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Summerfair Select 
Weston Gallery, 650 Walnut St.
Jan. 28 – April 3, 2022

Opening Reception: Feb. 24, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
With Summerfair Select artists Christina Brandewie, Amanda Curreri, Stacey Dolen, Tyler Griese, Michelle Heimann, Anne Huddleston, Marsha Karagheusian, Lisa Merida-Paytes, Sarah Miller, Kevin Muente, Mark Wiesner, and Alice Pixley Young.

To celebrate one of the most coveted and enduring arts grants in the region, the Weston Art Gallery presents Summerfair Select, an exhibition of work by 12 Cincinnati-area artists who received Summerfair Aid to Individual Artists Awards from 2016-18.

For more than 50 years, Summerfair Cincinnati has been supporting and promoting artists and the arts in Greater Cincinnati. Through the organization’s annual three-day fine arts fair enough funds are raised to support awards, scholarships and exhibitions.

Christina Brandewie

Cockerill Stack, series of 14K & 18 karat gold rings (top to bottom)

Peridot & Diamonds, Spessertite Garnet & Hauynite, (both sold)

Chrome Tourmaline 3ct. with (2) Yellow Sapphires .64ct.t.w. 18K Yellow Gold, $7,150.00

Emerald 1/2ct. & (2) Diamonds 11pt.t.w. (hidden from photo) 18K Yellow Gold, $4,500.00

Designed, hand hammered, soldered, fabricated, finished, and gems set all by the artist.

1”H x ¾”W x ½”D; size 7 (approximate sizes)

Photo by Joe Cockerill

Amanda Curreri

VV, 12 x 8.5 inches, Vintage magazine and book collage with metallic thread, hand-printed fabric, custom frame, 2018

Stacey Dolen

Twin Forms, digital print on aluminum, 22”W x 29”H (Framed)

Tyler Griese

Dichotomy of Sunlight, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in., 2019

Michelle Heimann

Sometimes, oil on canvas 36”x 36”
2019

Anne C. Huddleston

Monsieur Henri Weenie, mosaic on fiberglass, 15” high x 20” long x 6” wide

Marsha Karagheusian

They Danced to Survival,4-pane window), 24” x 27” (La Danse series)

Sarah Miller

Mr. Skipper’s Garden Folly Cluster I, felted wool, found object, 24.5” W x 18” H x 3” D
2020

Kevin Muente

Family Portrait, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 in.
2019

Mark Wiesner

Sculptural Graffiti, corrugated cardboard, acrylic paint, 48” W x 18” H x 7” D

Alice Pixley Young

Pitch, roofing paper, cast glass, salt, 9’ x 7.5’ x 2’, 2019,