The Annual
Sights and Sounds of Santa Ana* Exhibitions, 1997~2003 held
at
The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art 2002 North
Main Street, Santa Ana, California
*The
exhibition title changed slightly in some years (3rd, 6th, and 7th).
Sights
and Sounds of Santa Ana: 1st
AnnualPlein Air Painting Event
June 30-July 6, 1997
Jurors: Janet
Blake, Art
Historian; Board Member of the Historical Collections Council of
the Orange County Museum of Art
Nancy Dustin Wall Moure, Ph.D., Art Historian Jean Stern , Director, Irvine Museum
Participating
artists: Peter Adams, Ken Auster, Myrna Barnes,
John Bohnenberger, J. Alfonso Colocho, Bruce Sanford Day, David
Damm, Donald Durborow, Donald Hildreth, Jacqueline
Kamin, Glenna Kurz, Jack J. Liang, Richard H. Probert, Gerald D.
Rahm, Tim Solliday and Jove Wang.
Awards: 1ST PLACE ~ $2,500 Ken Auster, Fourth Street, Oil, 17 1/2" x 21"
2ND
PLACE ~ $1,500 John Bohnenberger, Bell Tower, Watercolor, 28" x 36"
3RD
PLACE ~ $1,000 Tim Solliday, Minter Farm House, Oil, 20" x 16"
HONORABLE
MENTIONS: Myrna Barnes, J.. Alfonso Colocho, David Damm, Bruce Sanford DayGerald
Rahm, Donald Hildreth and Jove Wang.
Sights
and Sounds of Santa Ana: 2nd
AnnualPlein Air Painting Event
June 22-28, 1998
Jurors:Back
to top Susan
Anderson, Curator
of the Laguna Art Museum John Moran, Moran Auctioneers David Stary-Sheets, Director of the Stary-Sheets Gallery
Participating
artists (including both CAC and LPAPA): Peter Adams,
Sarah C. Arnold, Ken Auster, Myrna L. Barnes, Evgeny and Lydia Baranov,
Helen Belling, Karen Blume, John Bohnenberger, Kay Bonano, Kay K.
Boon, Cynthia Britain, John Budicin, Oren Cooper,David Damm, Karl
Dempwolf, John di Bello, Entera, Jim Fradkin, Gerald Fried, Lisa
Ann Glass, Robin Hall, Rachel Hayward, Donald Hildreth, Catherine
Hill, John Hoover, Zula Jane Huffman, Margaret L. Jamison, Mar Jaynes,
Phyllis Kaliher,Jacqueline Kamin, Elaine Kaniewski, Richard Kent,
Veronica Khristov, Michael Korney, Ingrid Landers, Ben Lao, Gail
McGraw, Walter McNall, Anthony P. Menditto, Bobbie Moline-Kramer,
Lenora Monahan, Arrilyn Moran-Lawrence, Michael Obermeyer, Kevin
Prince, Richard H. Probert, Gerald Rahm, Donald Read, Ray Roberts,
Kaaren Robertson, Bruce Sanford Day, Ester [sic] Shaw, Nancy Shiershke,
Jane Shuss, W. Jason Situ, Tim Solliday, Aaron F. St. John, Marie
Taggart, Katrina M. Terence, Susan Wade and Jove Wang.
Awards: 1ST PLACE ~ $2,500 Ken Auster, North Bound, Oil, 18" x 24"
2ND
PLACE ~ $1,500 John Budicin, 4th Street Promenade, Oil, 8" x 10"
3RD
PLACE ~ $1,000 Jove Wang, Santiago Park, Oil, 9" x 12"
HONORABLE
MENTIONS: Jacobus Baas - Side Cafe Bower, Bruce Sanford Day - The Patriot, Karl Dempwolf - Envy of Carmel, Donald
Hildreth - Hung Out to Dry, Jacqueline Kamin - Laundry, Arrilyn Moran-Lawrence - Rocky Wash, and Jason Situ - Santiago Park.
Participating
artists: Peter Adams, Ken Auster,
Jacobus Baas, Paula V. Bacinski, Neil Boyle, Cynthia Stuart Britain,
David Damm, Bruce Day, Karl Dempwolf, Arthur Egeli, Esther Engelman,
Gerald Fried, Lynn Gertenbach, Robin Hall, Donald Hildreth, Rick
Humphrey, Mar Jaynes, David Jonas, Sharon Burkett Kaiser, Jacqueline
Kamin, Stephen Mirich, Joyce Pike, Daniel W. Pinkham, Richard Probert,
Rodolfo Rivademar, W. Jason Situ, Mian Situ, Tim Solliday, Aaron
St. John, Leonid Steele, Alexey Steele and Jove Wang.
Awards: 1ST PLACE ~ $2,500 Neil Boyle, Louis Sits In, Oil on canvas, 18" x 24"
2ND
PLACE ~ $1,500
3RD
PLACE ~ $1,000
HONORABLE
MENTIONS:
Sights
and Sounds of Santa Ana: 4th
AnnualPlein Air Painting Event September
18-24, 2000
Neil Boyle "Louis
Sits In" Oil on canvas 18" x 24" Invitation
postcard Jurors:Back
to top
Participating
artists: Peter Adams, Ken Auster, Neil Boyle, Cynthia
Stuart Britain, Cathey Cadieux, Ron Chesley, J. Alfonso Colocho,
Carole Cooke, David Damm, Paula Delfosse, Esther Engelman, Gerald Fried, Frank
Gannon, Robin Hall, Ruo Li, Eric Merrell, Ernesto Nemesio, Gerald
Rahm, Junn Roca, Frank Serrano, Kevin A. Short, Michael Situ and W.
