Cloisonne shines at Art Harvest

© St. Petersburg Times,
published November 6, 2001

DUNEDIN -- Cloisonne artists Gael and Howard Silverblatt won the Peoples Bank Patron of the Arts award of $2,000 at Art Harvest, an annual outdoor juried show held this weekend at Highlander Park adjacent to the Dunedin Fine Art Center.

The Silverblatts, a husband-wife team who live in Lake Worth, create tiny, intricate scenes in cloisonne jewelry. Their many top awards include three best-of-shows at Mainsail Arts Festival in St. Petersburg.

Receiving awards of distinction ($1,700 each) were Nancy Cervenka-McLaughlin, sculpture; Don Reagan, wood; Rocky Bridges, mixed media; and Bill Herb, ceramics. Awards of merit ($700 each) went to James Skvarch, graphics; Carolyn Cohen, watercolors; Laurie Coppedge, photography; Jack Ellis, graphics; Peggy Wattenbarger, fiber; Frederick Warren, glass; Tim and Erika Peters, ceramics; Susanna Spann, watercolors; Madelyn Ricks, jewelry; and Celeste Simon, mixed media.

Honorable mention ($300 each) went to Charles Parkhill, sculpture; Vic Lehner, wood; Denis Gaston, graphics; Scott Meynig, fiber; Robyn Hillary, metal; Michael Bryant, photography; Bettye Reagan, graphics; Jim and Shirl Parmentier, ceramics; Carol Lee Gardenour, fiber; Michael D'Andrea, mixed media; Susan Vey, ceramics; Patricia Karnes, jewelry; Jack Forney and Marian Vorgang-Forney, oil and acrylic; Bea Lilly Hatala, glass; and Jan Wunsch, jewelry.

Winners were selected by Rena Minar, executive director of the Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science in Tallahassee, and Art Haney, associate dean of art for East Carolina University.

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