Thank you to all artists who entered the “125 Show”. The PAA appreciates every artist who took the time to submit work, and we are sorry there’s not room to show all the works.

We’d like to thank the jurors, Ryder Richards and Laura Green, for their time and hard work in making the selections.

Congratulations to the artists listed below who were selected!

All selected artists have been sent further details, but in case yours went astray you can download the pdf here —>  125 PAA Show.

The Reception is on March 21st, 5.30pm until 8pm, and the awards will be announced at 7pm at The ARTS Gallery, part of Collin Community College, just south of the intersection of E. Spring Creek & Jupiter, in Plano.

The “125 Show” selected artists are…

Sandra Stout

R.J. Vojir

Jessica Hargrave

Pamela L Crosby

Patricia Keller

Bonny Leibowitz

David ”Buzz” Baldwin

Tom Naylor

Gus Hamsho

Greg Nelsen

Elena Nosyreva

Patricia A. Robitaille

Julia Forsyth

Nel Dorn Byrd

Sandhya Manne

Bernard Bortnick

Marilyn Sears Bourbon

Julia Liou Trinh

Jeanne C. Neal

Cindy Gray

Lisa Cardenas

Erika Jaeggli

Ginny Marsh

Ron Dorst

Clarice Dorst

Thomas Dunn

Mandy Cooper

Yesica Moran

Brandon Snow

Ludid Ryu

Ricardo Paniagua

David Harman

CeCe Skeith

Soheyla Rashidyan

Joyce L. Martin

Bob Bruu

Nan Phillips

Luis Fernando Camacho

Robin Gary

Katie Murray

Natalie Galyon

Karla Barfield

Sonia Semone

Eugene W. R. Campbell, Jr

Alison Jardine

Bernadette Leach

Ashley Milow

Irwin Lightstone

Donna Head

Patricia Taillefer Dye

Michael L Benson

Donna Miller

Thomas K. Stanley

Cate Robbins

Janis Krendick

San Cheang

Narongsukchai Tintamusik

Larry Hurlbut

Thomas Jordan

Antoaneta Hillman

Title: 2012 Fine Art in Dallas Reception
Location: The Artists’ Showplace 15615 Coit Rd, Suite 230 Dallas, TX 75248
Link out: Click here
Description: 2012 Fine Art in Dallas Exhibition and Sale
December 2nd – December 30th with 52 CityArtCal artists. Come for wine, music and beautiful art.Watch live painting demonstrations! Following PAA artists are participating: Barbara Mason, Frank Sowells, Jr, Stephen Hackley, Nuray Fuller, Andrea Davis, Cindy Gray.
Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2011-12-02
End Time: 21:00

Title: Texas Harmony Holiday Event
Location: Pfamily Arts Center in Plano
Description: Texas Harmony is an award-winning chorus performing in and around the DFW area. Our members are ladies from all walks of life who love to sing and promote the barbershop style of singing. We have traveled to New York City to perform at Carnegie Hall on two separate occasions, and our current goal is to place first in our regional competition next March.
Start Time: 14:00, 19:00
Date: 2011-12-03

ArtCentre of Plano, home of the PAA

The Plano Art Association is excited to present our Member’s Show 2012.

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The show will be on exhibit at the ArtCentre of Plano starting with a reception on Friday, January 27th, 2012.

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Title: Workshop – Acrylic Texturing
Location: Carpenter recreation Center, Plano.
Description: Frank Sowells Jr. will be demonstrating how to achieve different acrylic textures, and use them constructively in your artworks.

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Title: PAA’s 125 Show
Location: The Arts Gallery at Collin County Community College, Plano
Description: The PAA’s 2012 125 Show will be held in March 2012.

An overall Grand Prize will be awarded of $1000, plus 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each category ($500, $300 and $150 respectively).

Jurors: Ryder Richards and Laura Green

Apply online

The categories, as of last year, are 3-D, 2-D and Print & Photography. We encourage the submission of your best technical pieces that are exploring your creativity!

Start Date: 2012-03-01
End Date: 2012-03-31

Title: Classic BMW Art Exhibit “The Ultimate Driving Machine Meets Art”

The Plano Arts Association (PAA) and Classic BMW have partnered for a two-week art exhibition which will be from November 7 through 19, 2011.

The reception for this event will be held on Thursday, the 10th of November, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at the Classic BMW Dealership on Spring Creek and the Dallas Toll way.  And the Honorable Mayor of Plano, Phil Dyer, will give the opening  speech and Frank Turner, Deputy City Manager, will present the People’s Choice awards

Location: BMW of Plano

Link out: Click here

Date: November 7 – 19, Reception November 10, 7:-9:30 PM

These are the winners selected for one of the 10 prizes. Click on the images to be taken to the Flickr page with full details of the artist and awards. Most of these works are for sale: if you would like to enquire after one, you can contact the PAA to be put in touch with the artist.

