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Dublin Scary Art Show Opens in National Arts and Humanities month

Artists and poets from the Tri-valley and beyond submitted work for this first of its kind show in Dublin that featured scary artworks

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Tejal Shah (Artist), Inge Houston (Dublin Chamber of Commerce CEO), Claudia McCormick (DAC Co-Founder) and Shweta Agrawal (Dublin Heritage and Arts Commissioner) (Photo Credit : Vanessa Thomas)
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Frame Company Owner Sawsan Wolski, Show Curator and Vanessa Thomas, Organizer at the F. CO. Art Gallery in Dublin (Photo Credit : Phil Didlake)
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Artist Gina Gabrielle describes her creative process to artist Michelle Meng at the Opening Reception for the Scary Art Show (Photo Credit: vanessa Thomas)
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Three Costume judges introduce themselves Tracy Farhad, Visit Tri-Valley CEO, Inge Houston, Dublin Chamber of Commerce CEO and Mayor Melissa Hernandez (Photo Credit : Swati Rastogi)
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Tracy Farhad, Visit Tri-Valley CEO, Inge Houston, Dublin Chamber of Commerce CEO and in the background Social Worker and Volunteer for the event Tara Wolski. (Photo Credit : Vanessa Thomas)
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Artists Anubhuti Desai, Michelle Meng, Tejal Shah, Mayor Hernandez and Dublin Heritage & Cultural Arts Commissioner, Shweta Agrawal (Photo Credit : Vanessa Thomas)
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Tara Wolski (Volunteer), Phil Didlake(Drummer), Michelle Meng (Artist) and Maria-Anne Poudret (Poet) (Photo Credit : Vanessa Thomas)
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Artist Buffy Davis and husband. Her scary photographs got lots of attention from guests. (Photo Credit : Vanessa Thomas)
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Anubhuti Desai (Artist) , Shweta Agrawal (Artist & Heritage and Cultural Arts Commissioner) , James Morehead (Poet Laureate) , Julia Tomtania (Artist & Heritage and Cultural Arts Commissioner), Swati Rastogi (Artist) (Photo Credit : Vanessa Thomas)
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Guest and Partner in Covid-safe PPE Costume (Photo Credit : Vanessa Thomas)
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Artist Divya Chandrasekaran brought attention to the scary Climate Crisis that motivates her to create paper maché artworks. She is pictured with Visit Tri-Valley CEO Tracy Farhad and Mayor Melissa Hernandez (Photo Credit : Vanessa Thomas)
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Blood Bag Tick Sculpture by Sarah Lee (Photo Credit : Vanessa Thomas)

Costume clad guests arrived at the Opening Reception for the Scary Art Show held at the F.CO.Gallery on Thursday night.

Special Guests were Dublin’s Mayor Melissa Hernandez, Chamber of Commerce CEO Inge Houston and CEO of Visit Tri-Valley Tracy Farhad who were judges for the Costume Contest.

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Winner of the costume contest James Morehead with Dublin Mayor Melissa Hernandez

Also in attendance was Richard Petersen, President and CEO of the US Cultural and Heritage Marketing Council who will be a guest speaker at a regional arts meeting next year.

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Sawsan Wolski, owner of the F.CO. Art Gallery and curator for the show said the aim was to allow artists to express their innermost fears and fearful thoughts as the community continues to adjust to the changes of the past two years. Fear, loss and uncertainty have been core themes for many and this show allowed artists to express their perspectives and guests to connect with the pieces that resonated with them.

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Phil Didlake from Drum Innovation on drums

Original Pan drumming compositions by Phil Didlake from Drum Innovation created the ideal musical backdrop for this fun creative event.

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The juried show included artwork by 21 artists including Susan Mullen, Sarah Lee, Jennifer Huber, Jeff Salinas, May Yin Giang, Buffy Davis, Magdelana Bertera, Alka Vaidya, Tejal Shah, Ekaterina Bazlakova, Monique Makepeace, Bette Thomas Barnes, Sawsan Wolski, Vanessa Thomas, Divya Chandrasekaran, Anubhuti Desai, Madeleine Collins, Donna Shoji Berry, Robert Mann, Karen Scott and Chris Tafoya.

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Richard Peterson, President and CEO of the US Cultural and Heritage Marketing Council with artists Magdelena Betera and May Yin Giang

The show also including a display of the Scary Poetry Contest Winners which were chosen by Dublin Poet Laureate James Morehead from over 50 entries. Poetry winners were:

First place: “Bogeyman” by Jennifer deBie

Second place: “Death March” by Jessica Sabo

Honorable mention: “Maggie, the pious” by Rebecca Thrush

Honorable mention: “What Happened in Room 210 of the Haunted Stanley Hotel” by Morgan Liphart

You can read more about the Poets and Poems on James' blog Viewless Wings and also listen to them on his poetry podcast.

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Dublin Poet Laureate, James Morehead with the Winning Scary Poems

The Scary Art Show will be available to view at 7038 Village Parkway from 11am to 5pm Tuesday to Thursday and from 11am to 2pm on Saturdays until Oct 30. Visitors to the show are invited to vote for their favorite scary artwork to choose the show People’s Choice winner.

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Mayor Melissa Hernandez (center) and KeyPoint Credit Union guests Angela Season and Ken Nakamura

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