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![Trent Manning was the Best of Show artist at the First Annual Winthrop Art Festival, held May 1-3, 2009, in the Greater Brandon / Riverview area of Hillsborough County, Fla. The festival, hosted by Brandon '86 Rotary and benefitting a number of area charities, opened with a Friday night Chillville and included a Saturday night awards ceremony held in conjunction with a Kentucky Derby celebration. For Best of Show, Manning recieved an award of $3,000. In all, the festival issued $7,000 in prize money and grossed more than $22,000.
Volunteers also included representatives from the charities that stood to benefit from the net proceeds collected from the festival: Brandon Life Care Center, Brandon Outreach Clinic, CAIR Flight, Cynthia Pinckney Ministries, ECHO, Everyday Blessings, I AM Cafe, Kids Charity of Tampa Bay, Manna on Wheels, New Horizons Group Home, YMCA, and Young Life.
The artist on his mixed-media work:"I try to use as much salvage material [in my art] as I can," Manning said. "The hunt for the material, actually, has a lot to do with the evolution of the work. You have to learn how to adapt to the material. It kind of teaches you. When that material is used up you move on [to another piece of material] and teach yourself a unique technique."
His art work, he said, "allows me to explore new techniques and new mediums but still under a uniform body of work that has my style to it."](http://www.mypapernow.com/Other/Winthrop-Art-Festival-Coverage/i-szm9nbM/0/Ti/DSC_0010-Ti.jpg "Trent Manning was the Best of Show artist at the First Annual Winthrop Art Festival, held May 1-3, 2009, in the Greater Brandon / Riverview area of Hillsborough County, Fla. The festival, hosted by Brandon '86 Rotary and benefitting a number of area charities, opened with a Friday night Chillville and included a Saturday night awards ceremony held in conjunction with a Kentucky Derby celebration. For Best of Show, Manning recieved an award of $3,000. In all, the festival issued $7,000 in prize money and grossed more than $22,000.
Volunteers also included representatives from the charities that stood to benefit from the net proceeds collected from the festival: Brandon Life Care Center, Brandon Outreach Clinic, CAIR Flight, Cynthia Pinckney Ministries, ECHO, Everyday Blessings, I AM Cafe, Kids Charity of Tampa Bay, Manna on Wheels, New Horizons Group Home, YMCA, and Young Life.
The artist on his mixed-media work:\"I try to use as much salvage material [in my art] as I can,\" Manning said. \"The hunt for the material, actually, has a lot to do with the evolution of the work. You have to learn how to adapt to the material. It kind of teaches you. When that material is used up you move on [to another piece of material] and teach yourself a unique technique.\"
His art work, he said, \"allows me to explore new techniques and new mediums but still under a uniform body of work that has my style to it.\"")
!["I used to work in [window] display and someobody came and asked me to do something in a window on Fifth Avenue [in New York City]," said artist Jorge Gutarra, pictured with a piece of his work at the First Annual Winthrop Art Fest. "They wanted a prop for a window, a rooster. I'm an artist, so I do all kinds of things."](http://www.mypapernow.com/Other/Winthrop-Art-Festival-Coverage/i-fWTMpw2/0/Ti/DSC_1712-Ti.jpg "\"I used to work in [window] display and someobody came and asked me to do something in a window on Fifth Avenue [in New York City],\" said artist Jorge Gutarra, pictured with a piece of his work at the First Annual Winthrop Art Fest. \"They wanted a prop for a window, a rooster. I'm an artist, so I do all kinds of things.\"")
![For his Award of Excellence, artist David Kennedy earned $1,500 in prize money. The Winthrop Art Festival, he said, "is very well run and there's plenty of space to display your work. It's well organized and easy to park and get to where you want to be. It's a nice setting, nice to have nice buildings around you. And they [the volunteers] give the artists a warm welcome and show enthusiasm for the artists themselves. It's nice to come into all of that."
