Barebrush Announces May 09 Curators Choice Awards

New York, NY -- Barebrush.com announces the winners of the Curators' Choice Awards for May 2009. The winning artwork, Balanced Vulnerability, is an unusual painting, done with Sharpie® markers by Tennessee artist, Angelique Price. For the month of June, Balanced Vulnerability is on the front page of the barebrush website as N*de-of-the-Month.

The May 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 May 1st and closed May 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: Balanced Vulnerability by Angelique Price

Tennessee
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2nd: The mirror by Chanit Roston

New York
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3rd: Internet Dating by Donna Cleary

New York
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Honorable Mention: The Descent by Michael Seif

Massachusetts
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Honorable Mention: He Did Not Say No. He Said, Please Don't. by Irina Sarnetskaya

New York
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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 May 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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