The Art in the Park Raffle
Mike Robie was responsible for designing and conducting the raffle. He did a wonderful job and the raffle earned the Association $614. toward our scholarship fund. Some artists were hesitant to participate in the raffle due to a lack of understanding of how it works. We want to repeat here Mike's clear explanation of how the raffle works so we can get 100% participation next year.
An artist designates one work for the raffle. When people buy raffle tickets they put on the ticket the tent number with the work they wish to win. When the drawing is held only one number is drawn. The artist whose number is drawn gets half the proceeds from ticket sales up to a$700. ceiling. All other paintings designated for the raffle are retained by their artist owners. Those artists gain nothing and lose nothing.
This years raffle winner was a Mrs. Lindholm of Marlow. She bought three raffle tickets designating a digital photo she wanted to win. When her ticket was drawn she got the photo she wanted. Serae Stein the artist whose tent number was on the winning ticket got $614. for her photo. The selling price on her photo was $110. so she received a nice $500. bonus for participating in the raffle.
The 49th Annual Art in the Park was held September 1st and 2nd 2007.
The Keene Art Association would like to thank the exhibit judges, Richard Whitney, Sandy Sherman, and Ann Laroche.
The Marie Hickey Memorial Award this year is for water media.
The snack concession at site 73 is staffed by members of Interact. The concession Stand at 74 is staffed by members of St. George Greek Orthodox Church.
In addition to the normal process the judges will award an Honorable Mention Ribbon to one student artist from Keene High School and one from Monadnock Regional High School who will each also receive a gift certificate for $50 from Creative Encounters of Keene.
We thank our ad Sponsors who generously promoted Art in the Park - Prime Roast Coffee Company • Stingray Optics • Ed Kingsbury Jr. • Colony Mill, Mayo Group • Cheshire Medical Center Dartmouth Hitchcock, Keene • C & S Wholesale Grocers • Your Wireless Connection • The Keene Sentinel.
We want to acknowledge all our friends at Colony Mill and The Center of Keene who provided gift certificates for our use: Martial Arts Principles, Inc., MJD & Co. Hair Design, Gap Mtn. Breads, Cards of Joy, Your Kitchen Store, Toadstool Bookshops, Ingenuity Country Stores, Mill Toy Works, Ye Goodie Shop, Your Wireless Connection, Nitro Fitness, Ivy at the Mill.
The following provided financial assistance to help our event for which we are grateful: Kristin's Bakery, Jeffrey P. Stevens Greenwald Assoc., Dana O'Brien, Ed and Kay Kingsbury.
Some of our Senior Citizen Artists appreciate the heavy lifting assistance they received from Interact and from the Boy Scouts of Troop 302, United Church of Christ, and their Scout Master, Robert Trombi.
We thank Mayor Blastos of Keene for presenting awards to our winning artists.
Thank you Ed Kingsbury III, our Fundraising Chair and Mike Robie the Raffle Chair for outstanding contributions.
Thank you to Jamie Askey for donating his time and effort in building the display units used by the High School Student Artists.
We want to acknowledge our appreciation to Colony Mill and the Mayo Group for allowing us to exhibit our art on the walls of Colony Mill throughout the year and for providing us with so much other assistance.
We want to thank all those who contributed to the success of this event.
All Art in the Park Advertising and promotional materials were designed by Barbara Busenbark.
One more time the rain managed to hold off long enough for people to enjoy the KAA 48th Art in the Park at the lovely Ashuelot Park in Keene, NH.
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 In spite of the threat of rain all day, we had a wonderful turnout of both artists and spectators. The people of Keene and the surrounding areas, as usual, came to see the great art and support the KAA. |
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All profits from the exhibit are to go towards the Scholarship Fund, which is awarded to a senior in Keene High School and/or Monadnock High School. The jurors for Art in the Park were Robert Collier of Rindge and Barbara Danser of Jaffrey, both founders of the Pastel Society of New Hampshire. |
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| This year the award system was changed and instead of having three winners in each category as they did in the past, currently three top prizes and three honorable mentions were awarded, with the amount of the awards increased considerably so that over $1,000 was given out in awards. Also, the artist was not judged on a single painting as in the past, but on all the paintings displayed, which is a better indication of their overall talent. | |
During the show, artists could also be watched working in various mediums. |
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Barbara A. Busenbark, Paintbrushgraphics.com
KAA