2007 18th Annual Exhibit at City Hall Plaza, Mayor’s Gallery

This is the 18th Annual HPAA art Exhibit at City Hall Plaza. The artist’s reception was April 12th at 5:00 pm. The exhibit runs through April, 2007. Awards were given out during the artist’s reception. The winners are listed below.

Category 1 – Best In Show:
Dave McDonnell for “Jamaica Plain Festival”

Category2 – Oil and Acrylic
First Place: Mauricio Puente for “Downtown Crossing”
Second Place: Yvette Stenzel for “Back Bay Winter”
Third Place: J. Marshall Dyke for “Spring Hue”
Honorable Mention: Fransisco Garcia for “U.S.S. Constitution”
Honorable Mention: Jorge Guzman for “Violence”

Category 3 – Photography/Photogravure/C-Print
First Place: Erik Gehring for “Dawn Redwood”
Second Place: Valentino Alba for “Mime”
Third Place: Mike Ritter for “Girl in Truck”
Honorable Mention: Antoinette Harrell for “Icy Hand”
Honorable Mention: Tommy for “Untitled

Category 4 – Watercolor
First Place: Rosemarie Clinton for “Boston Rose Garden”
Second Place: Mary Bellew for “Serenading”
Third Place: J. Marshall Dyke for “Escape Hue”

Category 4 – OTHER (Mixed Media/Sculpture/Quilt)
First Place: Rebecca Holland for “Armand’s World”
Second Place: Paul Walski for “Liberty Tree”
Third Place: Michael Onischewski for “Out to Lunch”

Judges from the Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism & Special Events were:
Sarah Hutt, Director of Visual Arts Programming
Kristen Wawruck, Program Manager, Planning & Developement
John Crowley, Exhibitions Coordinator