Vermont Contemporary Art Annual 2008
featuring the 2008 Art’s Alive Festival of Fine Art Participating Artists
Artist catalog
The Vermont Contemporary Art Annual is a publication of work by artists living and working in Vermont. In these pages, you will find images of artwork, artist statements and biographical information. In 2008, the first year of this publication, the annual showcases artists who were juried into the 22nd annual Art’s Alive Festival of Fine Art and as such, this book also serves as the catalog for the festival.
The jurors evaluated submissions for technical execution, conceptual quality, and critical value. The selection process was highly competitive. The jurors were Amy Rahn, the Gallery Coordinator at West Branch Gallery and Sculpture Park in Stowe; Carol MacDonald, professional artist, teacher, guide and community arts organizer; Liza Cowan, the owner and director of Pine Street Art Works and Small Equals in Burlington; and photographer Stephen Schaub, the co-owner of Indian Hill Imageworks in Pawlet.
The cover features Captain’s Log by festival artist Katie Loesel. She uses images of maps, pictorial abstractions, and navigational iconography to represent process and journey. Her work takes a variety of forms: prints, artist books, drawings, installations, and paintings. Captain’s Log is a 7-foot installation of monoprints and other works completed in 2007. Loesel lives in Boston.
2008 FEATURED ARTISTS
Gregory Albright | Josh Axelrod | Anna L. Ayres | Carrie Bagalio | Candy Barr | Marcia Blanco | Ciaran Brennan | John Brickels | Jean Cannon | Krista Cheney | Caleb Clark | Kevyn Cundiff | Lisa Dimondstein | Lou DiNicola | Kathleen Fleming | Karen M. Geiger | Christopher Graham | Catherine Hall | Robert Hitzig | Martha Hull | Wendy James | Tara Jensen | Seymour Kaplan | Robin LaHue | Judy Laliberte | Katie Loesel | Kate Longmaid | Joan Lovell | Kimberly Malloy Backus | Lorraine C. Manley | Cathy McCarthy | Phebe Mott | Joanna Nagy | Marianne Nealy | Lyna Lou Nordstrom | Phillip Robertson | Leigh Ann Rooney | Kevin Ruelle | Michael Savoie | Cameron Schmitz | Stacey Sherman | Jayne Shoup | Andrew Sinclair | Maggie Standley | Anne Throop | Trish Tretiak | Carol J. Truesdell | Linda Van Cooper | Nancy B. Weber | Robert Wills | David Woolf | Brian Zeigler
DETAILS
Title: Vermont Contemporary Art Annual 2008
featuring the 2008 Art’s Alive Festival of Fine Art Participating Artists
Trim Size: 8″x8.5″
Binding: Perfect Bound Paperback
Page Count: 120 pages
Cover: Full Color
Illustrations: 53 color reproductions of artwork
Publisher: Kasini House Books
ISBN: 978-0-9771397-5-0
Release Date: June 2008
Price: $25.00
Vermont Contemporary Art Annual 2008
featuring the 2008 Art’s Alive Festival of Fine Art Participating Artists