AREA AGENCY ON AGING
DISTRICT 7 HOST
ANNUAL ART SHOW
Click on county name below to see pictures of various county participants.
Front row: Alice Rosenfelt, Joann White, Alice Smith and Ruth Pence, all from Adams County. Back row: Bob Rosenfelt from Adams County; Executive Director of the Area Agency on Aging District 7, Pamela K. Matura; Marie McCoy, Jean McCarty, and Sally Hayslip, all from Adams County. All participated in the Area Agency on Aging District 7’s Art Show and Essay/Poetry Contest.
Pamela K. Matura, Executive Director of the Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc. (AAA7) and Don Dragoo, of Fayetteville, Ohio. Mr. Dragoo recently participated in the AAA7’s Art Show and Essay/Poetry Contest. Mr. Dragoo received 1st place in Watercolor/Floral for his painting titled “Summer Bouquet” and 2nd place in Watercolor/Seascape for his painting titled “The Harbor.”
Seated: Mary and Gene Close of Gallia County. Standing: Sharon Bowman, Community Relations Coordinator for thee Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc. Mrs. Close recently participated in the Area Agency on Aging District 7’s Art Show and Essay/Poetry Contest where she received Best of Show (Professional Category) for her painting titled, “Sentinel.” She also received 1st place in the professional categories in Mix Media for her paintings titled, “Clown,” “Hilltown,” and Cattails.”
Left
to right: Lavina Morris, Charles Murray (both from Gallia County) and Pamela
K.Matura (Executive Director of the Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc.)
Lavina
Morris and Charles Murray recently participated in the Area Agency on Aging
District 7’s Art Show and Essay/Poetry Contest.
Lavina Morris won 1st place and Charles Murray received 2nd
place for their essays on Childhood Memories.
Seated:
Jack and Marilyn Hoagin (Highland County).
Standing: Daniel and Gloria Dragoo (Highland County), Pamela K. Matura
(Executive Director of the Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc.), Gene and
Marrie Tye (Highland County).
Marilyn
Hoagin, Donald Dragoo, Gloria Dragoo, and Gene Type recently participated in the
Area Agency on Aging District 7’s Art Show and Essay/Poetry Contest.
Marilyn Hoagin received “Best of Show” for her paintings titled “A
Scoop of Grapes,” “Baby Bunny,” Homestead Barn,” and “Flying
Clipper.” Gene
Tye received 3rd place in Acrylic-Animal & Birds for his painting
titled “Cardinal,” and 3rd place in Acrylic-Landscape for his
painting titled” Sugar Maple Autumn Southern Ohio.”
Donald Dragoo won 1st place in Watercolor-Floral for his
painting titled “Summer Bouquet,” and 2nd place in
Watercolor-Seascape for his painting titled “The Harbor.” Gloria Dragoo
placed 1st in the essay category for her writing titled “Dad
Stopped Roaming Today.”
Seated:
Ruth Grossjean, Juanita Clark, Blanche Kanouse and Jayne Horton (all from
Jackson County). Standing: Rushie and Ken McAllister, Shirley Hamer, Bernadine
Johnson, Mary Cochran, Viola Gettles (all Jackson County residents), Pamela K.
Matura, Executive Director of the Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc. and
Brenda Kay Miller (Jackson County residents).
All recently participated in the Area Agency on Aging District 7’s Art
Show and Essay/Poetry Contest.
Seated: Darlene Green of the Sybene Lawrence County Multi-Purpose Senior Center, Agnes Lightner (Lawrence County) and Irene Wickline (Lawrence County). Standing: Sharon Bowman, Community Relations Coordinator for the Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc.
Agnes Lightner recently participated in the Area Agency on Aging District 7’s Art Show and Essay/Poetry Contest. She received a 1st place for her essay titled “Childhood Memories.”
Sharon
Bowman, Community Relations Coordinator for the Area Agency on Aging is pictured
with Elmer and Pauline Smith of Pike County. Elmer Smith recently participated
in the Area Agency on Aging District 7’s Art Show and Essay/Poetry contest.
Mr. Smith received 1st place for his poem titled
“Casualties.”
