Sherburne Inn announces winner of mural contest
SHERBURNE - Save the Sherburne Inn Restoration Project, Inc. (SSIRP) has announced on February 10, that a group of students from Sherburne-Earlville Central School has been chosen to complete a mural project in the dining porch of the historic Sherburne Inn. The students who will be completing the mural project are sophomore, Riley Webster, and seniors’ Colleen Eggers and Abby Mullen.
The students’ submission was one of many received in response to a ‘Call for Mural Artists’ published last October. Allowing the the submissions to be reviewed by a panel of professional artists.
Riley’s artwork has won numerous awards, including the 2016 Francis K. Wilcox Emerging Young Artist Scholarship, first prize in sculpture at the Colorscape student art exhibit, and first prize in painting at the 2016 Sherburne Arts Festival student exhibit. Colleen is an Art Major 3 student who is also independently studying black and white photography. She received awards for her mixed media at the 2016 Colorscape student art exhibit and has participated in the Vans Custom Culture National Competition.
Abby’s artwork has been displayed at the Colgate Art Gallery, Colorscape, the Earlville Opera House, and the Chenango County Fair, and she has received the SECS Art Department and Student of the Month for Art awards.
The mural project will be overseen by Jackie Gimson Craine, who teaches several art disciplines at Sherburne-Earlville Central School and is currently the District Department Chair for the Arts. Jackie studied art at the Pratt Institute and New York University, and worked at Pratt’s School of Art and Design.
She has done design consulting for various organizations, and was involved in the design of the Weitz Center for Creativity at Carleton College. Her work has won numerous awards, including Best of Show at the Chenango Arts Council Members Show. She is actively involved with Colorscape’s Emerging Young Artists Scholarship program.
SSIRP plans to “unveil” the completed mural later this year in conjunction with a 100th anniversary celebration of the Inn’s original grand opening in 1917.
More information about the restoration of the Inn can be found on SSIRP’s website at https://thesherburneinn.wordpress.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SaveTheSherburneInnRestorationProject, and at Go Fund Me at https://www.gofundme.com/gej4wj98.
– Michaela Watts, Sun Staff Writer
The students’ submission was one of many received in response to a ‘Call for Mural Artists’ published last October. Allowing the the submissions to be reviewed by a panel of professional artists.
Riley’s artwork has won numerous awards, including the 2016 Francis K. Wilcox Emerging Young Artist Scholarship, first prize in sculpture at the Colorscape student art exhibit, and first prize in painting at the 2016 Sherburne Arts Festival student exhibit. Colleen is an Art Major 3 student who is also independently studying black and white photography. She received awards for her mixed media at the 2016 Colorscape student art exhibit and has participated in the Vans Custom Culture National Competition.
Abby’s artwork has been displayed at the Colgate Art Gallery, Colorscape, the Earlville Opera House, and the Chenango County Fair, and she has received the SECS Art Department and Student of the Month for Art awards.
The mural project will be overseen by Jackie Gimson Craine, who teaches several art disciplines at Sherburne-Earlville Central School and is currently the District Department Chair for the Arts. Jackie studied art at the Pratt Institute and New York University, and worked at Pratt’s School of Art and Design.
She has done design consulting for various organizations, and was involved in the design of the Weitz Center for Creativity at Carleton College. Her work has won numerous awards, including Best of Show at the Chenango Arts Council Members Show. She is actively involved with Colorscape’s Emerging Young Artists Scholarship program.
SSIRP plans to “unveil” the completed mural later this year in conjunction with a 100th anniversary celebration of the Inn’s original grand opening in 1917.
More information about the restoration of the Inn can be found on SSIRP’s website at https://thesherburneinn.wordpress.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SaveTheSherburneInnRestorationProject, and at Go Fund Me at https://www.gofundme.com/gej4wj98.
– Michaela Watts, Sun Staff Writer
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