Kennedy noted, too, how the two judges seemed to talk to every artist, "so you felt like you got your point across and everyone was given a chance." At some art shows, he added, "you don't know the judges and you feel a bit cheated sometimes."](http://www.mypapernow.com/Other/Winthrop-Art-Festival-Coverage/i-8XWfhsm/0/Ti/DSC_1895-Ti.jpg "For his Award of Excellence, artist David Kennedy earned $1,500 in prize money. The Winthrop Art Festival, he said, \"is very well run and there's plenty of space to display your work. It's well organized and easy to park and get to where you want to be. It's a nice setting, nice to have nice buildings around you. And they [the volunteers] give the artists a warm welcome and show enthusiasm for the artists themselves. It's nice to come into all of that.\"
Kennedy noted, too, how the two judges seemed to talk to every artist, \"so you felt like you got your point across and everyone was given a chance.\" At some art shows, he added, \"you don't know the judges and you feel a bit cheated sometimes.\"")
Trent Manning was the Best of Show artist at the First Annual Winthrop Art Festival, held May 1-3, 2009, in the Greater Brandon / Riverview area of Hillsborough County, Fla. The festival, hosted by Brandon '86 Rotary and benefitting a number of area charities, opened with a Friday night Chillville and included a Saturday night awards ceremony held in conjunction with a Kentucky Derby celebration. For Best of Show, Manning recieved an award of $3,000. In all, the festival issued $7,000 in prize money and grossed more than $22,000.
Volunteers also included representatives from the charities that stood to benefit from the net proceeds collected from the festival: Brandon Life Care Center, Brandon Outreach Clinic, CAIR Flight, Cynthia Pinckney Ministries, ECHO, Everyday Blessings, I AM Cafe, Kids Charity of Tampa Bay, Manna on Wheels, New Horizons Group Home, YMCA, and Young Life.
The artist on his mixed-media work:
"I try to use as much salvage material [in my art] as I can," Manning said. "The hunt for the material, actually, has a lot to do with the evolution of the work. You have to learn how to adapt to the material. It kind of teaches you. When that material is used up you move on [to another piece of material] and teach yourself a unique technique."
His art work, he said, "allows me to explore new techniques and new mediums but still under a uniform body of work that has my style to it."
Volunteers also included representatives from the charities that stood to benefit from the net proceeds collected from the festival: Brandon Life Care Center, Brandon Outreach Clinic, CAIR Flight, Cynthia Pinckney Ministries, ECHO, Everyday Blessings, I AM Cafe, Kids Charity of Tampa Bay, Manna on Wheels, New Horizons Group Home, YMCA, and Young Life.
The artist on his mixed-media work:
"I try to use as much salvage material [in my art] as I can," Manning said. "The hunt for the material, actually, has a lot to do with the evolution of the work. You have to learn how to adapt to the material. It kind of teaches you. When that material is used up you move on [to another piece of material] and teach yourself a unique technique."
His art work, he said, "allows me to explore new techniques and new mediums but still under a uniform body of work that has my style to it."
Chillville and included a Saturday night awards ceremony held in conjunction with a Kentucky Derby celebration. For Best of Show, Manning recieved an award of $3,000. In all, the festival issued $7,000 in prize money and grossed more than $22,000.
Volunteers also included representatives from the charities that stood to benefit from the net proceeds collected from the festival: Brandon Life Care Center, Brandon Outreach Clinic, CAIR Flight, Cynthia Pinckney Ministries, ECHO, Everyday Blessings, I AM Cafe, Kids Charity of Tampa Bay, Manna on Wheels, New Horizons Group Home, YMCA, and Young Life.
The artist on his mixed-media work:
"I try to use as much salvage material [in my art] as I can," Manning said. "The hunt for the material, actually, has a lot to do with the evolution of the work. You have to learn how to adapt to the material. It kind of teaches you. When that material is used up you move on [to another piece of material] and teach yourself a unique technique." His art work, he said, "allows me to explore new techniques and new mediums but still under a uniform body of work that has my style to it."" href="javascript:openLB(527409640,'',XLarge,'',1024,714);">![Trent Manning was the Best of Show artist at the First Annual Winthrop Art Festival, held May 1-3, 2009, in the Greater Brandon / Riverview area of Hillsborough County, Fla. The festival, hosted by Brandon '86 Rotary and benefitting a number of area charities, opened with a Friday night Chillville and included a Saturday night awards ceremony held in conjunction with a Kentucky Derby celebration. For Best of Show, Manning recieved an award of $3,000. In all, the festival issued $7,000 in prize money and grossed more than $22,000.
Volunteers also included representatives from the charities that stood to benefit from the net proceeds collected from the festival: Brandon Life Care Center, Brandon Outreach Clinic, CAIR Flight, Cynthia Pinckney Ministries, ECHO, Everyday Blessings, I AM Cafe, Kids Charity of Tampa Bay, Manna on Wheels, New Horizons Group Home, YMCA, and Young Life.
