By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current
Sadie Hamerlinck, Davenport, was the first-place winner in the annual Meyer and Frances Shnurman Holocaust Visual Arts Contest sponsored by the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities, Quad City Arts, and the Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Committee).
Brendan Graff of Orion shows his entry that won second place in the contest.
Contest winners were introduced at the opening reception of the exhibit held Sunday at RutabagA Art Gallery in downtown Geneseo at 108 North State St. The exhibit will remain on display at RutabagA through Tuesday, April 8, and the public is invited to view the art work during regular gallery hours which are from 10:30 a.m. through 3 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday.
Also, at the reception for the Holocaust Exhibit, photographed with the student winners, are, Allan Ross, executive director of the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities, and Sharon Michaelsen, president of the RutabagA Art Gallery.
Entries in the annual Meyer and Frances Shnurman Holocaust Visual Arts Contest were created by students in grades 6-12 at area schools.