Women in the Arts Awards
The annual Celebrating the Genius of Women art exhibition features local finalists as well as national and international artists who have entered work in the Women in the Arts Inc. competition. Join us in the main lobby to meet the artists and participate in an interactive gallery walk followed by an awards ceremony. Find out which pieces win the Patron's Choice Award and Women in the Arts awards.
Patron's Choice Award
You are also invited to decide the winner of this year's Women in the Arts Patron's Choice Award by voting either in person or online from March 9-19. Patrons who submit their vote in person, and have a library card in good standing, are automatically entered into a raffle drawing for a $25 gift certificate to the Friends of the Library Gift Shop. Online voting can be completed on the Orange County Library System's Facebook page.
Finalists
Zoraye Cyrus is an interdisciplinary studio artist pursuing a BFA in Drawing and Illustration at the University of Central Florida.
Donne Bitner graduated with honors from Penn State University with a degree in Art and has been a full-time studio artist for the last 30 years. She is currently an instructor at Crealde School of Art in Watercolor and Intro to Drawing and Painting.
Early exposure to the lush colors in her parents' California gardens underlies Marianna Ross' love of Nature's strength and beauty now found in the Florida landscape.
Suzanne Oberholtzer graduated with a degree in Communications/Advertising from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and her handmade paper art is informed by her decades-long career as an art director.
The annual Women in the Arts competition is supported by these generous sponsors.
