Hera Gallery/ Hera Educational Foundation proudly presents the 20th Annual Children's and Young Adults' Art Exhibition, February 7- March 6, 2004.

Find more imagse of the exhibition here.

Over 400 Rhode Island public, private, and home- schooled students will be showcasing their artwork at Hera Gallery from February 6-March 6, 2004. Last year Hera welcomed hundreds of students, teachers, along with family and friends to the gallery.

Hera Gallery President Alexandra Broches says, "The Children's Show is a feast for the eyes. From floor to ceiling our walls are covered in the paintings, drawings, woodcuts, and photographs of Rhode Island's most talented and youngest artists. Not to mention all of the sculpture work that gets submitted.

Broches continues, "You can spend hours one day looking over everything, and find something exquisite the next day you hadn't seen before. We really need to give a hand to all of the excellent art teachers in Rhode Island. They really make this show happen."

Hera Gallery thanks The Washington Trust Company and the Rhode Island State Council of the Arts for generously sponsoring this exhibition.

Hera Gallery is pleased to announce that in recognition of our Annual Children's and Young Adults' Exhibition, Hera was recently honored the Distinguished Friend of Arts Education 2003 by the Rhode Island Art Education Association.

Image: Caroline Bliss Spencer

Established in 1974, Hera Gallery is a nonprofit, artist run art gallery committed to exhibiting the work of established and emerging artists. Our goal is to bring to our community visual arts programming including presentations, lectures and readings, which might otherwise not be available to the residents of Southern Rhode Island.

Thanks to the devotion of our community and dedicated volunteers, Hera Gallery celebrates its 30th Anniversary in 2004, opening its exhibition calendar with the 20th Annual Children's Exhibition.

Exhibition coordinator and Hera Board member Melissa Crawford says, "Like Hera Gallery, this show has evolved over the decades; this year we sent invitations to 50 public and private Rhode Island art teachers."

Image: Jamilla Almonte

Work by 9-12 graders was automatically entered into a juried competition with 30 winning categories such as Best In Show, Best Painting, Best Photograph, and Best Sculpture.

Artist Janice Causey was this year's juror, selecting almost 30 winning pieces from the 9th-12th grade submissions. Janice Causey is a painter and photographer with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, a Masters in Teaching, and a Masters in Arts in Education, all from Rhode Island School of Design. She taught art for 25 years in the Narragansett School System. Janice will award students with prizes donated by local businesses, to be presented to the winners at an awards ceremony for 9th-12th graders on February 6, 2004 from 7-9pm.

Students in grades 1-8 and their family and friends are invited to an opening reception Saturday, February 7th, 2004 from 10 am-12 pm.

Prizes Awarded to the Following Students, Grades 9-12

BEST DRAWING
1. Brittany Tencher – Exeter West Greenwich
2. Katherine Clarke- Exeter West Greenwich
3. Sarah Derron- Exeter West Greenwich
Honorable Mentions
Eric Fulford- Exeter West Greenwich
Joli Oliver- Exeter West Greenwich
Sara Champlin- Westerly High

BEST PAINTING
1. Catherine Lynch- Tiverton
2. Corrie Haley- Chariho
3. Ashley Rayhill- Exeter West Greenwich

Honorable Mentions
Carolyn Clark-South Kingstown
Caitlyn Manning- South Kingstown

BEST SCULPTURE
1. Juliette Dumaine - LaSalle
2. Daniel Catucci- LaSalle

BEST POTTERY
1. Jacob Lawrence- Chariho
2. Colby Hooper- Chariho

BEST PHOTOGRAPH
1.Daniel Wodecki- East Greenwich
2.Caroline Bliss Spencer- Lincoln

BEST PORTRAIT
1.Shannon Johnson- South Kingstown
2.Drew Verardo- Lincoln

BEST CHARCOAL/PASTEL
1. Turner Leonard Fritzmeier- South Kingstown

BEST COLLAGE/MIXED MEDIA
1. Kristina Grande

BEST PRINT
1. John Daponte- Tiverton
2. Ryan Lavoie- Tiverton
3. Ashley Goncalo- Tiverton

Juror’s Choice-
Maraila Gallup- Chariho

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