Thank you so much to everyone who took part in the 2012 AAUW Art Contest. From the artists who submitted their work to the members who took the time to vote for their favorite pieces to the judges who helped select the winners, your participation made this year’s contest a tremendous success. Final selection was no easy task, given all of the fantastic entries from AAUW members.
Congratulations to all of our winners! Their entries will be featured on a collection of note cards that will be sent this spring to all AAUW members. If you’re not a member yet, now is a great time to join.
Now, without further ado, here are the winners of our 2012 Art Contest (in no particular order):
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- Crimson Surprise by Sharon Pottebaum, AAUW Milwaukee West Suburban (WI) Branch
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- What Mouse? by Paula Schroeder, AAUW Atascadero (CA) Branch
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- Yellow Window by Phillip A. Wright, AAUW Healdsburg (CA) Branch
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- Walking for Water by Faith P. Weldon, AAUW Schenectady (NY) Branch
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- Thomas by Margaret M. Mathews, AAUW Houston Peach (GA) Branch
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- Spirit Mountain by Pat Cairns, AAUW Atascadero (CA) Branch
We would also like to congratulate the winner of our first-ever AAUW Thumbs-up Award, whose entry in the 2012 AAUW Art Contest received the most “likes” on our Facebook page:
My Mother’s Roses by Leslie King, AAUW Wytheville (VA) Branch
And finally, a special congratulations goes to Julia Kwon, who won another inaugural contest. Kwon’s beautiful oil painting Shattering the Glass Ceiling was selected as the winning entry for the AAUW Student Poster Contest and was featured at our National Museum of Women in the Arts event earlier this month.
Kwon, a senior studying studio art at Georgetown University, said of her entry, “This painting was directly inspired by the sociological concept called the glass ceiling, an unacknowledged barrier that most women encounter when it comes to upward mobility within an organization. The multiple lines and marks symbolize the cracking of the glass ceiling as well as the consistent efforts of women in politics and art to shatter the glass ceiling.”
A 24-by-36-inch poster of Kwon’s painting is available for $12. Call 800/326-2289 (Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. EDT) to order yours. Quantities are limited.
Congratulations to all of our artists on their amazing work.
Love “Crimson Surprise”, “Walking for Water” and “Spirit Mountain”. My daughter is a member and gave me these notecards. Wish they were for sale. I would buy a healthy supply of them!
We are excited about the positive response we have received to our AAUW Note Cards! The AAUW Note Cards made from winning entries are a member benefit and not for sale. For those of you who are not an AAUW member, please consider joining: http://www.aauw.org/about/join/.
If you are a new AAUW member, or an AAUW member who has not yet received yours, we would be glad to mail you a set while supplies last. Please contact our Connect office at connect@aauw.org or 800-326-2289.
Additionally, we do have two note cards made from entries of the 2011 AAUW art contest that are available for purchase on ShopAAUW at: http://aauw.source4.com/b2c/Category.asp?Category=1579.
How do i order cards (walking for water) card was sent to me.
Thank you,
Bonnie Wild
Thanks for posting this! It was a lovely surprise to see I had actually won the “thumbs up” award! It was a great excuse to introduce my social networking friends to AAUW.