2007 Art-A-Fair Awards Presented

Laguna Beach, California – The votes were tallied and the winners celebrated at an annual champagne brunch held at Tivoli Too for all Art-A-Fair exhibitors. Each participating artist voted for the "best" in 16 categories and, for the first time, visitors had a chance to put in their bid for the People’s Choice Award.

The winners, announced by Vicki Burkhard, Vice President of Marketing, and Board Members Sandy Clark and Madeleine Smith are:

Oil Watercolor Acrylic Mixed Media Photography Pencil/Pastel Varied Media Jewelry Gourd Ceramic/Clay Glass Art Sculpture Wood Art Fiber/Fabric Art New Artist Booth Display

Birgitta Kappe Yachiyo Beck Carol Heiman-Greene Sandy Clark and Dorothy Kordash (tied) Michael Cahill Mary Aslin John Michael Dickinson (printmaking) Bob Johnson Merilou Jenkins Lilia Venier Janeen Shagman Elaine Cohen Richard Trujillo Loretta Alvarado Mary Aslin Rosemarie Rush

This was People’s Choice Award winner Nancy Pace’s second year as an AAF exhibitor. She calls her unique painting style "new age impressionism," and it dramatically captures California light and landscape with the use of bold colors and dimensional paint application. Originally from Connecticut, Nancy studied art at the University of New Haven and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She now makes her home in Laguna Hills.

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