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Congratulations to our members who were prize winners at the River Arts Fest in Memphis this past weekend:

Best of fiber:  Amos Amit

Best of jewelry:  Michael Stephens

Best of wood:  Jay McDougall

you might enjoy this video of Jay at work:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efE7CkpJs_o

Merit Award:  Paul Willsea and Carol O'Brien - Glass

here's a video of Paul and Carol at work:  http://willseaobrien.com/video

Merit Award:  Michael Terra, Ceramics

River Arts Fest - Memphis, Tennessee - October 22 & 23

Best of Ceramics:  Craig McMillan

Best of  Drawing:  Ron Hoyle

Best of Fiber:  Amos Amit*

Best of Glass:  Mitchell Berg

Best of Jewelry:  Michael Stephens*

Best of Metal:  Cecile Keith

Best of Mixed Media:  Sloane Bibb

Best of Painting:  Amy Leigh Carstenson

Best of Photography:  Neil Brown

Best of Wood:  Jay McDougall*

Best of Memphis:  Lester Jones

Merit Awards:

Tim Peters  Ceramics

Michael Terra Ceramics

Yevette Lubbers   Glass

Cameron and Jan Smith  Glass

Paul Willsea and Carol O’Brien  Glass

Kim Young  Jewelry

Bond Blackmon  Jewelry

Daphne Covington  Painting

Frank Gee  Painting

Lorri Honeycutt  Photography

Bethesda Row Arts Festival - Bethesda, Maryland - October 15 & 16

Best in Show                              Benjamin Frey – Drawing, www.benjaminfrey.com/index.html
Best in Show Second Place          David Bryce – Ceramics
Best in Show Third Place             Tricia Young – Jewelry
 
Best in Category
Ceramics                               John Cheer, www.cheerclaystudio.com
Drawing/Pastels                     Anne London, www.aelondonstudio.com 
Fiber                                     Samuel Yao
Glass                                    Henry Levine
Graphics/Printmaking             James Skvarch
Jewelry                                 Fred Tate
MM2D                                   Marie-Helene Grabman
MM3D                                   John Gunther, guntherweavings.com
Metalwork                             Sabra Richards, sabrarichardsglass.com
Oil/Acrylic                             Marjolyn vanderHart
Photography                          Andrew Sovjani
Sculpture                              Nnamdi Okonkwo
Watercolor                            Gregory Strachov, http://strachov.com/
Wood                                    Steve Levine