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Contact:               Tracey Matthews

801-809-1368, Matthews_831@hotmail.com                      

Chair, Utah Women Artists Exhibition                   

AAUW Utah Women Artist’s Exhibition 2009 Award Recipients

Salt Lake City, March 22, 2009 – The Utah State Division of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) announced the award recipients for the Utah Women Artists Exhibition, Celebrating the Diversity of Women, currently on Display.

What:  Award Recipients- Utah Women Artists Exhibition “Celebrating the Diversity of Women”

Awards: Best of Show George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation Award

Susan Kirby, Last Supper

AAUW Award for the Universality of Women

Lisa Carlson, The Shaman

Juror’s Award

Christina A. Pellegrino, This Corrosion I

Helen W. Allen Traditional Artwork Honor Award

Laura Boardman, Still Water Reflection

Ruth E. Turner Honor Award Best Watercolor Depicting the Beauty of Nature

Joy Nunn, Hollyhocks

AAUW Past President’s Mature Amateur Honor Award

Karen Gladstone, Sunbowl

Florence E. Ware Honor Award

Alex Remy, Sincere, Determined, Evolving

Beatrice Carroll Honor Award

Kathleen Dolores Snow, Abla

Genevieve Lawrence Family Honor Award

Jo Stephens, Life Comes at You Fast

Apsara C. Di Quinzio, Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, will selected the award recipients. The exhibition will be on display at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center through September 30, 2009.

About the Utah Women Artists Exhibition…

The Utah Women Artists Exhibition was established in 1992 by and endowment administered by the American Association of University Women of Utah.  The endowment encourages women to have a strong voice in the art community and provides opportunities for women to display the unique creativity that they bring to any artistic endeavor.

Sponsor: American Association of University Women of Utah

About the American Association of University Women…

 The American Association of University Women is a national network of 150,000 university graduates of all ages, occupations, and academic backgrounds. It is the oldest and largest organization working for the advancement of women.