Saxer, Harper and Dye place in art show

Elia Saxer receives the first-place prize from Okaloosa Public Arts Event Chairperson Shirley Napier. (Special to the News Bulletin)

The 2016 Okaloosa Public Arts “Tribute to Music” Art Show winners are as follows:

  • 1st Place: Elia Saxer, “Jazz Man Eubie”
  • 2nd Place: Joe Harper, “Flamenco”
  • 3rd Place: Autry Dye, “I Hear the Music”

Honorable mentions include:

  • Sue Tarkin, “Broken Heart Strings”; Thalia Newton, “Grand Music”
  • Toni Dineen, “Louis Armstrong — It’s a Wonderful World”
  • Sharon James, “Yankee Doodle”; Theresia McInnis, “Dock Bullie Blues”
  • Anne Forester, “Rollin’ on the River”

Suzanne Robbert of Pensacola judged the show, according to Okaloosa Public Arts.

These artists’ work was juried into the show; the works are currently on display at the Okaloosa County Administration Building in Shalimar through September 2017:

Linda Kernick, Colby Detwiler, Rita Benz, Helen Blair, Joe Harper, Anne Johnston, Pat Roberts, Joan Langham, Thalia Newton, Theresia McInnis, Bernadette Simms, Kimberly Heartsong, Patti Gillespie, Wally Ratcliffe, Sharon James, Theresia Barker, Ann Forester, Elia Saxer, Autry Dye, Sue Tarkin, Sandra Harrison, Toni Dineen and Tappi Schilling.

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