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Here is this year's poster for Expo! The poster features some great work by club members  – properly credited on the poster! The file is sized at 11x17. If you'd like a high-rez copy to print out and display in and around your local area, just email Paul at paul@pmkane.com and I'll get you the file. 

The Skylands exhibit has become a benchmark for quality art shows in the New Jersey highlands. All artists 18 years of age or older are invited to submit entries, and all media are accepted. This year 74 works of art were selected from over 200 entries by artists in the tri-state area and beyond and cash prizes totaling $3,000 were awarded. This year Lydia Viscardi, an art educator, gallery curator, and mixed media artist whose award-winning work is frequently on exhibition, was chosen to be the juror.

Eleven members of the Sparta Camera Club had 18 photographs selected for the exhibit. Three of the twelve awards presented in the exhibit were given to members of SCC. 

SCC members and photographs that were selected for the exhibit are:

- Kathy Brennan-Hughes: "Junk" and "Uptown"

- Poliana DeVane: "Enduring" and The Standoff"

- Ron Douros: "Lost Burro Mine" and "Bridge View"

- Don Freeman: "The Clearing Storm at Sunset Point, Bryce Canyon N.P" and "Misty Morn in Cayonlands N.P."

- Trevor Hodgson: "Day Lily" and "Memories"

- Marv Kaminsky "Before the Rain" and "Jellyfish"

- Nicki McManus: "Chair"

- Mark Miller: "Harbor Storm"

- Gina Pierson: "Hedden Park in Pink" and "Rain Berries"

- Jane H Rapp: "Water Feature"

- Carol Trempor: "Waiting Game with Cat"

SCC member that won awards are:

- Mark Miller for "Harbor Storm" - The Anne H. Hanifan Memorial Award

- Poliana DeVane for "The Standoff" - The Dr. John and Mrs. Katherine Bonner Award

- Marv Kaminsky for "Jellyfish" - The Mr. & Mrs. Gelard Tedesco Award - for Photography

The exhibit runs till June 1st at the SCA&HC Gallery, 133 Spring Street, Newton, NJ.

Congratulations to all the participating SCC members.

Beginner (36 prints entered)

1st: "Jaguar" by by Jessica Goble (score 9)

2nd: "Lemur" by Jessica Goble (score 9)

3rd: "City Street Ink" by Emily Miller (score 9)

HM: "Stairway to Nowhere" by Sam Cheung (score 9)

HM: "Larry" by Urzula Brotherton (score 9)

HM: "Rooster" by Urzula Brotherton (score 8)

HM: "Herring Gull" by Jessica Goble (score 8)

HM: "Alley Cat" by Jessica Goble (score 8)

Intermediate (45 prints entered)

1st: "After an Autumn Rain" by Retta Cheung (score 9)

2nd: "Blue Collar" by Barbara Gellner (score 9)

3rd: "Almost Home" by Barbara Gellner (score 9)

HM: "Time Warp" by Eleanor Bortnick (score 9)

HM: "Nature Reflects" by Eleanor Bortnick (score 9)

HM: "Chinatown Street Scene" by Retta Cheung (score 9)

HM: "Ethereal Ice" by Barbara Gellner (score 9)

HM: "Pic Nik" by Mike Tracy (score 9)

HM: "Solomon" by Mike Tracy (score 9)

Advanced (33 prints entered)

1st: "You're Out" by Mark Miller (score 9)

2nd: "Kevin at the Altar of Learning" by Jonathan Rush (score 9)

3rd: "Harbor Storm" by Mark Miller (score 9)

HM: "Great Horned Owl in B&W) by Diane Brunovsky (score 9)

HM: "America Strong" by Pam Cordts (score 9)

HM: "Solitude" by Pam Cordts (score 9)

HM: "No Running" by Mark Miller (score 9)

PRINT OF THE YEAR

"After an Autumn Rain" by Retta Cheung

Congratulation to all the winners and congratulations to Retta Cheung for her Print of the Year win.

The book weighs in at 76 pages, will be perfect bound and have a cover price of $20.00. Book orders were taken by Paul Michael Kane and books will be distributed at the Business Meeting in June.

Congratulations Retta.

Weird NJ Magazine is on the news stands now. Please pick up a copy at your local news stand or bookseller.

To tie into the release of the magazine, Paul also put out a free eBook called 10 Simple Steps to Better Photography. You can download that (for free!) at: http://bit.ly/103xZnH. 

Congratulation Paul on your Weird NJ article and eBook release.

- Eleanor Bortnick: Honorable Mention

- Paul Michael Kane: 1st Place in the Digitally Enhanced Category with his photograph "Byrd Theater".

- Ron Douros: 2nd Place in the Architecture category with his photograph "Bridge View".

- Mark Miller: 2nd Place in the Nature category with his photograph "No Running".

- Poliana DeVane: 3rd Place in the Nature category with her photograph "Tranquility at the Sea".

- Donna DeVane: Honorable Mention in the Still Life category and Judge's Choice Award with her photograph "Back in Time".

- Marv Kaminsky: Honorable Mention in the Wildlife/Animals category with his photograph "Langurs".

Winning photographs from the exhibit can be seen here: http://www.stcatharts.org/galleries2013/galleries_2013.htm

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