Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts in State College, PA near Penn State

Return to Innocence, Kathleen Kinsella, Sharonville, OH, 2006

Perennials, Michele Randall, State College, PA 2006

The Festival Jester in a Caravaggio Moment, Marty Edmunds, Boalsburg, PA, 2006

Look Who’s Forty, Joanie Eyster, State College, PA, 2006

Peace, Lynn Heritage, Bellefonte, PA 2004

For Every Child, Radio Park Elementary School, State College, PA 2002

Facing the Sun, Joanie Eyster, State College, PA 2004

Buzz, Leah Donell Stephenson, State College, PA 2004

Diving for Festival Treasures, Marty Edmunds, Boalsburg, PA 2004 - The Festival has over 100 banners in its collection. Many of them hang over the Festival route each July.

Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts™ State College, Pennsylvania

July 8-11, 2010 ~ Children's Day is July 7, 2010

44th ANNUAL SIDEWALK SALE AND EXHIBITION

Downtown State College and Penn State Campus
Thursday July 8-Saturday July 10, 2010
10 AM to 8 PM
Sunday July 11 Noon to 5:00 PM

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43rd Annual Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition Winners

Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts officials and sponsors presented over $17,000 in awards to artists in its 2009 Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition, on Saturday July 11, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. at an award ceremony on the Festival’s Allen Street stage. Sidewalk Sale Coordinator Pam Lautsch and President of the Festival’s Board of Directors Sally Kalin emceed the brief and informal awards ceremony.

The top prize, the Arête Best of Show Award, was presented by Linda Gall to Lancaster, PA resident and ceramic artist Mariko Swisher. Linda and Blake Gall of Boalsburg make this award possible, which includes a cash prize of $2,500.

The juror’s for this year’s Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition were illustrator Mark Bender, Pittsburgh, PA; museum publication editor, Barbara Bradley of Cleveland, OH; ceramic artist Sandi Pierantozzi, Philadelphia, PA; jeweler Todd Pownell, Cleveland, OH and printmaker Sarah Rishel, Atlanta, GA.

The Fine Arts Award, worth $1750, was given to printmaker Mitch Lyons of New London, PA

Serving the Artist Community for over 37 Years! The sixth John C. Mason Award for Excellence in Jewelry Design was presented to Matthew Naftzger and Maura Curry of Hannibal, MO. This award carries a cash prize of $825.

The Lautsch Family Award of Excellence was presented to glass artist Michael Mikula of Cleveland. Awards of Excellence carry a cash prize of $850.

Other exhibitors receiving Awards of Excellence were:
Wesley Glebe and Christine Bailey, State College, PA (Jewelry)
Susan Levi-Goerlich, Columbia, MD (Fiber)
Joe and Charley Graham, Jefferson, OH (Wood)

The following exhibitors received Awards of Distinction, worth $675:
Robert Glebe, Chestertown, MD (Metal)
Chris Plummer, Alexandria KY (Printmaking)
David Greenbaum, Shohola, PA (Ceramic)

The following artists received merit awards, worth $500;

The Anne Layng Award of Merit was presented to Stephen Sebastian, High Point, NC (Painting)
The John & Sharon McCarthy Award of Merit, Anna Shapiro, Providence, RI (Fiber)
The Connections Clothing Award of Merit, Chuck Kaiser, Lancaster, PA (Mixed Media 2D)
The Barash Publishing Award of Merit, Paul Shatz, Charleston, SC (Photography)
The Bob and Ginny Mountz Award of Merit, Sarah Pollock, Port Matilda, PA (Drawing)
The Brown and Associates Award of Merit, Sandi Garris, State College, PA (Fiber)
The Kissinger Bigatel & Brower/Beth Kalenak Award of Merit, Victoria Sexton, Greenville, NC (Sculpture)
The Avant Garden Award of Merit, Melissa Carpenter, State College, PA (Ceramic)
Brian C. White D.D.S. and Aaron T. Roan D.M.D. Award of Merit, Robert Villamagna, Wheeling, WV (Mixed Media 3D)

Others receiving Awards of Merit were:

David Bryce, North Egremont, MA (Sculpture); Jenny Pope, Ithaca, NY (Printmaking); Horace and Shawn Thomas, Belton, TX (Leather)

The Frost & Conn, Inc. Booth of Distinction Award was presented to Karen Klinefelter, Burlington, NY. This award is worth $250.

The jurors for the 2009 Sidewalk Sale & Exhibition are Mark Bender, Sarah Rishel, Todd Pownell, Sandi Pierantozzi, and Barbara Bradley.

Mark Bender’s meticulously crafted images have been featured in corporate annual reports, advertising campaigns, CD covers, children’s books, murals, and posters. Holding a graduate degree in illustration from Syracuse University, he is also a faculty member at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. Bender is a member of both the Pittsburgh and New York Society of Illustrators, and has been recognized by the society for professional excellence.

Barbara Bradley completed her undergraduate education in plastic and graphic arts at the University of Illinois Chicago and has done graduate work at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Bank Street College of Education in New York. She Bradley has more than twenty-five years’ in arts publishing at the International Exhibitions Foundation (now Art Services International), the Smithsonian Institution’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Sandi Pierantozzi operates a functional pottery school in Philadelphia, where she began her education at the Art Institute of Philadelphia, and continued it at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She has taught extensively at some of America’s most prestigious craft schools, including Arrowmont School of Art and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN; Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC; and Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO.

Todd Pownell began his jewelry studies at the Bowman Technical school in Lancaster, where he gained an in-depth exposure to all jewelry making techniques. During his training he also completed the GIA Graduate course in Gemology. He is the co-owner of Tap Studios in Cleveland which offers professional classes in all jewelry techniques including soldering, stone setting and wax carving.

After Sarah Rishel earned an undergraduate degree at the Rochester Institute of Technology she embarked on a career as a graphic designer. However, her real calling was as a printmaker and she became a full time etcher over twenty years ago.

She has participated in gallery exhibitions and prestigious juried art festivals such as the Cherry Creek Festival, Denver, CO; the Plaza Art Fair in Kansas City, MO the Kansas City, MO; and the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. She has been a board member of the National Association of Independent Artists, the advocacy group.

2009 Sidewalk Sale & Exhibition Award Winners (Mouse over thumbnails to view larger image)

Arete Best of Show Award
Sponsored by Linda & Blake Gall

Mariko Swisher, Lancaster, PA (Ceramic)