Awarded
BEST IN THEME
Congratulations to David
Gappa! He was awarded “Best in Theme” at the PCPC Arts
Festival 2008 juried exhibition earlier this month. The jurors
were
Patricia Meadows, Senior Curator and Collection Manager of
the Texas Sculpture
Garden, Ted Pillsbury, 18-year Kimbell Art Museum Director
in Fort Worth and Dr. Pete Deison, founder of the PCPC Arts
Festival.
The
exhibit, whose overall theme was “Beginnings: Genesis”,
was held in the Cedar Springs area of Dallas. David’s
art glass piece, pictured on the right, focused specifically
on the “Beginnings
of Creation” theme. He designed the piece then commissioned
glass artist Christian Luginger of Amarillo TX to create
the lampwork portion while David and his team at Vetro
created the blown
and cast portions.
The PCPC Arts Festival is sponsored annually by Park Cities
Presbyterian Church in an effort to reignite the passion for
and awareness of original works of art based on religious and
Biblical themes. As this mission attracted over 150 artists
to participate and thousands to attend, it has been quite a
success.