Jason Situ.
Awards:
1ST PLACE ~ $2,500 Esther Engelman, Rose Garden on Victoria, Pastel
2ND
PLACE ~ $1,500
3RD
PLACE ~ $1,000
HONORABLE
MENTIONS:
Sights
and Sounds of Santa Ana: 5th
AnnualPlein Air Painting Event
September 24-30, 2001
Esther Engelman
"Rose Garden on Victoria" pastel Invitation
postcard
Jurors:Back
to top Jean Stern, Director, Irvine Museum Peter Blake
Participating
artists: Peter Adams, Ken Auster,Paula V. Bacinski,
Neil Boyle, Cathey Cadieux, Ron Chesley, John Cosby, David Damm,
Bruce Sanford Day, Karl Dempwolf, Donald G. Durborow, Arthur Egeli,
Ron Elstad, Gerald Fried, David C. Gallup, Robin Hall, Ray Harris,
Dali Higa, Dorothy S. Kennedy, Calvin Liang, Eric Merrell, Joel
Phillips, Scott Prior, Richard Probert, Rodolfo Rivademar, Gayle
Garner Roski, Junn Roca, Kevin Short, Michael W. Situ, W. Jason
Situ, Aaron F. St. John and Jove Wang.
Awards: 1ST PLACE ~ $5,000 Esther Engelman, Santiago Park, Pastel, 12" x 16"
2ND
PLACE ~ $3,000
3RD
PLACE ~ $2,000
HONORABLE
MENTIONS:
Sights
of Santa Ana:6th
Annual Plein
Air Painting Event
September 23-29, 2002
Esther Engelman
"Santiago Park" pastel 12" x 16"
Exhibition program
Jurors:Back
to top Peter Keller, President of the Bowers Museum of Cultural
Art John Moran, John Moran Antique & Fine Art Auctioneers Roger Armstrong, Artist and Teacher
Participating
artists: Amery Bohling, J. Alfonso Colocho, Louisa
S. Cooper, Bruce Sanford Day, Don Durborow, Ron Elstad, Esther Engelman,
Gerald Fried, David C. Gallup, Robin Hall, Ray Harris, Jacqueline
Kamin, Dorothy Kennedy, Mark Kerckhoff, Calvin Liang, Scott Prior,
Richard Probert, Ariana Richards, Junn Roca, Gayle Garner Roski,
Kevin A. Short, Michael W. Situ, W. Jason Situ and Aaron St. John.
Awards: 1ST PLACE ~ $5,000 Calvin
Liang, Bowers Museum
2ND
PLACE ~ $3,000 Junn Roca,An Afternoon at Santiago Park
3RD
PLACE ~ $2,000 Michael Situ, Santiago Park
HONORABLE
MENTIONS: Donald Durborow - Three of a Kind, 12" x 16", Esther Engelman - 2467 Riverside Drive, David Gallup - A Walk on the Beach, Robin Hall - Lunch Line, Calvin Liang - A View from Newport Harbor, Scott Prior - Tacos Para Llevar, and Junn Roca - Downtown Santa Ana.
Sights
of Southern California: 7th
Annual Plein Air Painting Event
September 27-28, 2003
Calvin
Liang "Bowers Museum"
Invitation postcard
Jurors:Back
to top Wesley Jessup, Executive Director
of the Pasadena Museum of California Art Peter Keller, President of the Bowers Museum of Cultural
Art Nancy Moure, Art Historian
Participating
artists:Peter Adams, Sunny Apinchapong-Yang, Cathey Cadieux,
Ron Chesley, John Cosby, Glenn Dean, Karl Dempwolf, Don Durborow,
Esther Engelman, Reif Erickson, Lynn Gertenbach, David Gallup,
Robin Hall, Glenna Hartmann, Ray Harris, Jeff Horn, Richard Humphrey,
Sharon Burkett Kaiser, Peggy Kroll-Roberts, Calvin Liang, David
Liu, Huihan Liu, Eric Merrell, Michael Obermeyer, Barry O'Neill,
Scott Prior, Camille Przewodek, Gerald Rahm, Ray Roberts, Junn
Roca, Gayle Garner Roski, Carl Ramsey, Ariana Richards, Rodolfo
Rivademar, Kevin Short, W. Jason Situ, Michael Situ and Zimou Lawrence
Tan.
Awards:
1ST PLACE ~ $7,000 (Museum Acquisition Award) Huihan Liu, Eaton Canyon, Oil on canvas, 24" x 30"
2ND
PLACE ~ $3,000 Junn Roca
3RD
PLACE ~ $2,000 Reif Erickson
HONORABLE
MENTIONS: Ron Chesley, John Cosby, David Gallup, Glenna Hartmann,
Junn Roca, Gayle Roski, Kevin Short
See
the December 2003-January
2004 CAC Newsletter article "7th Annual Sights of Southern
California Seen At The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art" for
more information.