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Pocono Arts Council announces winners

The Pocono Arts Council Members’ Exhibition 2018 will continue in the ARTSPACE Gallery through May 26. An artists’ reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday.

This year, 87 member artists participated, competing for awards in eight categories.

Jurors for the show were Denis Aumiller from Allentown, Lenore Fiore-Mills from Waverly and Barbara Tiberio from Trexlertown.

Best of Show and first-, second- and third-place awards in each category will be presented at 5 p.m. to the following winners:

Best of Show:

Sharon Cosgrove, Wilkes-Barre

Oils:

First place, John McAllister, Stroudsburg; second place, Ann Sikorski-Schneider, Coopersburg; third place, Jason Williamson, East Stroudsburg

Acrylics:

First place: Lauryn de Leeuw, Lord’s Valley; second place, Anna Maria Blackshire, Albrightsville; third place, Jane Mayhew MacHale, East Stroudsburg

Watercolor:

First place, Paula L. George, East Stroudsburg; second place, Linda Kreckel, Center Valley; third place, Jan Swift, Blairstown, New Jersey

Works on paper:

First place, Christy Lee, Stroudsburg; second place, Brooke Jana, Waverly; third place, Morgan Weissbach, Sciota

Fine crafts:

First place, Tracy Grainger, East Stroudsburg; second place, Terry Kloiber, Pen Argyl; third place, Tracy Gross, Henryville

Photography:

First place, Sherwood Samet, Stroudsburg; second place, John M. Yetter, East Stroudsburg; third place, Joan Gilbert, Stroudsburg

Mixed media:

First place, Will Rothfuss, Stroudsburg; Second place, Valeria Osorio, East Stroudsburg; third place, Herb Weigand, Stroudsburg

Those receiving honorable mentions are Karen Duncan, Donna Kallesser, Doug Gilbert, Marcia Flammonde, Sean Turrell, Reva Levy and Frank DePalma.

For more information on becoming a member of the Pocono Arts Council, call 570-476-4460 or visit www.poconoarts.org.