Tuesday, September 20, 2011

The 1st Annual 2011 Arkansas Art News Awards for Hot Springs, Arkansas





The Daniel Damascus Kimery Award for Best Agent: Tedd Meadows (Co-Owner of The Tin Grizzly)
Nominees: Dishongh Scavo(Owner of Blue Moon) 2nd
                 Bobby Jackson(Unaffiliated: He fought physically against 6 adult male opponents at once to get his Client's Art back from deposed City Councilman Steve Smith's Gallerie 801. I have worked with this guy before and he is a Solid Cat. I wouldn't take a bullet for him, but I would take a punch to the face for him even if we aren't friends anymore) 3rd
                 Jeremy Webb(Co-Owner of The Tin Grizzly) 4th
                 Chuck Dodson(Owner of Gallery 404-B) 5th
The Daniel Damascus Kimery Award for Best Gallery: Tedd Meadows and Jeremy Webb at The Tin Grizzly
Nominees: American Art Gallery(Close 2nd)
                 Blue Moon (3rd)
                 The Crystal Gallery (4th)
                 Gallery Central (5th)
The Daniel Damascus Kimery Award for Best Artist: Curt Mullins (The Tin Grizzly)
Nominees: Jay Wilburn (The Tin Grizzly) 2nd
                 Thomas Kinkade (The American Art Gallery)3rd
                 Randall Good (The Blue Moon Gallery) 4th
                 Xu Long Hua (Owner of The Xu International Gallery)5th
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The Yremik Sucsamad Leinad Award for Worst Agent: Joseph Scott Sheridan (Owner of Mentor Disciple aka The Natural Light Gallery and Warholian Lineage Research Library)
Nominees: David Miller (Gallerie 801) 2nd
                 Rebecca Stone (Star Gallery) 3rd
                 Lacy Hawthorne (Legacy) 4th
                 Steve Smith (Gallerie 801) 5th

The Yremik Sucsamad Leinad Award for Worst Gallery: Legacy
Nominees: Gallerie 801 (2nd)
                 Star Gallery (3rd)
                 Mentor Disciple (4th)
                 The Art Church (5th)
                

The Yremik Sucsamad Leinad Award for Worst Artist: Thad Flenniken (Blue Moon)
Nominees: Jesse Evans (?) 2nd
                 Michael Schaeffer (The Art Church and Star Gallery) 3rd
                 Bryan Sink (Prodigious Art LTD) 4th
                 Terri Menefee (The Art Church) 5th

...and finally "The 1st Annual Richard Gipe Bag of Burning Catshit Award" goes to (You guessed it) Richard Gipe (Owner of The Art Exchange, Legacy, MOCA, Timothy's Fine Arts)