Yosemite Museum Gallery - Yosemite Renaissance 35 - February 21st 2020
An Important Note to our Artists, Patrons and Friends
2020 was a difficult year. The Covid-19 pandemic had a serious impact on tourism, education, the economy and the arts, particular for museums, galleries, exhibits and other art events. This was compounded by statewide fires, particularly the Creek Fire, creating additional hardship. Despite it all, we feel that Yosemite Renaissance 35 was a success.
The pandemic resulted in the early closure of our exhibit at the Yosemite Museum, but we were able to complete the majority of the 2020 traveling exhibit. Our annual funding suffered, but we are still supported by Mariposa County, the National Park Service, Visit Yosemite Madera County, and generous donors who support our efforts and believe in our mission.
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Yosemite Renaissance 35 (2020)
Yosemite Renaissance 35 was on display at the Yosemite Museum Gallery from Feb. 22nd to March 15th 2020. While the show was only open for three weeks, it was viewed by an estimated 8000 visitors. The traveling exhibit at Kings Art Center in Hanford was canceled, but the exhibit was shown both at Carnegie Art Center in Turlock, and Yosemite Gateway Art Center in Oakhurst, closing on November 15th 2020. Despite the pandemic, art sales were good, surpassing sales from the 2019 exhibit.
69 works by 67 artists were chosen from 840 entries. The exhibit included paintings, prints, textiles, mixed media, photographs, ceramics and sculpture, selected to inspire a new generation of people to understand, preserve and protect our wild lands and natural places.
For purchase inquiries call 559-683-5551 or email info@yosemiterenaissance.org
YOSEMITE RENAISSANCE 35 SPECIAL THANKS
Yosemite Museum Staff
Chief Curator - Ephraim Dixon, Curator of Collections - Greg Cox, Registrar - Sara Hay
Interpration and Flute - Ben Cunningham Summerfield
Intern / Volunteer - Samantha Goza
Yosemite Museum Gallery Volunteers
Tom Byde and all the other docents who meet and greet the public.
YOSEMITE RENAISSANCE 35 JUDGES
Steve Dzerigian, Adam Longatti
YOSEMITE RENAISSANCE 35 AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show - $1000 award
Jerilynn Bush – “If I were Blue” - Quilted Textile
First Place – three $500 awards
1) by John Kifer - “In Some Secluded Rendezvous” – Acrylic Painting
2) Bryant Austin - “Substance and the Void” - Photograph
3) Franka Gabler - “Autumn Blues” - Photograph
Second Place – three $300 awards
1) Andie Thrams - “Birdsong | Redwood Mountain Grove (Hermit Thrush)” – Watercolor / Book Art
2) Brandon Yoshizawa - “Flower Power” - Photograph
3) Melinda Abeles - “Vernal Falls” - Bead Embroidery
Honorable Mention –five $100 awards
1) Tim McMeans - “In the Summer, Westward” - Mixed Media
2) Susan Conner - “Sacred Surface” - Photograph
3) Steven Ehlers - “Nurse Log II” - Ceramic Sculpture
4) Sophie Binder - “El Cap” - Mixed Media Wallhanging
5) Entropy - “Glory of Wildness” - Drawing / Watercolor
Weiss / Vocelka Award - (two $500 awards)
Donors- Derrick Vocelka and daughter Sarah Vocelka Hendrickson
In honor of B. Weiss and Mary Weiss-Vocelka
1) MaryEllen Hackett - “Landmark” - Gouache
2) Lindsey Fox - “Tenaya Canyon” - Pen and Ink
People’s Choice Award - $100 award
Steven Ehlers - “Nurse Log II” - Ceramic Sculpture
Yosemite Museum Gallery - Yosemite Renaissance 35 exhibit - February 21, 2020
