Design the Allentown Art Festival Poster Winners

First place winner is Kristin. Kristin grew up in Hamden, Connecticut. She was raised by parents Charlene and Edward Shumway. She attended Buffalo State College,
graduating with honors in 2007 with a bachelors degree in graphic design. She currently works as a graphic designer in East Aurora, NY. She lives in Allentown with her fiancé, Justin. Kristin also enjoys sewing, knitting and screen printing greeting cards.

The second place poster winner is Derek Pershyn, a local graphic designer.

The third place winner is Nelson Borges, a student at Buffalo's Leonardo DaVinci High School.

The Allentown Art Festival Winning Poster Design

For over 20 years the Society has sponsored a contest for the design of the annual Allentown Art Festival poster, providing an opportunity for student artists to develop their talents and for professional artists to earn some income. The Allentown Village Society is pleased to announce the 2010 winning Poster Design displayed below:

Buffalo Public School Students, a Part of the Festival

The Buffalo Public Schools Art Education Department is pleased to announce the sponsorship of FIVE awards totaling $5,000.00 through the Allentown Village Society, Inc. (AVS).

Awards will be granted to schools whose art teachers have developed and submitted exemplary and unique art lessons.

Five Buffalo School art teachers will be awarded $1,000.00 each which should be used for art materials that specifically help in the successful implementation of each teacher's proposed art lesson.

All submitted proposals were reviewed by art education evaluators using a scoring rubric. Five Allentown Village Society Grant awards of $1,000.00 have been distributed by to the following teachers:

Ann Curthoys (Waterfront #95):
“Hello Dollies!”

Kerry Chiodo (BAVPA #192):
“A Celebration of Spring- Pysanky Eggs”

Doreen  Juszkiewicz  (Waterfront #95):
“Life Before Nintendo- Exploring the Nature of Play Through Design, Craft and History”

Liz  Spiro-Carman  (BEST #6) and Cheryl Jackson (Montessori #32) :
“Chinese Kite Festival”

Nate Zappala (Burgard #301):
“The Many Faces of Clay”