Bethesda Painting Awards Semi-Finalists

The 38 artists selected as semi-finalists for the 2007 Bethesda Painting Awards are:

Lilian Bayley, Baltimore, MD
Mark Boyd, Beltsville, MD
Amy Chan, Richmond, VA
Bernard Conda, Virginia Beach, VA
Sarah Demas, Washington, D.C.
Susanne Eisinger, Potomac, MD
Deborah Ellis, Alexandria, VA
Paul Ellis, Washington, D.C.
Fred Folsom, Wheaton, MD
Heidi Fowler, Reston, VA
Inga Frick, Washington, D.C.
Elizabeth Geiger, Charlottesville, VA
F. Penland Gertsch, Reston, VA
Freya Grand, Washington, D.C.
Josephine Haden, Arlington, VA
Jee Hwang, Salisbury, MD
Ron Johnson, Richmond, VA
Ronni Jolles, Great Falls, VA
Matthew Klos, Baltimore, MD
David Krueger, Hyattsville, MD
Samuel Lacombe, Baltimore, MD
Joey Manlapaz, Washington, D.C.
Maggie Michael, Washington, D.C.
Michele Montalbano, Burke, VA
Cara Ober, Baltimore, MD
Pamela Philips, Glyndon, MD
Phyllis Plattner, Bethesda, MD
Selena Reames, Brookeville, MD
Fiona Ross, Richmond, VA
Nancy Scheinman, Baltimore, MD
Heidi Schneider, Williamsburg, VA
Alexis Semtner, Richmond, VA
Jacquelyn Singer, Baltimore, MD
Susan Tolbert, Norfolk, VA
Mary Walker, Owings Mills, MD
Aron Wehr, Baltimore, MD
Michael Weiss, Baltimore, MD
Bruce Wilhelm, Richmond, VA
They were chosen by a jury comprised of Dr. Brandon Brame Fortune is the Associate Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the National Portrait Gallery, Professor W.C. Richardson, Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of Maryland, and Professor Tanja Softic’ who is an Associate Professor of Art at the University of Richmond.

Several of the above artists are also on the semi-finalists list for Baltimore's Sondheim Award. In 2006, Tony Shore of Baltimore, MD was awarded the Best in Show prize of $10,000.