Local Rembrandts and Picassos descend upon Blackburn Park

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Annual Paint the Park event draws approximately 150-200 people

Brookhaven, GA, Sept. 19, 2019 -- Creativity and imagination swirled through the Pavillion at Blackburn Park, 3493 Ashford Dunwoody Road, on Sunday, Sept. 15 as 150-200 artists of all ages and skill levels gathered to “paint” the park. The Brookhaven Paint the Park event grows larger every year and competition this year for art supply prizes was brisk.

Championed by District 1 Councilwoman Linley Jones, the annual event was created to provide not only a fun activity for Brookhaven residents, but to illustrate the importance of civic art. The prize winners’ art will be on display for a short time at City Hall and then used to create a 2020 wall calendar.

“We were extremely pleased and excited by this year’s turnout,” noted Jones. “With new emphasis on growing the art scene in Brookhaven through creation of our Arts Advisory Council, the Paint the Park event is not only a celebration of local talent, but an extension of the City’s dedication to creating an ongoing progressive art landscape. The creativity and talent, of all ages, that we have here is incredible.” 

The City of Brookhaven provides the paint, paper and canvases for free to the artists and the paintings are judged, with art supplies awarded to the winning artists. Judges for this year included Elizabeth Peterson, chair of the Brookhaven Arts Advisory Council and Director of the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, local artist Ida Beth Barner, and Montgomery Elementary art teacher Erin Warner.

Winners were:   Ages 0-7 Years -- 1st: Alexis Grubman, age 7, 2nd: Lily Litner, age 4, and 3rd: Abigail Carden, age 7. For Ages 8-13 -- 1st: Aksha Thogati, age 9, 2nd: Lauren Reismon, age 8, and 3rd: Olivia F, age 8. In the Age 14+ category, 1st: Sarah Kennedy,  2nd: Rachel Gollatti, and 3rd: Natali Reisman.

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