© Stacy Lynn Diehl
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| Isaac McCaslin, Boardwalk Loading, 48 in. x 96 in. charcoal on paper on panel, 2012 |
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| Isaac McCaslin, Mausoleum, 28 in. x 40 in. oil on canvas, 2013 |
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| Isaac McCaslin, Discarded, 9 in. x 12 in. charcoal on paper, 2013 |
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| Isaac McCaslin wins the Bronze Award at the 2013 Telfair Art Fair |
Visiting Judge:
Boo McLoughlin, Executive Director of the Craft Alliance in St. Louis, Mo.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 18, 2013
19th Annual Telfair Art Fair Winners
SAVANNAH, GA….Thousands
of art collectors, visitors and Savannahians enjoyed the 19th
annual Telfair Art Fair and Arty Party, held Nov. 15 - 17 in historic Telfair Square.
Eighty new and returning artists featured work in painting, printmaking, drawing/pastel, digital media, sculpture, jewelry, ceramics/pottery, photography, furniture, glass, textiles/fiber, and mixed media.
The winner of the $5,000 top prize, the Carolyn Luck McElveen Gold Award, is Jean Yao. Yao’s baskets are widely considered the apex of fiber art. Yao uses native palm trees from Florida to create her exquisitely handcrafted baskets.
The other winners are:
* Aaron Hequembourg – Silver Award winner ($2,500) for abstracted figurative painting engraved into wood.
* Isaac McCaslin – Bronze Award winner ($1,000) for painting. Mr. McCaslin works from his
Savannah studio and is a graduate of SCAD.
* Young Ju Kim –
Lowcountry Award winner ($1,000). Ms. Kim is an illustrator and artist from Pooler. The Lowcountry Award is new this year, recognizing a
top regional artist.
Honorable mention winners ($500) are: Jenny Henley
David Lasker Johanna Mueller Geralyn Sedlak-Ford Greg Stones
Visiting art fair judge Boo McLoughlin, Executive Director of the Craft Alliance in St. Louis, Mo, chose the winning recipients. The top award is named in honor of Carolyn Luck McElveen, who is the founder of Telfair Art Fair and continues to be its presenting sponsor.
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