Fourth Annual National Arts Program® Exhibition Displayed in Miriam Block Gallery of Raleigh's Avery Upchurch Municipal Building

 
 
Sixteen municipal employees or members of their immediate families won awards in the fourth annual National Arts Program® exhibit and contest for the City of Raleigh and County of Wake. All entries (approximately 50 pieces of art work) are on display through January 4, 2007, on the first two floors of the Municipal Building.
 
The exhibit and contest are co-sponsored by the National Arts Program®, the City of Raleigh Arts Commission, and the County of Wake and the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, Inc.
 
This year's exhibit included entries in five categories: amateur, intermediate and professional among adults and two youth categories. Best of Show and first place winners among the adult categories receive $300; second place, $200; and third, $100. Youth first place winners receive $75; second place, $50; third, $25.
 
Judges for the 2006 exhibit were Rory Parnell, owner of Raleigh Contemporary Gallery and Chair of the Visual Art Exchange Board of Directors, and Sarah Powers, Executive Director, Visual Art Exchange.
 

 
Winners in the various categories are:
 

Best in Show (from the Adult Professional Category)

Mary Paul, Relative of City Employee
 

Adult Professional

First Place - Holi Hassinger, City Employee
Second Place - Anne Waller, Relative of City Employee
Third Place - Mary Silver, Relative of City Employee
 

Adult Intermediate

First Place - Elizabeth Hayden, County Employee
Second Place - Ife B. Grady, County Employee
Third Place - Gregory Beaver, Relative of County Employee
 

Adult Amateur

First Place - Dan Howe, City Employee
Second Place - Angie Thompson, City Employee
Third Place - Leah Humphries, Relative of City Employee
 

Youth Under 12

First Place - Gabriel Sanyang, Relative of City Employee
Second Place - Linnea Howe, Relative of City Employee
Third Place - Mekada Smallwood, Relative of County Employee
 

Youth 12-18

First Place - Samantha Felton, Relative of City Employee
Second Place - Sarah Dumas, Relative of City Employee
Third Place - Haley McArtor, Relative of County Employee
 

The National Arts Program® provides professional and non-professional artists with a rare opportunity to exhibit their works publicly and to compete for cash prizes. The Program asserts that there is genuine artistic talent in all of society that is often not recognized. The Program's Foundation sponsors these municipal contests and exhibits nationally in 150 cities and communities.