Seventh Annual Recovery Fine Arts Festival 2010

This year, OASAS received a record-breaking 175 visual art and over 100 poetry submissions. The judges gathered on September 8th and selected best in show from 10 categories which are featured below.

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Fine Arts Festival 2010 Award Winners

Acrylic
Jessica Covell of Albany, NY
"Through the Darkness"

Mixed Media
Ruben Lopez of New York, NY
"Sober in the City"

Oil/Pastel
Jackeline G. Khalil of Brooklyn, NY
"Life After Death"

Pencil
Reginald "True" Coleman of Harlem, NY
"Mother Theresa"

Pen & Ink
Marcos Garcia of South Ozone Park, NY
"Find Yourself"

Award Ceremony Speech
(Accessible Text Format )

Photography
Shawn Tish of New York, NY
"New Dreams Growing Inside Me"

Watercolor
Sherrie Adkinson of Cohoes, NY
"Mixed"

Commissioner's Choice Visual Art
Ian Clayton of Ellenville, NY
"Recovery Rocks"

Traditional Poetry
Jarvish Diaz of New York, NY
"Untitled"
(Accessible Text Version)

Performance Poetry (Hip-Hop)
Ryan Lee Nevins of New York, NY
"Every Man is the Painter and Sculptor of his Own Life"

Commissioners Choice Poetry
Tracy Smith of Bronx, NY
"My True Addiction"

Multi-Media
Richard Kohler of Fishkill, NY
“Black Sheep”
(song audio is not available)

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