THE 1ST ANNUAL
ARTWEEK ART POSTER CONTEST!
The
ArtWeek Committee put out a call for an original work of art to be
on the first Annual ArtWeek Poster. The competition was for an artwork
that
would communicate a motivating message celebrating the arts.
There
was a great response with 30 entries. Students, graphic designers
and fine artists all competed for the $1,000 prize. The public voted for
their
favorites at Historic Arkansas Museum and THEA during 2nd Friday Art
Night and
Argenta ArtWalk.
Professional
graphic designer Sherrie Shepherd of North Little Rock,
won the competition with her whimsical depiction of a bridge covered
with icons
representing virtually every art form. Representing Little Rock are the
State
Capitol and the Little Rock and North Little Rock is represented by the
Razorback Sub and Ms. Sophie, a prominent canine resident of the Argenta
Arts
District (complete with her pearls!)
The
poster will be for sale at Argenta Bead and at Shop the Rock for
$10. All funds raised from the sale of the poster will support ArtWeek.
Sherrie Shepherd -
Bio
Sherrie
Shepherd
was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1958 and moved to Arkansas in
1962. Shepherd attended the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and
graduated
with a BA degree in Art.
From
1986 to 1996, Shepherd drew a syndicated cartoon strip called
FRANCIE about a single mother. FRANCIE appeared in the United States
and abroad for ten years. Other cartoons by Shepherd have also appeared
in
magazines such as: New Woman, Cosmopolitan, Medical Economics, Complete
Woman,
Ladies Home Journal, Ebony, Saturday Evening Post, The Arkansas Times
and Talk
Business Quarterly. Her cartoons have been published in several books,
Mothers
and Daughters, Playing By The Rules, and Life’s a Stitch.
Shepherd
is an accomplished cartoonist and illustrator and is named in
“Who’s Who of American Cartoonists”. Currently, she works at
the Arkansas Department of Health in Heath Marketing as a graphic
designer and
illustrator.
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