ARTS INTERNATIONAL
2008 ART JURORS

Frederick D. Somers
Northfield, Minnesota
Fred Somers is an internationally recognized painter and teacher who lives and works from his farm-home studio in Northfield, Minnesota. Honors include signature membership in the Pastel Society of America, and membership in the International Association of Pastel Societies’ Masters Circle, and in the Oil Painters of America. After teaching at St. Olaf and Carleton Colleges in Northfield, he became a full-time artist in 1975. Fred has taught workshops for pastel, oil and watercolor artists here and in Sweden. He has juried the painting exhibits for the Uptown Art Fair and is scheduled to judge the 2008 El Paso Arts Association International Exhibition.
Somers Studio and Gallery www.fredericksomers.com

Peggi Kroll-Roberts
California
Award winning artist, Peggi Kroll-Roberts, was trained at Arizona State University and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. Peggi worked as a fashion and advertising illustrator before making the transition into fine art. Using  intense color and value to accentuate her subject, she moved into fine art with a bold palette, a love for small paintings and a very loose style that achieves a lot with a few very energetic brush strokes. She prefers to suggest reality than render it.

Inspired by her children,  she paints beach scenes and other aspects of their lives. She also breaks away from the conventional still life by painting scenes of cosmetics and the occasional coffee cup or slab of butter.  Peggi's work gives us a new appreciation of our own daily life.
www.krollroberts.com

ARTS INTERNATIONAL
2008 PHOTOGRAPHY JUROR

Paul Schranz
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Paul is a Professor of Art Emeritus, Governors State University, IL. He holds degrees in art from Ohio University, Athens, OH (BFA) and Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL (MFA) and spent 30 years teaching upper level and graduate studies in photography, digital imaging and art criticism. A technical writer, researcher and contributing editor for Photo Techniques magazine, he exhibits fine art photography nationally, with works included in numerous public and private collections. He has conducted digital photography and conceptual development workshops for the University of California, Santa Cruz and the Las Cruces Museum of Art. He is Director of  the Preston Contemporary Art Center and Mesilla Digital Imaging Workshops. He has resided in Las Cruces since 2003.

2008 exhibition DATES
oCTOBER 4 - 23, 2008
at the MAIN LIBRARY
FRANKLIN AT OREGON STREETS,
el paso, tx

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