The Results are In!
We’d like to thank our judges, and all of the Stampede artists, for their time and effort, and most importantly, for their support of this endeavor to launch the Hopewell Valley Arts Council. An esteemed panel of judges had the difficult task of selecting winners from our collection of beautiful and inspiring oxen.
The award winners were recognized at the Stampede closing event on Sunday, October 19, 2014.
Our Judges
- Judith Brodsky – Distinguished Professor Emerita in the Department of Visual Arts at Rutgers University; Founding Director of Rutgers’ Brodsky Center for Innovative Print and Paper; Co-Founder of the Rutgers Institute for Women and Art
- Tom Moran – The Chief Curator and Director of Artistic Development at The Grounds For Sculpture
- Harry Naar – Professor of Fine Arts and Director of the Rider University Arts Gallery and Curator of Rider University’s art collection
Award Winners
- 1st Place – Think Inside the Ox (Exhibition #49) by Dana Weekley
- 2nd Place – A Puzzling Oxhibition (Exhibition #38) by Timberlane Middle School Student Artists and Donna Cariola, Art Teacher
- 3rd Place – “Lenni Lenape” – Our Native Residents (Exhibition #68) by Morris E. Docktor
- Most Whimsical or Amusing – Van Gox (Exhibition #39) by The Painter’s Loft Art Studio (Cindy Lailiwala, Brittany Pezzillo, Vince DiPaolo & Cait Higgins
- Most Creative Use of Materials – Ox Tops (Exhibition #14) by Barbara Delafield
Honorable Mention
- Greetings From Hopewell Valley (Exhibition #43) by Kit Greener and Kyle Willie
- Ox For All Seasons (Exhibition #6) by Ken McIndoe
- The Ox and the Birds (Exhibition #12) by Yetzenia Leiva
- Babe the Blue Ushi (Exhibition #36) by Kate Eggleston
- Mooo’ndrian (Exhibition #31) by Hopewell Valley Central High School Student Artists and Doc O’Boyle, Art Teacher
- ArtToro (Exhibition #32) by E. Gyuri Hollósy and Mary M. Michaels
Hopewell Valley Arts Council Awards
- Agricolox (Exhibition #7) by Nancy Stark of The Filling Station Studios
- Iron Oxide (Exhibition #65) by Kristen Birdsey
- Wizard of Ox (Exhibition #3) by Janet Keller Laughlin and Alissa Keller Laughlin
- George and his Senior Officers (Exhibition #2) by Artist’s Choice, Hopewell Valley Seniors
People’s Choice Awards
- 1st Place – Arty the Ox (Exhibition #26) by the Pennington School Art Club and Caroline Hall
- 2nd Place – Splendor in the Glass (Exhibition #54) by Jane Zamost
- 3rd Place – Olly the Orthopaedic Ox (Exhibition #52) by Elizabeth Keating
Sponsors’ Choice Award
- Wizard of Ox (Exhibition #3) by Janet Keller Laughlin & Alissa Keller Laughlin