79th Annual Spring Show

April 20 - June 19, 2002

The Erie Art Museum's Annual Spring Show, in its 79th year, opened Saturday, April 27, in the main gallery and ran through June 16, 2002. This juried exhibition offered a wide selection of artworks including painting, photography, ceramics, scuptures, and much more. The art on display was chosen from 307 local and regional artists who entered 547 works for the show. Of those, the juror selected 83 works by 83 artists.

This year's juror was Sandy Skoglund,an installation artist and photographer from New York. She studied studio art and art history at Smith College for her B.F.A. and later received her M.F.A. in painting from the University of Iowa. Many of her installation pieces have been commissioned by galleries and museums across the country and in Europe.

As part of the Annual Spring Show, Juror's Awards as well as the Northwestern Pennsylvania Artist's Association Award are given to selected artists. In addition to the awards, there are also guaranteed purchases, all totaling $10,000 in cash award prizes and purchases. This year's Juror's Awards went to: Kaersten Colvin-Woodruff of Clarion, Pa, Liz Lee of Fredonia, NY, Megan Thayer of Edinboro, PA, Daniel Burke of Erie. Daniel Burke also won the NPAA Award and Suzanne Proulx of Erie won the Henry Katzwinkel NPAA Award. The juror also noted four Honorable Mentions to artists John Bavaro of Edinboro, Brett Davis of Stoneboro, PA, Molly Jarboe of Buffalo, NY, and Kathe Kowalski of Edinboro.