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ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Ernest & Gregory Disney-Britton
On November 1, Alpha Omega Arts announced that wood sculptor Philip Campbell had won the online readers' poll for the 2016 Alpha Omega Prize - Artist of the Year for his work "Rising From the Fire" (below) exhibited at the Harrison Center for the Arts in Indianapolis. In addition to the reader selected Artist of the Year, Alpha Omega Arts editor's seperately selected Dr. Peter Manseau as the Clergy Advocate of the Year; and the Seattle Art Museum's "Graphic Masters: Dürer, Rembrandt, Hogarth, Goya, Picasso, R. Crumb" as Exhibition of the Year. The 9th Annual Alpha & Omega Prize for Contemporary Religious Arts recognizes contemporary visual art that promotes religious dialogue in America. Congratulations to the 2016 honorees.
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| Image of artist Philip Campbell in his studio. Image courtesy of NUVO Magazine |
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| 2016 Alpha Omega Prize for Contemporary Religious Arts Winners |
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| "Rising From the Fire" (2016) by Philip Campbell. Image courtesy of the artist |
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| Clergy Advocate of the Year - Curator, Peter Manseau, Ph.D., Smithsonian, National Museum of American History |
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| Museum Exhibition of the Year: Seattle Art Musem's "Graphic Masters: Dürer, Rembrandt, Hogarth, Goya, Picasso, R. Crumb" (June 9–August 28, 2016)" |