Seated: Betty Sahr, Mary Peck, and Carolyn Graves-Dixon. Standing: Donald Benson, Carolyn Lee, Judy Swepston (all Ross County residents), Sharon Bowman, Community Relations Coordinator for the Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc., Violet Wright, and Margaret Cryder (Ross County residents). The above Ross County residents recently participated in the Area Agency on Aging District 7’s Art Show and Esssay/Poetry Contest.
Each placed as follows: Betty Sahr received 3rd place in Oil/Seascape for her painting titled “The Wave,” 2nd place in Oil/Landscape for her painting titled “Japanese Bogota and Bridge,” and 2nd place in Pastels/Floral for her painting “Marigold.” May Peck received 1st place in Pastels/Animals for her painting “Tawney Tiger,” and 2nd place in Pastels/Still Life for her painting “Fred’s Violin.” Carolyn Graves-Dixon received 3rd place in Pastels/Floral for her painting “Rose,” 3rd place in Pastels/Animals for her painting “Patches,” and 2nd place in Acrylic/Animals & Birds for her painting “Eqgle on Watch.” Donald Benson received 1st place in two categories: Oil/Landscape/Professional for his painting “Henry’s Lady, and Oil/Animals & Birds/Professional for his painting “Early Risers. Carolyn Lee received a 1st place in Pastels/Other for her painting “Peace Within,” 2nd place in Pastels/Animals for her painting “Surprise,” and 3rd place in Pastels/Floral for her painting “Rose.” Judy Sweptson received 1st place in Pastels/Landscape for her painting “Community United Methodist Church.” Violet Wright received 1st place in Watercolor/Landscape for her painting “Where the Luscious Berries Grow,” and 1st place in Watercolor/Animals & Birds for her painting “Aesthetic Pleasure,” and 3rd place in Watercolor/Floral for her painting “Lilies Grace the Pond,” and 2nd place in Watercolor/Still Life for her painting “Tools of the Trade.”
Pictured above are Scioto County residents who recently participated in the Area Agency on Aging District 7’s Art Show and Essay/Poetry Contest. Front row: Victor Potts, Barbara Holzemer, Evelyn Sieling, Betty Turner. 2nd row: Betty Bibbey, Betty Means, Jane Colliar, Helen Lewis, Dorothy Fleming. Standing: Angela Bryan Gorman, Edgar Bibbey, Don Rockwell, Frankie Rockwell, WW Jarvis, Ray Collier, and Sharon Bowman, Community Relations Coordinator for the Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc.
Left to right are Bertha Canter and Teresa Stout of Vinton County. Standing is Sharon Bowman of the Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc. Teresa Stout recently participated in the Area Agency on Aging District 7’s Art Show and Essay/Poetry Contest. Teresa Stout won 1st place for her Childhood Memories Essay.
Seated:
Bev Codner, Patrick D. Woods, and Patty Pickens of the Meigs County Senior
Center. Standing
is Sharon Bowman, Community Relations Coordinator for the Area Agency on Aging
District 7, Inc.
Ms
Conder and Mr. Woods recently participated in the Area Agency on Aging District
7’s Art Show and Essay/Poetry Contest.
Bev Conder received three 1st places for her paintings titled,
“American Goldfinch with Daisies,” “Cape Blanco Lighthouse,” and “Ole
Glory.” Patrick D. Woods received a 1st place for his poem titled
“The Hand.” Not pictured but participated was Dorothy Downie who received a
1st place for her writing titled “Why?”
The Area Agency on Aging recently hosted its 21st Annual Senior Citizens Art
Show/Essay/Poetry Contest in the Atrium of the Fine and Performing Arts Building
at the University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Ohio.
The Senior Citizens Art Show and Essay Contest showcased 200 paintings
and 47 essay/poems entries by senior citizens from Adams, Brown, Gallia,
Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, Ross, Scioto, and Vinton Counties.
Winners are as follows:
(Adams County) Essays: 1st Place, Ruth Pence, Childhood Memories; 2nd
Place, Alice Rosenfelt, One April Day; 3rd Place, EIsie Fenton, Childhood
Memories. Poems: 1st Place, Billy
G. Satterfield, Humpy Joe; 2nd Place, Hazel Roush, Childhood Memories; and 3rd
Place, Burton Young, I’m Bugged. (Brown
County) Essays: 1st Place, Jean Hundle, Childhood Memories.
