1. For Immediate Release Contact: Nancy Walters 800.214.3020
The Shops at Dos Lagos Art Show Winners Announced
Juried Show Open to Public Through June 25
CORONA, CA (June 16, 2011) – Chick Curtis won two awards, including Best of Show, at the Summer
Arts at Dos Lagos Juried Art Show, which opens to the public today. Curtis and 13 other artists were
announced as winners of $5,000 in prizes at a preview reception on Wednesday at The Shops at Dos
Lagos, located at Temescal Canyon Road between Weirick Road and Cajalco Road in Corona.
Curtis, who lives in Riverside, received the $1,000 Best of Show Award for his oil painting of his nephew
David Curtis, and an Honorable Mention $200 Award for “Mooo-ve Over,” an oil painting he said was
inspired “after watching cattle while driving along Route 1 North of Santa Cruz.”
The other top Dos Lagos show winners are:
First Place $800: Steven J. Mueller from Perris for "Bullets" in Photography category
Second Place $600: Scott Krohne from Loma Linda for "Diaglogue" in Sculpture category
Third Place $400: Nathaniel Osollo from Fontana for "Unusual Stencils: Beetle” in Mixed Media
category
In addition to Curtis, Lorraine Dawson of Murietta won a $200 Honorable Mention Award for her Acrylic
"Late Afternoon.” The other $200 Honorable Mention winners include:
Corona artists:
• Mark Disney, "The Eyes Have It" Photography
• Mary Gehley, "Apologies of the Pig" Mixed Media
• Edwin Guzman, "Living in the Past" Acrylic
• Katherine & John Ruth, "A Little Fishie 2" Sculpture
• Duree Waseem, "Blue Strides" Mixed Media
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2. JURIED ART SHOW WINNERS/add one
The Honorable Mention $200 winning artists from Riverside include:
• Judy Davies, "View from the Airplane" Mixed Media
• R. Mike Nichols, "Las Banderas" Watercolor
• Ada M. Passaro, "Plaza Perspective” Pastel
• Anita Silvestri, "Pigs" Mixed Media
More than 400 pieces of artwork from Riverside, San Diego, San Bernardino and Orange County artists
were accepted by the Jury for the Corona center’s Summer Arts at Dos Lagos show. The Jury included
Martin Betz, Laguna Beach Festival of Arts Exhibits Director; Jane Darin, San Diego Sculptor; Daniel
Foster President/Chief Executive Officer, The Community Foundation; and Joanna Mersereau, Riverside
artist and author.
The Summer Arts at Dos Lagos Gallery is Open!
Admission is free to the Summer Arts at Dos Lagos Juried Art Show Gallery, which is located near New
York & Company at The Shops at Dos Lagos. The Gallery is open daily through June 25: Monday –
Friday from 3 to 7 p.m., Saturday from 12 to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 12 to 4 p.m.
Most of the original artwork displayed in the beautiful Gallery is available for purchase. Artists will
receive 70% of artwork sales, with 15% donated to the Corona Art Association, and 15% to the Riverside
Arts Council. The Show also features the Heart Gallery, a special portrait exhibit to raise community
awareness about foster care and to help find homes for foster children. For information about the Heart
Gallery of Riverside visit www.heartgalleryriverside.org.
Starting on June 18, visitors to the Summer Arts at Dos Lagos Juried Art Show can bid on two paintings
which Gregory Adamson will create at his performance with The Three of Us Band at the Dos Lagos
Amphitheater this Friday, June 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. The public is invited to the FREE performance and
have the opportunity to win one of the paintings in a random drawing. The other two paintings will be
displayed for Silent Auction sale from June 18 – 25 at the Art Show Gallery. The highest painting bidders
may purchase the paintings after the Art Show ends on June 25, with all proceeds donated equally
between the Corona Art Association and the Riverside Arts Council.
Visitors to the Art Show can register for the chance to win exclusive art prizes including VIP tickets to
the Laguna Beach 2011 Pageant of the Masters with a guided backstage tour, and VIP tickets to the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art Tim Burton Exhibition.
Summer Arts at Dos Lagos is the shopping center’s June celebration of music, art, theater and dance.
Visit www.ShopDosLagos.com to view the month long Summer Arts at Dos Lagos schedule. For
information on future art events at The Shops at Dos Lagos send an email to
info@veryspecialevents.com.
The Shops at Dos Lagos is proud to support art and other community programs. The Corona center
features a pedestrian-friendly Main Street, a Plaza area with seating, an outdoor amphitheater and the
serenity of two lakes.
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