2012 Allentown Art Festival - June 9-10, 2012
Location
The Allentown Art Festival takes place in the Allentown Historic Preservation District of Buffalo, NY. Tens of Thousands art patrons visit the Festival to enjoy the beauty of Buffalo's weather in June, the charm and uniqueness of the Allentown area and the quality of the art and crafts presented by the over 400 juried exhibitors.
Since its modest beginnings as a small art show in 1958, the Allentown has become not only Buffalo's urban rite, but a symbol for the enduring character of this re-emerging rustbelt region. It has earned an important place in Buffalo's cultural and social life and a national reputation for excellence.
The Allentown Art Festival is especially remarkable, having persevered and prospered for over 40 years largely due to the members of the Allentown Village Society, Inc., whose active number of unpaid volunteers has seldom grown beyond 30. Their labors have borne fruit beyond the annual Allentown Art Festival weekend and beyond the boundaries of the Allentown neighborhood of Buffalo.
For more information, visit their website:
http://www.allentownartfestival.com
Office:
435 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14202
Phone and Fax:
716-881-4269
Email Address:
allentownartfestival@verizon.net
Buffalo Public School Students, a Part of the Festival
The Buffalo Public Schools Art Education Department is pleased to announce the sponsorship of five awards totaling $5,000.00 through the Allentown Village Society, Inc. (AVS). Five awards have been granted to schools whose art teachers have developed and submitted exemplary and unique art lessons. Each teacher will be awarded $1,000.00 which will be used for art materials that specifically help in the successful implementation of each teacher's proposed art lesson.
The grant winners include:
Kerry Chiodo, proposal titled, "Mandela Umbrellas— Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts #192
Elizabeth Spiro-Carman, proposal titled, "Zuni Fetishes: Relationships Between Native Americans and Nature in the Southwestern United States- B.E.S.T. #6
Ann Curthoys, proposal titled, "Watts Happening? Recycled Materials Become Public Art" - Waterfront Elementary #95
Doreen Juszkiewicz, proposal titled, "Home 'Tweet" Home: Architectural Discoveries Through the Creation of Birdhouses" - Waterfront Elementary #95
Allison Davis, proposal titled, "Piecing Together History and Culture: Faith Ringgold Quilts"- International School #45"
2011 Allentown Art Festival Prize Winners
Best of Show for "Louis Cherenzia"
George Carrigan
Purchase Award
Patricia Cancilla
Painting
Realistic
1st Place "Miriam K. Notaro" Painting-Realistic Award
1st Place Arlen Whitey
2nd Place Phillip Singer
3rd Place Stephen Ray
Honorable Mention Thomas Paul Asklar
Abstract
1st Place Sponsored by Pepsi Cola Bottling Group Buffalo
1st Place Erik Laffer
2nd Place Ilania Stangler
3rd Place Sandra Dennison
Honorable Mention Daniel Predmore
Realistic
1st Place "Madeline Benson" Watercolor-Realistic Award
1st Place Lu Fuller
2nd Place Michael McMahon
3rd Place Yenfen Huang
Honorable Mention Thomas Baldwin
Abstract
1st Place Joan Hambleton
2nd Place Lorna Berlin
3rd Place Linda Lucas
Honorable Mention Robert Gregg
Drawing / Graphics
1st Place Carol E. Maltby
2nd Place Rose-Ann Martin
3rd Place James Skvarch
Honorable Mention Elizabeth Andrews
Sculpture
1st "Joseph and Ruth Bolinsky" Award
1st Place Teresa Testa
2nd Place Roland Paronish
3rd Place Suzanne Molnar Goad
Honorable Mention Connie Lavelle
Photography
1st Place "Dr. Joseph and Dorothy Manch" Photography Award
1st Place John Deng
2nd Place David Maynard
3rd Place Kevin Schoonover
Honorable Mention David Stern
Mixed Media
1st Place "Shirley French" Mixed Media Award
1st Place Christopher Stangler
2nd Place Bob Stern
3rd Place Diane Kaylor
Honorable Mention David Manny
Clay
1st Place "Harold and Sylvia Goldstein" Clay Award
1st Place Tim See
2nd Place Peter Jones
3rd Place Sumiyo Roland
Honorable Mention Paul Molesky
Jewelry
1st Place Tom Chavane
2nd Place MuMin Jacobsen
3rd Place Robin Yates
Honorable Mention ---
Glass / Acrylic
1st Place Elijiah Smith
2nd Place Philip Austin
3rd Place Gabriel Cole
Honorable Mention Susan Lichtenthal
Creative Crafts Hard
1st Place Howard Miller
2nd Place Linda Tong
3rd Place David Barclay
Honorable Mention Eric Arcese
Creative Crafts Soft
1st Place Sue Lances
2nd Place Richard Thompson
3rd Place Sharon Bottle Souva
Honorable Mention Christopher Stangler
