Florida Artists Group
2019 Florida Artists Group 69th Annual Symposium & Exhibition
Ringling College of Art & Design
2363 Old Bradenton Road, Sarasota, Fl., 34236
Symposium Dates May 31 – June 2
Exhibition Dates May 31 – June 21
Held at the Larry Thompson Academic Center
In the Richard & Barbara Basch & Willis Smith Galleries
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Gallery of Member Entries for the 2019 Symposium
YouTube Video of Exhibition
Images of The Gallery
Gallery of Opening Reception
Gallery of Saturday Meetings
Gallery of Awards BanquetMisc Images from The Symposium
Thank you to members Judy Kramer and John Hintz for photographing the events.
2019 Exhibition Awards:Best of Show
Area 8 Janis Brothers "Swim 17"
Elizabeth Morse Genius Memorial Award $1500
First Place
Area 3 Kasia Bruniany "Enhanced By Time"
Florida Artists Group Award $1000.00
Second Place
Area 5 Fay Samimi "Devine"
Ru Israels Memorial Award $500
Third Place
Area 4 Robert York "JJ Studio"
Fonchon Lord Memorial Award $300
Eleanor Merritt Darlington Memorial Fund Award $125
Area 3 Susan Hurwitch "Splashdown"
Eleanor Merritt Darlington Memorial FLAG Award $100 and Gift
Area 8 Jeffrey Smart Baisden "Greasers"
FLAG Artistic Merit Award $100
Area 5 Ellen Pavlakos "Flight Of Dreams"
Chartpak Merchandise Award $300 Gift Certificate
Area 5 Katty Smith "Passion Is My Muse"
Jessica's Picture Framing Merchandise Award $300 Gift Certificate
Area 3 Judy Lyons Schneider "Ciudad Plus"
(4) Blick Art Materials Awards $100 Gift Certificate
Area 2 Lynn Morgan "Adobe Town"
Area 2 Carol Staub "Word"
Area 5 Grace Leal "Chess Nkisi"
Area 5 Lynn Warnicki "Fun With a LIncoln Zephyr"
Creative Art Supply Merchandise Award $100 Gift Certificate
Area 5 Peggy Banks "Emergence"
Golden Paints Merchandise Award $100 Gift Certificate
Area 5 Lillian Verkins "Microslice Of The Macrocosm"
2019 FLAG Symposium Judge: Lisa L. Cyr
The visually-compelling, imaginative works of artist Lisa L. Cyr use symbolism, metaphor and allegory to stimulate curiosity, provoke thought
and encourage further inspection. A poetic, rhythmic synthesis of drawing, painting, collage and assemblage, Cyr's visually tactile, mixed-media works are composed to collectively create a new reality with a more expressive
and symbolic arrangement, transforming the ordinary to the extraordinary.
In Cyr’s world of the fantastic, the viewer is shown a portal into a highly imaginative, mythical realm where supernatural beings, winged guardians
and underworld deities coalesce in magical, multilayered environments and dreamscapes. Within the artist’s personal narration, visual tales of quests to worlds unknown evoke transcendental experiences for those who are willing to enter into the pictorial drama. Through the multilayered narrative, we journey to a world beyond, where the awakened subconscious leaves the viewer spellbound and wanting more.
A graduate from The Massachusetts College of Art (BFA) and Syracuse University (MA), Cyr's artistic oeuvre has been exhibited in museums and galleries, including traveling shows with the Society of Illustrators of New York and Los Angeles. Her work has been featured in magazines, books and online, including numerous features in Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, AcrylicWorks:
The Best in Acrylic Painting and Incite: The Best in Mixed Media. Her work is included in the permanent collection of the Museum of American Illustration in New York City as well as in private collections.
Cyr writes for many of the creative industry's leading art publications and has authored seven books on art and design, including Experimental Painting and Art Revolution (North Light Books). She teaches
at the New Hampshire Institute of Art, The Art Students League of New York and in several of the top MFA graduate programs across the country. Cyr is an artist member of the Society of Illustrators in
New York City.
About Lisa Cyr( Website)
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