The artist on his mixed-media work:"I try to use as much salvage material [in my art] as I can," Manning said. "The hunt for the material, actually, has a lot to do with the evolution of the work. You have to learn how to adapt to the material. It kind of teaches you. When that material is used up you move on [to another piece of material] and teach yourself a unique technique."
His art work, he said, "allows me to explore new techniques and new mediums but still under a uniform body of work that has my style to it."](http://www.mypapernow.com/Other/Winthrop-Art-Festival-Coverage/i-szm9nbM/0/L/DSC_0010-L.jpg "Trent Manning was the Best of Show artist at the First Annual Winthrop Art Festival, held May 1-3, 2009, in the Greater Brandon / Riverview area of Hillsborough County, Fla. The festival, hosted by Brandon '86 Rotary and benefitting a number of area charities, opened with a Friday night Chillville and included a Saturday night awards ceremony held in conjunction with a Kentucky Derby celebration. For Best of Show, Manning recieved an award of $3,000. In all, the festival issued $7,000 in prize money and grossed more than $22,000.
Volunteers also included representatives from the charities that stood to benefit from the net proceeds collected from the festival: Brandon Life Care Center, Brandon Outreach Clinic, CAIR Flight, Cynthia Pinckney Ministries, ECHO, Everyday Blessings, I AM Cafe, Kids Charity of Tampa Bay, Manna on Wheels, New Horizons Group Home, YMCA, and Young Life.
The artist on his mixed-media work:\"I try to use as much salvage material [in my art] as I can,\" Manning said. \"The hunt for the material, actually, has a lot to do with the evolution of the work. You have to learn how to adapt to the material. It kind of teaches you. When that material is used up you move on [to another piece of material] and teach yourself a unique technique.\"
His art work, he said, \"allows me to explore new techniques and new mediums but still under a uniform body of work that has my style to it.\"")
"I try to use as much salvage material [in my art] as I can," Manning said. "The hunt for the material, actually, has a lot to do with the evolution of the work. You have to learn how to adapt to the material. It kind of teaches you. When that material is used up you move on [to another piece of material] and teach yourself a unique technique." His art work, he said, "allows me to explore new techniques and new mediums but still under a uniform body of work that has my style to it."" href="javascript:openLB(527409640,'',XLarge,'',1024,714);">
Trent Manning was the Best of Show artist at the First Annual Winthrop Art Festival, held May 1-3, 2009, in the Greater Brandon / Riverview area of Hillsborough County, Fla. The festival, hosted by Brandon '86 Rotary and benefitting a number of area charities, opened with a Friday night Chillville and included a Saturday night awards ceremony held in conjunction with a Kentucky Derby celebration. For Best of Show, Manning recieved an award of $3,000. In all, the festival issued $7,000 in prize money and grossed more than $22,000.
Volunteers also included representatives from the charities that stood to benefit from the net proceeds collected from the festival: Brandon Life Care Center, Brandon Outreach Clinic, CAIR Flight, Cynthia Pinckney Ministries, ECHO, Everyday Blessings, I AM Cafe, Kids Charity of Tampa Bay, Manna on Wheels, New Horizons Group Home, YMCA, and Young Life.
The artist on his mixed-media work:
"I try to use as much salvage material [in my art] as I can," Manning said. "The hunt for the material, actually, has a lot to do with the evolution of the work. You have to learn how to adapt to the material. It kind of teaches you. When that material is used up you move on [to another piece of material] and teach yourself a unique technique."
His art work, he said, "allows me to explore new techniques and new mediums but still under a uniform body of work that has my style to it."
Volunteers also included representatives from the charities that stood to benefit from the net proceeds collected from the festival: Brandon Life Care Center, Brandon Outreach Clinic, CAIR Flight, Cynthia Pinckney Ministries, ECHO, Everyday Blessings, I AM Cafe, Kids Charity of Tampa Bay, Manna on Wheels, New Horizons Group Home, YMCA, and Young Life.
The artist on his mixed-media work:
"I try to use as much salvage material [in my art] as I can," Manning said. "The hunt for the material, actually, has a lot to do with the evolution of the work. You have to learn how to adapt to the material. It kind of teaches you. When that material is used up you move on [to another piece of material] and teach yourself a unique technique."
His art work, he said, "allows me to explore new techniques and new mediums but still under a uniform body of work that has my style to it."
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