Current Exhibitions 2011
SEA GRAPE GALLERY, 113 Marion Ave, Punta Gorda FL Open 10 - 5 Tuesday thru Friday and 10 - 4 on Saturday www.seagrapegallery.com
"Breaking Boundaries" juried exhibit at Art Center Sarasota, (Blvd of the Arts) Sarasota, January 8 through March 10, 2012
Jurors" Carol Fye and Jaime Tracy
"Material World" juried exhibit at Art Center Sarasota, (Blvd of the Arts) Sarasota, FL November 3rd through January 7, 2012
HONORABLE MENTION for "Four A.M."
Judges Brian Haverlock (www.brianhaverlock.com) and Tom Stephens (www.tomstephensfineart.com)
Reception November 3, 2011 5:00 to 7:00
"Harvest of Art" juried exhibit at the Visual Art Center, 210 Maud Street, Punta Gorda, FL from October 31 through December 1.
Reception Thursday, November 3rd from 7 to 8:30 pm Juror Morgan T. Paine, Professor of Art at Florida Gulf Coast University
Mancuso Show Management's "World Quilt Show - Southeastern States Juried Competition" November 10, 11, and 12 at the West Palm Beach Convention Center
"Summer Sizzler"; July 11 - Aug 11 Visual Art Center, 210 Maud Street, Punta Gorda, FL
THIRD MERIT AWARD "Bold Bamboo" Reception Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Judge Liz Hutchinson-Sperry says
"Gorgeous arrangement of natural shapes and colors".
"Firecracker"; June 13 through July 7: Visual Arts Center, 210 Maud Street, Punta Gorda, FL
HONORABLE MENTION for "Echoes of Sandhill Cranes" Reception, Thursday, June 16 7 - 8:30 Judge Val Heisey
Art in Public Places: Lexington Manor Pt Charlotte, FL Solo Exhibit, May and June, 2011: 20480 Veteran's Blvd, Pt Charlotte, FL ,
1st and 2nd floor gallery walls
"Made By Hand"; May through June 9, 2011: Punta Gorda Visual Arts Center, 210 Maud Street, Punta Gorda, FL Judge Barbara Albin
Goff Gallery "Abstract Exhibit" June 1 through June 30: Punta Gorda Visual Arts Center, 210 Maud Street, Punta Gorda, FL
Winner of First Place for Contemporary Art at Verona Museum of Modern Art in Verona, Italy !!! with "Waterswept Toenails"
Verona, Italy, "Silk Roads Meet in Verona". I am among 32
finalists from eight countries, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the United States (4 of us).
The exhibit runs from March 8th through the 15th, 2011, at various locations in Verona, Italy.
Jurors: Italian architect Alba Di Lieto (Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona)
President of Associazione Culturale Ad Maiora Maria Teresa Sansotta
Associazione Culturale Ad Maiora member and fiber expert Robert Bugli
Associazione Culturale Ad Maiora member and goldsmith Maria Pia Munzi
French journalist and author specializing in articles about textile art
Gul Laporte
"Volusia Wrapped in Fiber", Gateway Center for the Arts in DeBary, FL (880 North 17-92) February 13th through April 3rd. The artist reception is February 20 from 2 - 4 pm.
Juror: Canadian fiber artist Pamela Allen
"Prima Vera" Visual Arts Center, 210 Maud Street Punta Gorda, FL March and April, 2011
"Sculpture" Visual Arts Center, Honorable Mention for "Hibiscus Symphony" 210 Maud Street Punta Gorda, FL
"Feed the Soul" at Art Center Sarasota, (Blvd of the Arts) Sarasota, FL January 20 through March 28th.
Jurors: Sarasota gallery owner Allyn Gallup and art curator Diane Shelly
Critique night January 13, 2011
Reception January 20, 2011 5 - 7 pm
"Palette to Palate" Goff Gallery, Visual Arts Center, 210 Maud Street Punta Gorda, FL
February 26 through March 5, 2011. A gala dining event, catered by Michael's-on-East of Sarasota with wine by the Perfect Caper, opens the exhibit the evening of the 26th.
Invitational
Art in Public Places: Edward Jones Investments, 3941 Tamiami Trail, Punta Gorda, FL
Solo Exhibit: January 1 through February 25th, 2011 Reception January 14, 4:30 - 6:30
2010
Guest Artist for the month of December at Sea Grape Gallery on Marion Avenue in the historic downtown Punta Gorda. Gallery walk is Thursday, December 16th from 5:00 to 8:00. See an article (with photos) about Patricia in the Florida Weekly, December 9 - 15th issue.
Merit Award at the juried all media show
"Faces and Figures". Punta Gorda Visual Art Center until December 29th: Reception December 8, 2010 at 7:00
Judge Edward Jonas, co-founder of the Portrait Society of America says " A chance taken and succeeded !!
