Curators Choice Awards Apr 09 from barebrush.com

New York, NY -- Barebrush.com announces the winners of the Curators' Choice Awards for April 2009. The winning artwork, A Celebration of Life, is an oil painting by New York artist, Judith Araujo-Volkmann. For the month of May, A Celebration of Life is on the front page of the barebrush website as N*de-of-the-Month.

The April 2009 N*des-of-the-Month calendar was curated by artist, gallerist and independent curator, Sarah Hardesty. Hardesty also selected the five nominees for the Curators' Choice Awards.

Previous barebrush curators were sent ballots to rank the selections. The poll opened for public voting on the nominees April 1st and closed April 28th. Winners were determined by a statistical combination of the curators and popular vote. The grand prize winner of the Curators' Choice becomes N*de-of-the-Month.

The results are below:


1st: A Celebration of Life by Judith Araujo-Volkmann

New York
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2nd: Hands and Wings by David Michael Hollander

New York
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3rd: Red Hat #2 by Donelli J. DiMaria

New Mexico
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Honorable Mention: Terra Pranas by Christopher Smith

Pennsylvania
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Honorable Mention: The Other Woman by Mark Behme

Maryland
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All nominees receive complementary listings. First, second and third place are also awarded cash prizes, and are featured on the barebrush microsite at ArtInfo, the online web resource of the Gallery Guide.

Congratulations All!


To see the April 2009 N*des-of-the-Month calendar and further details, click here.

To see the calendar archives and all the barebrush curators, click here

To see the barebrush microsite at ArtInfo, featuring the Curators' Choice winners, click here



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