"Creatures of the Gila"
ART & Wildlife Show
Show dates: Aug 30-Sept 8, 2024
GCAG STUDIO
211 N Texas Suite C
ART & Wildlife Show
Show dates: Aug 30-Sept 8, 2024
GCAG STUDIO
211 N Texas Suite C
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Opening Reception
Aug 30, 5-7pm Judge Lois Duffy awarded prizes at 5:30 |
Prizes awarded:
Best of Show: $250 “Bear with Bundle” mixed media Sonya Boltz 2nd place: $100 “In for a Drink” bobcat photo Elroy Limmer 3rd place: $75 “Javelina Dreaming” carved wood Mark Cantrell Honorable Mention: $50 “Colorful Red Fox” watercolor Deborah Hutchings People's Choice (It was a TIE!!) "Roadrunner" colored pencil drawing Alaena Hernandez AND "Close Encounters in the Gila: New Mexico Gray Wolf and Gila monster" 3D needle felting Nan Chalat Noaker |
First Friday Reception
Sept 6, 5-7pm People's Choice Award will be announced at 5:30 |
This year's Prize Winners!
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Best of Show: Sonya Boltz "Bear with a Bundle" Mixed Media
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2nd Place: Elroy Limmer "In for a Drink" original photograph on metal
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3rd Place: Mark Cantrell "Javalina Dreaming" wood carving
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Honorable Mention: Deborah Hutchings "Colorful Red Fox" watercolor
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People's Choice: Alaena Hernandez "Roadrunner" colored pencil drawing |
Peoples Choice: Nan Chalat Noaker "Close Encounters in the Gila: New Mexico Gray Wolf and Gila monster" 3D needle felting
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Just a few of the FIFTY 2024 "Creatures"
Val Weston
Anita McDaniel
Bryan Hyde
Beatriz Giraldo
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Elizabeth Ford
Al Lozano
Judy Menefee
Carolyn Paez
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Hilary Klein
Diane Cornelius
Wendi Kitting Oliveira
Sandy Feutz
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Meet the Judge: Lois Duffy!
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Lois Duffy studied art at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY and North Adams State College in Massachusetts. Her work is included in numerous collections including the John & Mabel Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL; the Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown, MA; the Capitol Art Collection in the State Capitol in Santa Fe, NM and many public and private collections.
There will be a Lois Duffy Retrospective Show at the McCray Gallery at WNMU
October 17 - November 14.
There will be a Lois Duffy Retrospective Show at the McCray Gallery at WNMU
October 17 - November 14.
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Past "Creatures" Shows
2023 Creatures of the Gila Art Show
Sept 1-10, 10am-5pm
Sept 1-10, 10am-5pm
This show celebrates the wildlife found in the Gila River watershed.
Each entry depicts, or is inspired by, an actual Gila “creature,”
(mammal, bird, reptile, fish or insect) living in the Gila River watershed.
Each entry depicts, or is inspired by, an actual Gila “creature,”
(mammal, bird, reptile, fish or insect) living in the Gila River watershed.
Nan Chalat-Noaker, Needle-Felted Jackrabbit--3rd Place & People's Choice Award
Sharon Blazier, Paper Maché Raven--BEST IN SHOW
Marsha Banas, Mixed Media --Javelina
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Larry Ollivier, grasshopper photograph--1st prize
Mark Cantrell, Carved Packrat--3rd Prize
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Past Creatures of the Gila Shows
2022 Creatures of the Gila:
Sept 2-18, 2022
Sept 2-18, 2022
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People's Choice Award
AND 1st place in 3D: Wendy Shaul, "Black Jack" (clay) 
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Best in Show
AND 1st place in Photography: Elroy Limmer, "Blacktailed Jackrabbit" 
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1st place, Painting:
Thia Utz, "Raven's Song" |
2nd Place 3D:
"Flower the Coatimundi" with artist Marsha Banas 
Opening Reception
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2021 Creatures of the Gila Show
Sept 4-19, 2021 |
This exhibition celebrated the abundance of wildlife found in the Gila River watershed with depictions of Gila “creatures,” (mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and insects), along with descriptions of the creatures and their habitats. A wide range of mediums were represented at the show.
AN OFFICIAL GILA RIVER FESTIVAL EVENT!
AN OFFICIAL GILA RIVER FESTIVAL EVENT!
Best of Show Winner Annabella Gomez, with her "Spirit Guide Coatimundi"
(Note that both Annabella and the Coatimundi are sporting third eyes!)
(Note that both Annabella and the Coatimundi are sporting third eyes!)
Jackie Blurton, Oil Painting, "Coatimundi"
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Elroy Limmer, "Digger Bee"
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Dora Klein, stained glass, "Collard Lizard"
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Joel and Kyle Armstrong, color pencil, "Gila Monster"
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