bring to mind aerial landscape views, satellite imagery, and biological cellular processes.
Amy’s love affair with paper began in 2000 in a paper-making class at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she got a masters degree in Graphic Design. Amy lives in West Hartford, CT with her husband and three sons, and spends her summers on the beach in Rhode Island.
www.amygenser.com
Katherine McClelland- Kat is a graduate of The Maryland Institute, College of Art where she majored in ceramics but took classes in a wide range of disciplines. She is married to a fabulous woodworker and is the mother of two amazing girls. She is an art teacher for a small high school in CT and also teaches felting workshops in a variety of settings. She spends her studio time working hard to develop a body of work in felting, her medium of choice for the last seven years.
AWARDS
Dates to remember-
Entry Deadline: | December 27th, 2022 by midnight |
Notification of Results: | January 3rd, 2023 by email |
Hand Deliver Entries: | Sunday, January 8 |1 to 3 pm Monday, January 9 | 1 to 3 pm |
Show Dates and Times: | January: 14th to 29th, 2023 Saturdays & Sundays | 1 to 5 pm |
Opening Reception | Saturday, January 14th 3 to 5 pm |
Pick-up artwork: | Sunday January 29th | 4 to 5 pm Monday January 30th | 1 to 3 pm |
Award Winners
Best Overall
Susan Wright “Footstool Victorian”

Best Originality
Linda Graves “The Tribe”

Best Composition
Sally Chaffee “Cleopatra”

Best Execution/Use of Materials
Nancy Ofori “Emine (one who is fearless and courageous)”
