Spectrum 20 Award Winners

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Mike

The 20th Annual Spectrum Awards ceremony was held at the Midland Theatre in Kansas City, MO, on May 18. The gold and silver award winners in the eight categories (and the 2013 Spectrum Grand Master) are:

SPECTRUM 2013 GRAND MASTER
Brom

ADVERTISING
Gold Award: Dan dos Santos, “Dragon Empress”
Silver Award: Android Jones, “Ganesatron”

BOOK
Gold Award: Dave Palumbo, “Fed”
Silver Award: Charles Vess, “Tanglewood: I Didn’t Know She Was a Bottle Witch”

COMICS
Gold Award: Paolo Rivera, “Daredevil #10″
Silver Award: David Petersen, “Mouse Guard: Black Axe #4, pg. 19″

CONCEPT ART
Gold Award: Allen Williams, “Tree of Tales”
Silver Award: Daniel Dociu, “Guild Wars 2, Norn Lodge”

DIMENSIONAL
Gold Award: Virginie Ropars, “Acanthopis III”
Silver Award: David Meng, “Sashimi”

EDITORIAL
Gold Award: Sam Bosma, “Stability”
Silver Award: Sam Weber, “Cancer Monster”

INSTITUTIONAL
Gold Award: Kekai Kotaki, “Stampede”
Silver Award: Lucas Graciano, “Dragon Swarm”

UNPUBLISHED
Gold Award: Cory Godbey, “The Fish Master”
Silver Award: Andrew Mar, “Tell-Tale Heart”

Spectrum 20 Award Finalists

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Mike

Spectrum 20 Jury & Directors: Tim Bruckner, Mark A. Nelson,
Irene Gallo, Michael Whelan, Cathy Fenner, Tim Kirk, and Arnie Fenner.

The Spectrum 20 Award jury members Tim Bruckner, Irene Gallo, Tim Kirk, Mark A. Nelson, and Michael R. Whelan evaluated over 6,000 entries before selecting 40 finalists for this year’s edition of the Spectrum Fantastic Art Annual.

Founded in 1993 by Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner, Spectrum: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art is among the most respected art showcases, covering a wide range of disciplines. It is the only “art annual” with categories devoted to comics, concept art, and sculpture.

Judging was completed March 2. Their selection of the year’s best fantastic art will appear in Spectrum 20, scheduled for October release in both hardcover and softcover from Underwood Books. Gold and silver medal winners in each category will be announced at the awards ceremony during Spectrum Live, a weekend long celebration of fantastic art, in Kansas City, May 17-19. The Spectrum Grand Master Award will also be presented during the ceremony, which will be held in the historic Midland Theater.

The gold and silver finalists are:

Advertising

Craig Elliott:ForestAwakening
Michael C. Hayes: Procession
Android Jones: Ganeshatron
Greg Ruth: Three Outlaw Samurai
Dan DosSantos: Dragon Empress

Book

Brom: Wipi
William O’Connor: Wargriffin
David Palumbo: Fed
Shaun Tan: Never Leave a Red Sock on the Clothesline
Charles Vess: Tanglewood: I Didn’t Know She Was a Bottle Witch

Comics

Jennifer L. Meyer: Aesop’s Ark,Ch. 2, P2
David Petersen: Mouse Guard Black Axe #4, Page 19
Paolo Rivera: Daredevil #10
Paolo Rivera: Captain America #1
João Ruas: Fables #121

Concept Art

Daniel Dociu: Guild Wars 2, Norn Lodge
Theo Prins: Southsun Cove
Paul Sullivan: Franken-animal
Justin Sweet: Marauders 2
Allen Willams: Tree of Tales

Dimensional

Dan Chudzinski: Turbulence
David Meng: Sashimi
Virginie Ropars: Mothra
Virginie Ropars: Acanthopis III
Katya Tal: Blanket Fairy

Editorial

Sam Bosma: Stability
Chris Buzelli: Book Monster
Sean Andrew Murray: He’s Gone Full-Bird
Victo Ngai: Best of the Best
Sam Weber: Cancer Monster

Institutional

Ed Binkley: A Cob of Chiseldon-Brimble
Lucas Graciano: Dragon Swarm
Tyler Jacobson: Ruric Thar, The Unbowed
Kekai Kotaki: Stampede
David Palumbo: Taken

Unpublished

Cory Godbey: The Fish Master
Lucas Graciano: Guardianship
Kekai Kotaki: Ride
Andrew Mar: Tell-Tale Heart
Tohru Patrick Awa: Sudden Shower

Spectrum Fantastic Art Awards

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Mike

Quixotic Fusion at Spectrum Fantastic Art Live!

The Spectrum 19 Awards in eight categories were announced May 19 in Kansas City during Spectrum Fantastic Art Live!, a convention focused on fantasy and science fiction art and associated with SPECTRUM books.

The winners in each category are:

Advertising:
Gold – Tyler Jacobson: Talon of Umberlee
Silver – Android Jones: Boom Festival

Book:
Gold – Edward Kinsella: Wooden Bones
Silver – Jean-Babtiste Monge: Ragnarok

Comics:
Gold – Alex Alice: Sigfried III
Silver – Jim Murray: DOTA 2: Tales from the Secret Shop

Concept Art:
Gold – Justin Sweet: Jack the Giant Killer
Silver – Daniel Dociu: Hangar

Dimensional:
Gold – Virginie Ropars: Jack
Silver – Thomas S. Kuebler: I am Providence

Editorial:
Gold – Jean-Baptiste Monge: Mic Mac Cormac
Silver – James Gurney: Kosmocertatops

Institutional:
Gold – Raoul Vitale: Turin and the Glaurung
Silver – Android Jones: Water Dragon 2012

Unpublished:
Gold – Michael Whelan: CK Unmasked
Silver – Justin Gerard: Portrait of a Monster #3

Grand Master:
James Gurney

Presenters included Spectrum founders Arnie and Cathy Fenner, Tor Books Art Director Irene Gallo, and artists Gregory Manchess, Greg Spalenka, Iain McCaig, Jarrod and Brandon Schiflett, Donato Giancola, and Michael Whelan.

Finalists in each category were projected onto a 30′ wide screen; the screen was also used to remember those in the artistic community who had passed away in the previous year and to review the recipients of the Grand Master Award.

Framing the festivities were performances by the nationally renowned Quixtotic Fusion dance company and by Phadroid aka digital creator Android and dancer Phaedra Jones. The awards show was produced by Lazarus Potter of the Lazarus Design Group in association with Quixotic Fusion and the Midland Theater. Spectrum Fantastic Art Live! was organized by Jim Fallone, Shena Wolf, Bunny Muchmore, Arlo Burnett, Lazarus Potter, and the Fenners.

All of the award winning work will be included in Spectrum 19: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art, which will be published by Underwood Books in November.

More coverage and photos at Rockville Music Magazine.

Update: 05/23/2012: Irene Gallo has granted permission for the use of her photos here. I apologize for not providing credit earlier. That happened because the photos attached to the press release were not attributed.