BarnArt Awards

5th Annual BarnArt Show

2011 BarnArt Show

Historic Gettysburg-Adams County Preservation Society's fifth annual BarnArt Exhibit was held June 9, 10 and 11 at the GAR Hall on E. Middle St., Gettysburg. The artists' reception, with awards, was held on Saturday. Approximately 180 persons attended the exhibit of nearly 50 pieces of artwork over the three-day period.

Prize winners in the Adult Fine Art include Amy Lindenberger, 1st; Barbara Ebaugh, 2nd' Dan Kessel, 3rd.

In Adult Photography, Matt Topper, 1st; Bert Danielson, 2nd; Carol herren Foerster, 3rd; and Ruth Sullivan, Honorable Mention.

In Student Fine Art, Grade 1-6, Dorothy Marquet, 1st; Victoria Harvey, Honorable Mention; Kaitlyn Desmond, Honorable Mention.

In Student Fine Art, Grade 7-12, Megan Riddle, 1st; Julia Freed and Marty May, 2nd; Jennie Troutman, 3rd.

During the three-day Fringe Festival event, attendees "voted" with dollars for their favorite artwork: People's Choice. The People's Choice Award, a gift certificate donated by the Hickory Bridge Farm, went to Kathy Bargine.

Kaitlyn Desmond, second from left, took Honorable Mention in the Student Fine Art Grade 1-6 Category with her whimsical mixed media artwork, Barn at Willow Pond. Her grandmother Elizabeth Desmond, her sister, Carli, and her mother, Stephanie, share the glory. The awards for the fifth annual BarnArt Exhibit were made Saturday, June 11 at the Historic Gettysburg Adams County Preservation Society's GAR Hall in Gettysburg. The exhibit is held each year to celebrate Adams County's barns. Next year's exhibit will be titled Endangered Species: Barns and Barn Owls.

First Prize in the Student Fine Art Grade 1-6 was awarded to Dorothy Marquet's "Charlie Barley on the Barn Door".

Matt Topper took First Place in the Adult Photography category of the BarnArt exhibit with his photo

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