VILLAGE AT LEESBURG ART SHOW

WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Juried Show Open to Public through Sunday, August 18

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:

Barbara Combs 703.777. 8577

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Leesburg, VA (August 14, 2013) — Betty Ganley of Great Falls, VA won the Best of Show

Award at the Artful August Juried Art Show, which opens to the public today at Village at

Leesburg. Ganley and 17 other artists were announced as winners of $5,000 in prizes presented

by Village at Leesburg in the adult division at a preview reception on August 13 at the Artful

August Show exhibit, located in Suite 100 at 1603 Village Market Boulevard SE, Leesburg.

The Jury reviewed 227 adult division entries from artists in Virginia, Maryland and West

Virginia to select art for display and selected student artists for display and awards in the show’s

high school division. Ganley, who received the $1,000 Best of Show Award for her oil painting,

“Fixin’ To Go Fishin’,” also won a $200 Honorable Mention Award for her watercolor, “The

Rockport Crowd.” The other top winner in the prestigious first year show also won two awards.

Susan Sherwin from Bristow, Va. won the $500 First Place award for her oil painting,

“Sprawled”, and a $200 Honorable Mention Award for her oil painting, “Happy Place.” Alice

Mullen from Lovettsville, Va. won the $400 Second Place award for her oil painting titled

“Doodle.” Jill Banks of Reston, Va. won three awards for her oil paintings, the show’s $300

Third Place award for “Sunflowers II” and $200 for each of her Honorable Mention winning oil

paintings “Chameleon” and “Great Falls Farmer’s Market.”

The other $200 Honorable Mention Award Winners in the adult division are:

Trisha Adams, Leesburg, oil, “Wild Poppies”

Susan Breen, Ashburn, photography, “Redcoats and Hounds”

Margaret Carroll, Herndon, ink/charcoal/pencil category, “Under the Sea”

Bob Friedenberg, ink/charcoal/pencil category, “Bird Sanctuary”

Jim Haller, Berryville, ink/charcoal/pencil category, “This is Just Like That One Time”

Catherine Hillis, Round Hill, watercolor, “Life’s Little Pleasures”

Dora Ramirez, Sterling, photography, “Forging Ahead”

Catherine Riedel, Waterford, oil, “Roses”

Reginald Simms, Purcellville, acrylic, “National Geographic-Sudan 1992”

Ken Sullins, Leesburg, photography, “Window in Window”

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Village at Leesburg Juried Art Show/ADD ONE

The Jury selected three student artists from Virginia as winners in the Artful August High School

Division. Each student will receive a $500 scholarship with a matching $500 donation to each of

their school art departments. The high school division winners are:

Amanda Booth, Heritage High School, Leesburg

Kylie Carroll, Briar Woods High School, Ashburn

Alexandra Wegley, Stonewall Jackson High School, Manassas

The Jury for the Artful August Show included F. Lennox Campello, art critic, author, curator,

artist and co-founder of the Fraser Gallery of Washington, DC and Bethesda, MD; Jack Devine,

principal at the art consulting firm Artists Circle, and president of the Montgomery County

Historical Society; and Claudia Rousseau Ph.D., Professor of Art History at the School of Art

and Design at Montgomery College and art critic for the Gazette Newspapers in Montgomery,

Prince Georges and Frederick Counties.

The public is invited to view the impressive Jury selected artwork at the Artful August Show

August 14 – 18, from 12 - 7 p.m. on Wednesday through Saturday, and from 12 - 5 p.m. on

Sunday. The Artful August show admission is free and guests have the opportunity to purchase

Jury selected adult division artwork, with 70% paid to the artist and 30% of sales donated to the

Loudoun Arts Council. The show features an exhibit from Arts in the Village Gallery, located at

Village at Leesburg. During the Artful August show, visitors can walk to the nearby Arts in the

Village Gallery for free wine tastings and artist demonstrations. Visit

www.villageatleesburg.com for information about the Artful August Juried Art Show and other

events at Village at Leesburg.

About Village at Leesburg

Village at Leesburg is a strong supporter of community activities including art programs. Arts in the

Village, a community art gallery operated by the Loudoun Arts Council, opened last year at Village at

Leesburg. The gallery is located at 1601 Village Market Blvd. Suite 116, near Potomac River Running

and across from King Pinz. The vertically-integrated, four-story village which encompasses 57 acres and

features approximately 520,000 square feet of retail space, combined with 150,000 square feet of office

product and 335 luxury multi-family residences. A Cypress Equities company* is developing the

commercial components of the project and Kettler is developing the residential component. The Carlyle

Group is the lead equity partner in the development and KLNB Retail is handling the leasing of the retail

sections.

The center includes 45 merchants including Altar’d State, Arts in the Village, AT&T, BurgerFi,

Charming Charlie, Cobb Village 12 Cinemas, Coldwater Creek, Crystal Brite Cleaners, Cupcakes

Actually, Eggspectation, Faang Sushi & Thai Restaurant, Finnegan’s Sports Bar & Grill, Firebirds Wood

Fired Grill, Flame Kabob, Frilly Frocks, G5 Salon, Hamilton’s Sofa & Leather Gallery, Katie’s Nails &

Spa, King Pinz, LA Fitness, Leisure Fitness, Massage Envy, Neibauer Dental Care, Noodles & Company,

Pinkberry, Plow & Hearth, Potomac River Running, Salon Montage, Sleepy’s, Sprint, Swim U, Swoon,

The Art Station, The Dandelion Patch, Travinia Italian Kitchen, ULTA Beauty, Verizon Wireless,

Visionworks, Wegmans Food Markets and Wells Fargo Bank.

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