{"id":425,"date":"2007-10-17T15:42:30","date_gmt":"2007-10-17T20:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lathamstudios.com\/rebeccasblog\/blog\/2007\/10\/17\/74th-miniature-painters-sculptors-gravers-exhibit-washington-dc\/"},"modified":"2013-07-09T05:49:44","modified_gmt":"2013-07-09T10:49:44","slug":"74th-miniature-painters-sculptors-gravers-exhibit-washington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lathamstudios.com\/rebecca\/2007\/10\/74th-miniature-painters-sculptors-gravers-exhibit-washington-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"74th Miniature Painters Sculptors &#038; Gravers Exhibit &#8211; Washington, DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lathamstudios.com\/rebeccasblog\/UserFiles\/Image\/2007\/EGRET-calm-MPSGS07.jpg?resize=465%2C315\" width=\"465\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<div>I just received notice that this painting, &#8220;Calm &#8211; Great Egret&#8221; (watercolor on Ivorine), was awarded &#8216;Second in Show&#8217;, the &#8216;Manny Sullivan Award for Excellence&#8217;, at the 74th Miniature Painters Sculptors &amp; Gravers Exhibit of Washington, DC (the oldest miniature art society in America &#8211; http:\/\/www.mpsgs.org\/).\u00a0 I am honored to have received this award for the second year in a row.My watercolors &#8220;Polar Ambiance&#8221; and &#8220;Timberwolf&#8221; were chosen for first place in &#8216;Watermedia&#8217; and first place in &#8216;Birds and Animals&#8217; respectively.\u00a0 I am very honored to have my work chosen for these awards this year.\u00a0 Many thanks to the judge, Carol Lee Thompson, and those of the administration of the MPSGS.<\/p>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lathamstudios.com\/rebeccasblog\/UserFiles\/Image\/2007\/POLARBEAR_MPSGS07.jpg?resize=468%2C299\" width=\"468\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lathamstudios.com\/rebeccasblog\/UserFiles\/Image\/2007\/TIMBERWOLF_MPSGS07.jpg?resize=458%2C315\" width=\"458\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The exhibit of 699 miniature works of art will run\u00a0 Nov. 19 &#8211; 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