Announcing the Portrait Sketch Competition Finalists!

By Jacob Collins, one of three judges on this year's panel

Dear Readers:

The following ten artists have been selected through an anonymous online application process to compete in our upcoming three-day, 24-hour, live alla prima portrait sketch competition!

October 21 - 23, 2015
GCA Studios and Eleventh Street Arts

Finalists:
Patrick Byrnes, Leeanna Chipana, Michael Davis, Danny Ferland, Jennifer Gennari, Brendan Johnston, Dominique Medici, Kristin Nikitin, Evert Ploeg, Elizabeth Zanzinger.

Judges: Jacob Collins, Travis Schlaht and Edward Minoff

Awards: First Place: $1000, Second Place: $500, Pure Participation is priceless!

Public Events:
Join us October 21 - 23 online or in person as the competition unfolds daily! Drop in for lunch-hour viewings from 1-2pm all three days and for the Awards Party on Friday, October 23, 6-9pm. The portraits will remain on view for a month at our adjacent gallery Eleventh Street Arts.

By Patrick Byrnes

By Leeanna Chipana

By Michael Davis

By Danny Ferland

By Jennifer Gennari

By Brendan Johnston

By Dominique Medici

By Kristin Nikitin

By Evert Ploeg

By Elizabeth Zanzinger