(View this full screen (click the button with four arrows on it) and you can select “show info” at the top of the screen to see full details of each work) If your system can’t view these slideshows, you can see them on Flickr by clicking here…

These works were selected from over 360 submissions for the 2011 “125 Show”, held at the Arts Gallery, which is in Collin College in Plano.

April 12 Artists notified
April 18 Details of media and price for accepted works emailed to planoartassoc@gmail.com
April 19 to 21 Deliver works to the Arts Gallery (Collin College, Spring Creek) between 9am and 8pm
April 28 Exhibit opens
May 4 Reception – 6pm until 8pm with awards announced at 7pm
May 19 Exhibit closes
May 19-21 Collect works

Here is a list of the artists and their work that have been accepted by our jurors for the 125 Show, 2011.
If you are one of the artists, click here for the upcoming art delivery schedule.

Thank you to everyone who applied and sorry we’ve only room for 75 pieces!

The reception is May 4th, 6pm until 8pm with the awards being announced at 7pm.

Michael McKenzie Entry A Talismanic Episode (Abraham’s Penumbra)
Weeda Hamdan Entry A Sand, Sea and Sky
Ernie Benton Entry B I Am Music II
Nel Dorn Byrd Entry A Derailed
Linda Clary Entry A Autumn Light
John Ramirez Entry A Dunce
Helen Bailey Entry B Peruvian Stallion
Rainee Carlson Entry A Growth
David Harman Entry C Fort Worth
Rebecca Zook Entry C Buster Brown
Chris Panatier Entry B Shroud of the Mid-Century
Amy Herzel Entry B Mooncake Two
Beverly Theriault Entry B Pomegranates
Natalie Galyon Entry A Reclaimed
Bill Wadley Entry A Amy Wilson
Betsey Lanier Entry B Nude Male
Gaylord O’Con Entry A Early Morning
Marshall K. Harris Entry A The Last Time I felt Normal
Leo Malboeuf Entry B Broken Spring
Todd Gutman Entry C Girl1
Hsiu Ching Yu Entry A Omphaloskepsis 65
Kristin Smith Entry C Hello
John Hanson Entry A Hard Day on the Course
Lisa Cardenas Entry A Study of No Man’s Land
Pat Kamerath Entry B Hidden Harmony
Deanna Wilson Entry A Passage
Jeanne C Neal Entry A Gray Tower
Barbara Mason Entry A Strawberry
Lori Bongiovanni Entry B Neighborhood
San Cheang Entry A The Devotee
Christi Tompkins Entry B Popped Culture
Donna Campbell Farrell Entry C The Blue Cap
DIlan Walpola Entry A The Human Error
Pattie Bowler Entry B Found
Hadar Sobol Entry B Just So It Doesn’t Unravel
Michele Loftus Entry A Untitled
Toni Wengler Entry B Springtime in The Hill Country
Arthur Nardiello Entry C A Day in the Sun
Chris Bergquist Fulmer Entry B Animals of the Plane
Brenda McKinney Entry B Caught
Cindy Gray Entry C One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
David Baldwin Entry A A Handsome Tulip
Darla Bostic Entry B El Patio
Jose Angel Hernandez Entry C Temptation
Soheyla Rashidyan Entry C I Won’t Let Them Eat My Dreams
Linda Ferguson Entry A That First Sip
Jan Myers Entry B Jungle Boat
Kathy Lovas Entry A Lightness, Quickness, Exactitude
Yesica Moran Entry C Trilogy
Ron Dorst Entry C Circuit Breaker
Melinda Marino Entry B Immortal Coli Redemption
David Morris Entry B Howler
Clarice Ann Dorst Entry B Sweet Dreams
Eunice Bridges Entry C Facing My Crossroads
Brandon Sparks Entry A Captain America Shield
Gina Bartok Entry C Quite An Adventure
Sona Knox Entry C contain my passions for rocket
Jennifer Roberts Entry C Martyrdom of St Andrew
Dianne McGurren Entry C Self Serv, Willow Park, Texas
Claudia Holt Entry B Storm’s A-Coming
Colleen Gutschenritter Entry A Dream Birds
Linda Borgault Entry A Here’s looking at You, Kid
Isabelle Albert Entry C Indian
Cate Robbins Entry A #70 – 11 x 12 (The Key Print)
Karen Francis Entry A Endangered
Joni Beamish Entry C Balance of Nature
Patricia Keller Entry B Uptown
David Blow Entry B Sunflower Summer
Kelly Nitsche Entry B Key Lime
Bonny Leibowitz Entry B Pile of Breezes
Patricia A. Robitaille Entry A Robitaille,P1A
LC Tobey Entry B Dreamcatcher
Jackie MacLelland Entry C Holga Vision
Katrine Kyhnel Entry C Birds
Julie Brown Entry C Welcome