Victoria Burke wins People’s Choice Award at 13th annual “Bring Us Your Best” art show

Victoria Burke receives Starving Artist People’s Choice Award. Photo courtesy of Arts Council of Henderson County

Press release:

People’s Choice Award Winner Announced for 13th annual Bring Us Your Best

Hendersonville, NC – The Arts Council of Henderson County has announced Victoria Burke as the winning artist for the Starving Artist People’s Choice Award for the 13th annual Bring Us Your Best all-media visual art exhibition, which closed on Friday, August 19.  Held in the Blue Ridge Conference Hall at Blue Ridge Community College, gallery guests and visitors were given the opportunity to vote for their personal favorite piece of artwork in the entire show.

Matt Smith of the Starving Artist Fine Art Supplies and Custom Framing Shop presented a $250 gift certificate and ribbon to Ms. Burke, who won the prize for her acrylic painting entitled “Peaceful Pelicans.”

Other sponsors for the annual exhibition included The Wax Family Memorial Funds, the Dr. Minor F. Watts Fund at the Community Foundation of Henderson County, and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hendersonville.

For more information contact the Arts Council of Henderson County at (828) 693-8504 or acofhc@bellsouth.net. Visit us at acofhc.org.

The Arts Council of Henderson County is a community organization that promotes, advocates for and nurtures the arts in Henderson County and western North Carolina. Its office is located at 401 N. Main Street, Ste. 302, Hendersonville, NC 28792.

The Arts Council is supported in part by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources; funds administered by the Community Foundation of Henderson County, Henderson County, Henderson County Tourism Development Authority, and the City of Hendersonville.

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Max Hunt grew up in South (New) Jersey and graduated from Warren Wilson College in 2011. History nerd; art geek; connoisseur of swimming holes, hot peppers, and plaid clothing. Follow me @J_MaxHunt

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