Five Squared Prospectus

The  YMCA is now accepting donations for the 2020 FIVE Squared Benefit Art Show and Sale.  All 5"x5" are will be accepted providing it is lightweight enough to hang on the wall via sticky tack.

For more information and a downloadable pdf entry form, please visit the Youngstown YMCA

BIKWIL commemorative poster

BIKWILOpening Reception

The Opening Reception for But I Know What I Like was held on Sunday, October13th at the Davis Family YMCA in Boardman. Of the 104 artists who have pieces in the show, 72 attended with family and friends.  The halls of the Y come alive during the show, this year with 243 pieces in a wide array of media and style.

Awards were presented to:

Best of Show: Diane Beatty, body of work

Jurors' Awards:  Judy Armeni, French Doors; Jim Mueller, Om Namah Shivaya; John Schlabaugh, Modigliani-Revised in Watercolor

Award of Excelllence:  Carole Conaster, The Art of  Stairway 1; James O'Malley, Circle Cafe; Lisa Lynn Vulovich, Penny Pincher; Don Wright, Calm Before the Storm

Merit Award:  Don Barry, Nightime in the Forest; Cindy Cunningham, Kenya Kelly; Autumn Ellis, Brown Sugar 1; Nancy Hawkinns, Golden Rod; Jo Hodos, Open the Door; Jeff Vargo, Kanami; Pete Vouvounas, Phantasmagorical Projections; Marilyn Yurko, Waterlilies, after Monet

Honorable Mention:  Richarda Bisson, George Harrison; Angela Garner, Mother's Love; Lisa Lee Kohler, I Heart Theater; Carol Liebschner, Old Lava Flow; Sue McFadden, Enchanted Garden; Linda Mohn, Rising

Purchase Prize:  Diane Beatty, The End of Our Story