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Sculpture with Environmental Message
Moves to Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach   - pdf file 

BIOGRAPHY:  JAMES STONE, Environmental Artist  - pdf file 

From Sand To Glass
How Master Artisan James Stone Brings His Vision To Life   - pdf file 

San Diego Artist James Stone Selected For Special Exhibit At Zimmer Children’s Museum: 
Show&Tell: The Art Of Vision   - pdf file 

  
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For Release May 26, 2006

MAYORS PURCHASE AWARD ANNOUNCED! Beverly Hills Mayor Stephen P. Webb presented the City of Beverly Hills “Mayor’s Purchase Awards” to participating San Diego Master Glass Artist James Stone at the Annual Beverly Hills Affaire in the Gardens Art Show, held this past weekend at the Beverly Gardens Park. The piece chosen by the Mayor is a mixed media bench made of metal and glass named Noah’s Arc Bench, a tribute piece to the oldest found reference to glass, when referring to an Arc window.  James also recently completed a monument sized commission for the San Diego Unified Port District. Pictured here... Winners were also chosen in the categories of painting, sculpture, photography, watercolor, mixed media, ceramics, jewelry and drawing. The 1st place winning Artist for work in Ceramics was Masuo Ojima; Drawings, Prints & Graphics: Kirsten Francis; Jewelry: Rone Prinz; Mixed Media: Mark & Karen Klay;  Painting: Daniel Fogel; New Media: Paul Tokarski; Photography: Robert Fuller (who also won the ribbon for “Best of Show”); Sculpture: Gregory Reade; and Watercolor: Sandra Shelton Campbell. The Gil Borgos Award of “Most Original” was awarded to photographer Audrey Heller and Best of Show was awarded to 1^st place photography winner, Robert Fuller. The Affaire in the Gardens Art Show, held each year on the third weekend of May and October, attracted 230 artists from all across the country, and remains one of the City’s most popular events.  For information on the upcoming October 2004 Affaire in the Gardens Art Show, call the City of Beverly Hills Recreation and Parks Department at 310.550.4796, or log on to www.beverlyhills.org.