The Champions Goes To Show
May 9th, 2008 - Frederick, MD
Patrick Hiatt’s oil painting “The Champions” has been selected by the jury to be exhibited in the VMRC sponsored 5th Annual 2008 Juried Multimedia Art Exhibition to be hosted at the Park Gables Gallery, in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The exhibit opens June 1st and runs through June 29th. A Reception will be held from 2 to 4 pm on June 8th.
The Champions, a 16 X 20 inch oil painting on hardboard panel, is Hiatt’s nostalgic look at four boys engaged in the serious business of childhood. For thousands of years the game of marbles has been a major preoccupation of nine and ten-year-olds and the game has remained unchanged. At that age every boy is a champion, all you have to do is ask who the champion is. The reply is universal: I am!
A panel of 3 professional jurors selected 100 works of art from 610 entries submitted by 217 artist representing 27 states.
The exhibition jurors were; William Bennett, MFA, Associate Professor of Art, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, sculptor, Jerry Coulter, MFA, Professor Emeritus of Art, James Madison Univiversity, Harrisonburg, VA, painting and drawing specialist, and James Crable, HDA, MFA, Professor Emeritus of Art, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, photography specialist.
The VMRC has quickly gained the reputation for presenting a critically acclaimed first class exhibition.
