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biennial award:
Wanda Taylor to
receive the
2009 biennial award.
 Wanda
Taylor, this year’s award recipient, will be honored at
an opening reception on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 from
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at UMB Bank, 1211 Nth Belt Hwy, St.
Joseph, Missouri. The reception is free and open to the
public.
The Biennial Award, funded by the Allied Arts Council
and the Missouri Arts Council, honors lifetime
achievement and commitment to the arts. The recipient is
awarded an exhibit of his or her work at the location of
an Arts Fund supporter. This year’s show, sponsored by
UMB Bank, will feature twenty of Wanda’s colored pencil
drawings displayed in the lobby area of UMB Bank. The
exhibit will be on view from January 14 through February
13.
Ms Taylor is active in the local arts scene. She is a
founding member of Gallery 7. She serves as
vice-president of Midwest Artist Association, board
member of the Allied Arts Council, and chair of the
Visual Arts Committee. She also sits on the board of the
Center for Community Arts of Missouri Western State
University. Ms Taylor shares her talent by teaching art
at Missouri Western, Trenton’s Art Guild and at the
summer arts camp Artscape in St. Joseph.
Her 2008 awards include Best of Show at Trails West!® in
St. Joseph, the Parkville Presidential Award, Second
Place in St. Joseph’s Art in the Park and Best of Show
in the Atchison, Kansas, River Bend Art Show.
For further
information about the Biennial Award or artist Wanda
Taylor, please call the Allied Arts Council at
(816)233-0231.
The
next Biennial Award is scheduled for spring of 2011.
For
further information about the Biennial Award, please contact
the Allied Arts Council.
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