(Gallia County) Essays: 1st Place, Lavina Morris, Childhood Memories; 2nd
Place, Charles A. Murray, Some Childhood Memories. Poems: 1st Place - Joan Unroe,
Attack on America. (Highland County) Essays: 1st Place, Gloria M. Dragoo, Dad
Stopped Roaming Today. Poems: 1st Place, Mary Moberly, Reflective Requests; 2nd
Place, Marilyn J. Hoaglin, My Creation Of A Yellow Rose; 3rd Place - Phyllis
Luck - 4 and 54. (Jackson County) Essays: 1st Place,
Mary Anne Whaley, Childhood Memories; 2nd Place, Martha Deck, Childhood
Memories; 3rd Place, Mary Ann Cochran, Childhood Memories; Poems: 1st Place,
Mary Anne Whaley, Fancy Free; 2nd Place - Ruth Grosjean, Make Your Heart Like A
Garden. (Lawrence County) Essays: 1st Place, Agnes Lightner, Childhood Memories.
Pike County: Poems: 1st Place, Elmer E. Smith, Casualties. (Scioto County)
Essays: 1st Place, Angela Bryan Gorman, Childhood Memories; 2nd Place, Victor
Potts, Childhood Memories; 3rd Place - Alberta Montgomery - God’s Gracious
Gift. Poems: 1st Place, Don Thompson, Valentine’s Poem for My Wife; 2nd Place,
Jo Roberts, Where Have All of the Children Gone; 3rd Place, Bettie Turner,
Longing for Home. (VINTON COUNTY) Essays: 1st Place, Theresa Stout, Childhood
Memories. (MEIGS COUNTY) Poems: 1st Place Tie - Patrick D. Wood - The Hand and
1st Place Tie - Dorothy Downie, Why?
Art show winners are as follows: Mix Media – Other: 1st Place - Edith Rupert (Jackson Co.); Mix
Media – Animals: 1st Place, Alice Smith; Mix Media – Abstract: Mary Close
(Gallia Co.);
Mix Media –
Landscape: Mary Close; Mix Media - Cast Paper: Mary Close.
Photography - Animal & Birds: 1st place: Rushie McAllister
(Jackson County); 2nd
place: Sylvia Baker (Adams County). Photography – Landscape: 1st
place: Royce Horton (Jackson County) 2nd Place: Norma Fristoe (Adams
County); 3rd place: Juanita
Clark (Jackson County). Photography – Swamp: 1st place,
Jayne Horton (Gallia County). Photography
– Flower: 1st place, Ken McAllister (Jackson County). Photography
– Portraits: 1st place: Sylvia Baker (Adams County).
Charcoal – Floral: 1st
place: Norma E. Allen (Highland County). Charcoal – Landscape: 1st
place: Norma E. Allen (Highland County). Charcoal
- Still Life: 1st place, Betty Jo Hitchcock (Adams County).
CHIGIRI –E: 1st place, Eleanor
Cunningham (Pike County).
Cross-Stitch:
All Categories: 1st place, Betty Bebbey. Pencil - Still Life:
1st
place, Barbara Holzemer (Scioto County).
Pencil
– Other: 1st place, Ruby
Hite Evans (Jackson County). Pencil
– Landscape: 1st place, Helen
Schmid (Scioto County); 2nd place, Betty Jo Hitchcock (Adams County); 3rd
place, Ruth Grosjean (Jackson
County). Pencil
– Portraits and Floral:
1st
place in both categories, Dot
Fleming (Scioto County).
Watercolor
– Landscape: 1st place,
Violet Wright (Ross County); 2nd place, Helen Lewis (Scioto County);
3rd place, Juanita Clark (Jackson County). Watercolor – Seascape: 1st place, Helen
Schmid (Scioto County); 2nd place, Donald Dragoo (Brown County). Watercolor - Animal & Birds: 1st
place, Violet Wright (Ross County); 2nd
place, Alice M. Smith (Adams County); 3rd place, Jo Ann White (Adams
County). Watercolor – Floral: 1st place,
Donald Dragoo (Brown County); 2nd place, Helen Lewis (Scioto County)
3rd place, Violet Wright (Ross County). Watercolor
- Still Life: 1st place,
Jo Ann White (Adams County); 2nd place, Violet Wright (Ross
County). Watercolor – Other: 1st place, John J. Walters (Scioto County).
