First Place – Fayetteville Street Red Lights – Lori White

Second Place – Aspire - Lee Ball

Third Place – Sebastian - Lynn Carlisle

Honorable Mention:

Unexpected - Nancy Lassiter

Friends of the South – Amy Yeager

Repose - Margot Holloman

Heron IV – Lori White

Garden Birdhouse – Linda Wood

People’s Choice Award:

Southern Cupboard – Susan Chase

Lee Ball – Aspire – 20×30 – $600

Judy Bauman – A Menagerie of Beautiful Flowers – 16×20 – $375 – SOLD!

Jax Bennett – Italian Stairway – 16×20 – $319

Gary Bradley – Light Under Trees – 10×8 – $170

Bethany Bryant – Apex Farmhouse – 22×28 – $575

Lynn Carlisle – Sebastian – 19×16.5 – $750

Susan Chase – Southern Cupboard – 18×24 – $475

Madlyn Ferraro – Evening Splendor – 20×24 – $500

Melinda Fine – Intuition – 9×11 – $425 and A Guilty Conscience – 8×10 – $375

Jillian Goldberg – Searstone Pond – 16×20 – $325

Anthony Hamilton – Burr – 12×14 – $150

Alice Heins -Nearing Home – 20×24 – $750

Margot Holloman – Repose – 16×20 – $300 – SOLD!

Melissa Jacobs – Waiting for Soup – 14.75×17.5 – $325

Sonia Kane – Vineyards at Southpoint – 16×20 – $450

Nancy Lassiter – Unexpected – 18×24 – $550

Shade Maret – Water Cypress – 30×30 – $750 – SOLD! and Fair View – 20×20 – $375 – SOLD!

Richard Marshall – Howl – 30×44 – $600

Alison McCauley – Sunny Day at the Eno – 20×24 – $750

Micah Mullen – Cliffs of the Neuse State Park – SOLD! – 16×20 – $550 and Bear Island: A View from the Surf – 20×16 – $550

Betty Packler – Fall Collage – 20×26.5 – $825

Jaquelin Perry – Anchored up the Creek – 16×20 – $600 – SOLD!

Jill Pike – Trio of Bandits – 12×24 – $400

Christy Pillow – Outer Banks Fishing Pier – 21×25 – $495

Vicki Rees – Lake Johnson Heron – 20×20 – $475 and Lake Johnson Mallard – 18×18 – $400

Donna Schultz – Wine to Be – 30×15 – $500

Gail Scoggin – Slow Stroll – 12×16 – $230

Susan Scoggin – Little Pirate’s Path – 24×24 – $500

Carol Shannon – New in the Neighborhood – 16×20 – $325

Carol Stickland – Laughing Stream in Winter – 16×20 – $515

Lori White – Heron IV - 12×17 – $450 and Fayetteville Street Red Lights – 14×11 – $425 – SOLD!

Nell Steelman Whitlock – Princess Kit and Friends with Goldfish and View of the Bell Tower – 12×16 – $225

Linda Wood – Garden Birdhouse – 9×13 – $375

Amy Yeager – Friends of the South – 12×12 – $200 – SOLD!

Thank you so much to everyone that submitted pieces!  We appreciate your support!

Southern Menagerie will be juried by Melissa Peden and Megg Rader (see Jurors tab for more information about these prestigious jurors). We will award  more than $1,000 in prizes.

Artists may enter up to two (2) pieces exploring this year’s theme of Southern Menagerie. This exhibit is open to all two-dimensional artwork, excluding photography, by living Carolina artists.  Please send check or money orders only.

Entry deadline:  September 26, 2011.

TO ENTER:

Please send the following materials to JLR by September 26, 2011. The jurying results will be posted October 10, 2011 on http://carolinacolor.wordpress.com and www.visualartexchange.org.

• Entry Form (click here)
• $20 nonrefundable entry fee (make checks payable to Junior League of Raleigh)
• Artist statement & resume
• Optional: Self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of application materials.
• Up to two JPEGs of your work on CD or via email to carolinacolorgallery@jlraleigh.org.

*All entries must be digital. Artists may submit up to two works in JPEG format on CD or by emailing them to carolinacolorgallery@jlraleigh.org. Image files must be labeled with the artist’s last name followed by 01 an d 02 (e.g. Smith01, Smith02). All CDs/images must be readable by PC platforms. File sizes cannot exceed 2MB with resolution of at least 72 DPI. Images should be oriented correctly. DO NOT submit PowerPoint presentations, automated slide presentations or work on a DVD.

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