Pushing cloth and form into a painting is quite exciting."
First Place Award for "Mud Cookies"
"The Fiber of Our Being" an all media juried exhibit at the Art Center of Sarasota,
707 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota FL
Open Reception Thursday, November 18 from 5:00 to 7:00
This exhibit runs until January 8. 2011.
Judges Richard Herzog, Prof of Sculpture at New College and
Mark Ormond, Curator and Art Historian, had the following comments about Patricia's work at their two hour critique night November 22:
"Appears to be a painting" "The anonymity of the subject is appealing" "Subject matter is compelling, contemporary, and speaks to the moment", "This striking image expressing universal issues is extremely impressive"
BLUE RIBBON for BEST PICTORIAL with "On Linda's Beach"
Juried Statewide Competition: Mancuso Show Management
West Palm Beach Convention Center, November 12,13, & 14. 2010
"Harvest of Art" (juried) Punta Gorda Visual Arts Center, Goff Gallery
Punta Gorda, FL October 29 - December 2, 2010
RECEPTION Nov 4, 7:30 - 8:00
"Landscapes in Art" Punta Gorda Visual Arts Center, Goff Gallery
Punta Gorda, FL October 29 - December , 2010
RECEPTION Nov 4, 6:00 - 7:30
"Fall Exhibit" all media exhibit at the Visual Arts Center, 210 Maud Street in Punta Gorda
Second Place for "Mud Cookies", exhibit runs through October 28, 2010
Judge Geoffrey Hamel says "The content of the work seems to resonate through the title and the deliberate, painstaking, stitch."
Mancuso's PNQE XVII, a National Juried Exhibit, Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, Oaks, PA September 16 through 19, 2010
Solo Exhibit: Art in Public Places: Charlotte County Midtown Library
2050 Forrest Nelson Blvd, Pt. Charlotte, FL
July through August 31, 2010
"Summer Sizzler" all media exhibit at the Visual Arts Center, 210 Maud Street in Punta Gorda
Honorable Mention for "Purplegator:: exhibit runs through August 10, 2010
Judge Ron Sanders says "Exciting use of color in a pleasing composition: fun subject and engaging use of texture / 3D surface."
"Firecracker" all media exhibit at the Visual Arts Center, 210 Maud Street in Punta Gorda
Third Merit Award: "Symphony Number Three": Judges Jerome Chesley and Tim Miller
"Circle of Arts" invitational exhibit; Charlevoix, Michigan
July 16 through September 19, 2010
Patricia has been selected as Charlotte County's May 2010 Artist of the Month
and will be honored with a proclamation and a plaque at the next meeting in the Charlotte
County Administration Building in Murdock, FL on May 11th at 9:00 am.
Art in Public Places: Charlotte Community Foundation, 1675 West Marion Avenue
Punta Gorda, FL Solo Exhibit, May 1 through June 30, 2010
Publication: Machine Quilting Unlimited (MQU) March 2010 issue
Judge's Choice Ribbon: Mancuso Show Management,
Hampton, VA: February 2010 for "Ghost Towers of Tuscany"
Judge Christine Porter
Invitational Exhibit in the Rose Gallery of the Peabody Auditorium in Dayton
Beach, FL. March 4 through April 31, 2010.
Juried Exhibit: Mancuso Show Management, Hampton, VA: February 2010
ART for ACT Gallery: Ft Myers, FL February, 2010
Punta Gorda Visual Art Center: February 2010 Gift Shop Artist of the Month
Lockwood and Cummings A.C.T. Gallery, Ft
2009
Blue Ribbon: Best Use of Color: Mancuso World Show-Florida
Palm Beach
November, 2009
Juried Exhibit: Mancuso Show Management,
Publication: SAQA Winter Journal: 2009 "Political Statements"
Invitational Exhibit: Goff Gallery,
2008
Juried Exhibit: Mancuso Show Management,
Second Place: "Summer Sizzler";
Publication: Machine Quilting Unlimited Fall 2008 issue; photo and description
Juried Exhibit: "The Sky's the Limit",
2007
Juried Exhibit: "Art for a Cause", Wynwood Art district, Miami, Florida: December, 2007
Juried Exhibit: "The Sky's the Limit",
Juried Exhibit: Mancuso Show Management, Santa Calra, CA: October, 2007
Juried Exhibit: Mancuso Show Management, Harrisburg, PA: September, 2007
Juried Exhibit: Mancuso Show Management, Denver, CO: May, 2007
Third Merit Award in the currenct Visual Arts Exhibit for my fiber art piece "Bold Bamboo". Judge Liz Hutchinson-Sperry says