Oil
– Seascape: 1st place, Jerry Barnes
(Gallia County); 2nd place, Mary Trotter (Ross County); 3rd
place, Betty Sahr (Ross County). Oil – Floral: 1st place,
Ruth Grosjean (Jackson County); 2nd place,
Brenda K. Miller (Jackson County); 3rd place, Betty Means
(Scioto County). Oil – Birds: 1st place, Blanche Wales Kanouse
(Jackson County); 2nd place, Betty Means (Scioto County); 3rd
place, Letty Clark (Scioto County).
OIL – ANIMALS: 1st place,
Mary Cochran (Jackson County); 2nd place,
Jayne Horton (Jackson County); 3rd place, Juanita Clark
(Jackson County). Oil
– Other: 1st place, Viola
Gettles (Jackson County); Helen Horner (Highland
County; 3rd place, Ruby Hite Evans
(Jackson County). Oil – Still Life: 1st place, Shirley
Hamer (Jackson County): 2nd Place,
Virginia Walker (Highland County); 3rd place,
Mary Cochran (Jackson County). Oil
– Landscape: 1st
place, Joan Exline (Jackson
County); 2nd place, Betty Sahr (Ross County); 3rd place,
Letty Clark (Scioto County). Oil
– Church: 1st place, Barbara Hedge Highland County. Oil
– Portraits: 1st
place, Brenda Kay Miller (Jackson County); 2nd place, Helen Horner ,
(Highland County); 3rd place, Francis Hixon (Jackson County). Oil
-
Floral- Professional: 1st place, Mary Close (Gallia). Oil - Landscape – Professional: 1st
place, Donald Benson (Ross County). Oil - Animal & Birds – Professional: 1st
place,
Donald Benson (Ross County). Pastels – Floral: 1st
place, Marion Counts (Scioto
County); 2nd place, Betty Sahr (Ross County); 3rd place,
Carolyn Lee (Ross County).
Pastels
– Other: 1st place, Carolyn Lee (Ross County). Pastels –
Abstract: 1st place, Violet Wright (Ross County). Pastels –
Animals: 1st place, Mary Peck (Jackson County); 2nd place,
Caolyn Lee (Ross County); 3rd place, Carolyn Dixon (Ross
County). Pastels – Landscape: 1st place, Judy Swepston (Ross
County); 2nd place, Carolyn Graves Dixon (Ross County). Pastels –
Portraits: 1st place, Betty Sahr (Ross County). Pastels - Still Life:
1st place, Mary Trotter
(Ross County); 2nd place, Mary Peck (Ross County); 3rd
place, Carolyn Lee (Ross County).
Acrylic
- Animal & Birds: 1st place,
Alice Rosenfelt (Adams County); 2nd place, Carolyn Graves Dixon (Ross County); 3rd place,
Gene E. Tye (Ross County). Acrylic – Seascape: 1st place,
W.W. Jarvis (Scioto County); 2nd place,
Juanita Clark (Jackson County). Acrylic – Landscape: 1st
place, Don Rockwell (Scioto
County); 2nd place, W.W.
Jarvis (Scioto County); 3rd place,
Gene Tye (Highland County). Acrylic - Still Life: 1st place,
Carolyn Graves Dixon (Ross County). Acrylic – Other: 1st
place, Jayne Horton (Jackson
County); 2nd place, Rushie
McAllister (Jackson County).
Sculpture:
1st place,
Marti Ising (Gallia County). Other - Journal of Murals: 1st place, Brenda
Kay Miller (Jackson County).
Student’s
Favorite,
1st
Place - Bernadine Johnson (Jackson County).
Out of District, Acrylic - Animals and Birds: 1st Place - Beverley Codner (Meigs County). Acrylic – Seascape: 1st Place - Beverley Codner (Meigs County). Acrylic – Americana: 1st Place, Beverley Codner (Meigs County).
This year the Area Agency on Aging had volunteers from Jackson County to help with the display of the show. Those who helped were Bernadine Johnson, Shirley Hamer, Mary Cochran, Juanita Clark, and Ken and Rushie McAllister, Royce and Jayne Horton, Joan Exline, and Kathleen Siders.