When Mercedes Price (Vino’s Picasso), Christie Marcoplos (Blue Mangrove Gallery) and I selected the winners of the District 19 Congressional Artistic Discovery Contest, all we had to go on were the artworks submitted by our talented high school entrants. We chose Raja Al-Bahou in second place. He was interviewed at the awards ceremony by Southwest Florida art journalist [...]
When Mercedes Price (Vino's Picasso), Christie Marcoplos (Blue Mangrove Gallery) and I selected the winners of the District 19 Congressional Artistic Discovery Contest, all we had to go on were the artworks submitted by our talented high school entrants. We chose Cypress Lake High junior Deanna Craig in third place. She was interviewed at the awards [...]
Mercedes Price (of Vino's Picasso), Christi Marcoplos (owner of Marco Island's Blue Mangrove Gallery) and I were invited by U.S. Representative Francis J. Rooney to judge the entries he received for the District 19 Congressional Artistic Discovery Contest. Well, we met on Wednesday to look over the work and make our selections, but I have to [...]
