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2015 Hunting Art Prize Announces Finalists
By: Christina Mancuso Feb. 17, 2015
HOUSTON, Feb. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ Hunting PLC announced that 110 artists have been selected to move on to the final round of judging in the 2015 Hunting Art Prize in which participants vie for a $50,000 award. The competition, which is celebrating its 35 th anniversary, is the largest prize in the category of painting and drawing available in North America.
The panel of jurors that narrowed the submissions to the final 110 participants will reconvene in April for the second phase of the two-tiered jury process. The 2015 winner will be announced at the Hunting Art Prize gala on May 2.
The artists, who come from more than 35 cities and towns throughout the state of Texas, are:
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Seth Alverson, Houston |
John Chinn, Lubbock |
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Musetta Aponte, Schertz |
Georgia Clarke, Fort Worth |
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Viveka Barnett, Houston |
Jeff Crosby, Austin |
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Jeana Baumgardner, Austin |
Terry Crump, Houston |
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Heather Bause, Houston |
Steven DaLuz, San Antonio |
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Myla Bertinot, Houston |
Fabio D'aroma, Sugar Land |
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Chris Bingham, Dallas |
Hannah Dean, Slaton |
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William Binnie, Dallas |
Andrew Scott DeJesse, Amarillo |
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Penelope Bisbee, Dallas |
Craig Dunlavey, Dripping Springs |
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Sara Braswell, Midland |
Lindsey Dunnagan, Grapevine |
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Alice Leora Briggs, Lubbock |
Fidencio Duran, Austin |
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Hebe Brooks, Houston |
Joey Fauerso, San Antonio |
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Tracie Brownlee, Houston |
Tommy Fitzpatrick, Austin |
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Jeremy Burks, Austin |
Lance Flowers, Houston |
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Todd Camplin, Jefferson |
Denise Fulton, Austin |
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Bryan Carter, La Porte |
Megan Harrison, San Antonio |
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Mary Case, Spring |
Lauren Hensens, Denton |
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Armando Castelan, Houston |
Gary J. Hernandez, Spring |
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Lindy Chambers, Bellville |
Mira Hnatyshyn, San Antonio |
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Lan Hoang, Houston |
Venu Menon, Dallas |
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Riley Holloway, Dallas |
Matt Messinger, Houston |
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Katy Horan, Austin |
Courtney Miles, Dallas |
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Syraya Horton, San Marcos |
Maud Morgan, Austin |
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Jimmy Houston, Houston |
Shayne Murphy, Houston |
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Michael Hubbard, Midland |
Victor Ortiz, Houston |
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Gerard Huber, Dallas |
Sarah Painter, Johnson City |
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Erika Huddleston, Dallas |
Serena Painter, Johnson City |
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Carol Ivey, Fort Worth |
Gina Palacios, Austin |
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John Jenkins, Houston |
Nola Parker, Austin |
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Rufino Jimenez, Dallas |
Kevin Peterson, Houston |
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Harvey Johnson, Houston |
Page Piland, Bellaire |
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Carmen Cartiness Johnson, |
Katie Rose Pipkin, Austin |
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San Antonio |
Edward Povey, Wimberley |
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Anna Elise Johnson, Houston |
Fernando Ramirez, Cypress |
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Drew Johnson, Austin |
Lynn Randolph, Houston |
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Natalie Jones, Houston |
Ted Reves, Sugar Land |
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Soomin Jung, San Antonio |
Shaun Roberts, Nacogdoches |
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Susan Kemner Reed, Austin |
Christian Rodriguez, Mission |
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Mary Carol Kenney, The Woodlands |
Elizabeth Sapre, Tomball |
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Beryl Kerwick, Austin |
Natasha Schulze, Fort Worth |
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Robert Kinsell, Fort Davis |
Anne Shaffer, San Antonio |
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Pat Kochan, Dallas |
Caroline Sharpless, Houston |
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Padaric Kolander, Austin |
Tom Shefelman, Austin |
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Laura Lark, Houston |
Russell Stephenson, San Antonio |
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Joan Laughlin, Houston |
Christopher Troutman, Beaumont |
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Greg Lewallen, Waco |
Roxana Tuff, New Braunfels |
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Lulu Lin, Houston |
Gary Uribe, Fort Worth |
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Katie Maratta, Austin |
Kristen Van Patten, Pflugerville |
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Mauro Martinez, Laredo |
Taylor Waldt, Bellaire |
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Sheri Mays, Austin |
Robert Wardle, Fairview |
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Robert McCoy, Houston |
Jason Webb, Austin |
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Elizabeth McDonald, Austin |
Don Wink, Lubbock |
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Leslie McDonald, Jr., Houston |
Martin Wnuk, Houston |
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Pat McEnery, Houston |
Albert Wong, El Paso |
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Vickie McMillan, The Woodlands |
Deanna Wood, Denton |
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Robert Melton, Austin |
At a separate event following the gala to announce the winner, Hunting PLC will present a charitable contribution on behalf of the competition and the artists who have entered to participate to Patriot PAWS.
This is the second consecutive year the nonprofit has been selected as the Hunting Art Prize charity. The organization is dedicated to inspiring and restoring the physical and emotional independence of disabled American veterans and others with mobile disabilities.
Hunting PLC moved the Hunting Art Prize to Houston in 2006 after a quarter century in the United Kingdom, where it emerged as one of Great Britain's top art awards. It is open to artists throughout Texas who are at least 18 years of age.
For more information on the prize, visit www.huntingartprize.com.
About the 2015 Hunting Art Prize Charity
Patriot PAWS Service Dogs was founded in 2006 as a nonprofit entity providing service dogs to disabled American veterans and others with mobile disabilities at no cost in an effort to inspire and restore physical and emotional independence. Depending on the needs of each individual, service dogs complete a customized training program and learn to perform a variety of functions, including supporting patients with post-traumatic stress disorder. For further information, visit http://patriotpaws.org.
About Hunting PLC
Hunting PLC is an international oil services company that manufactures, supplies, and distributes equipment to enable the extraction of oil and gas. Established in 1874, it is a fully listed public company, traded on the London Stock Exchange. For further information, visit www.hunting.plc.uk.
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