Art, artists and accolades flowed through the Collective Visions Gallery in Bremerton for the 18th Annual CVG Juried Art Show. After an awards ceremony at the Roxy Theatre, the crowd moved to the gallery’s public opening reception, where several hundred art-lovers and artists mixed and mingled, viewed the art and awards and enjoyed music by cellist Jane Carter. This year, the gallery expanded the competition to include Oregon artists. Several won awards as part of the blind jurying process where jurors see the works of art, but not the identifying information about the artists. “Expanding the competition from a statewide to a regional competition energized the show and brought visitors to our revitalizing downtown,” said CVG artist and gallery president Rose Guastella. “The jurors considered more than 600 entries from 270 artists and chose 128 works to invite into the show. Artists took home nearly $10,000 in awards.”
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