On May 1st in my hometown of North Canton Ohio my Grandfather sat back in his recliner and began enjoying the local paper, The Canton Repository. From the kitchen my Grandmother heard the following "Joyce! I think this is us in the paper!"
As it turns out they were in the paper. My mother had entered her painting "American Condo" in the annual May Show that is held at The Little Art Gallery of The North Canton Public Library. Her painting had been chosed to be in the paper to advertise the next day's Opening Reception of The May Show!
These are photos of the actual artical that was in the paper.***WARNING*** THERE IS A MISTAKE IN THIS PAPER!!!!!! Can you spot it? Look close, once you see it you'll want to write a letter to the editor.
The error should be easy for those of you who have been following this story. The paper got the name of the painting WRONG! It's "American Condo" NOT "your condo". The title of this painting is the whole point! If you don't know why, I can't really help you other than to tell you to follow the link to the previous post about this painting.
Now, about the BLUE RIBBON. My mother won 1st Place in Painting!! Let me repeat that, 1st Place! This actually isn't a suprise to those of us who know this painting, it's just wonderful that it's now been recognized by the whole world! Yay!
What an Opening Reception Party this was. My Grandparents attended in person to join in the festivities! My Grandfather even wore his hat!
Mom, we are all so VERY proud of you. You have gone through a lot in the last few years and you COMPLETELY deserve all of this recognition of all your hard work. This is only the beginning. 
2 comments:
We were there. It was awesome to see Linda recognized for her work by her peers. She certainly deserves it for all she's endured the last couple years. Rachel Hogue's neighbor owns a downtown art gallery and is checking to see if they can display the painting after the May Show ends. It just gets better!
I like it! I recognized that it was a parody of that old couple, but couldn't recall anything about it that i was told! Went to wiki got some answers, thanks for keeping meh brain a wurkin.
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