Rotary Club of Oak Ridge - Street Painting Festival





2006 Winners "Aslan," a chalk painting by Lesley Gaal that was sponsored by Charles W. Samuels, received the People’s Choice Award and placed second in the Professional Adult Individual category at the seventh annual Oak Ridge Street Painting Festival. Held at the Oak Ridge Branch Campus of Roane State Community College, the festival raised more than $24,000 for scholarships for Roane State students. Major sponsors of the festival were Materials and Chemistry Laboratory, Inc., Comcast Cable Communications, Akins Crisp Public Strategies, BWXT-Y12 Bechtel Enterprise, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Tetra Tech, Inc. and The Oak Ridger. Some 200 artists painted 140 sidewalk squares the Street Painting Festival, organized and hosted by the Rotary Club of Oak Ridge. Except for cold temperatures early Saturday morning, the sunny weather was favorable for both artists and attendees. The winners will receive their certificates and $50 cash awards (for first-place and People’s Choice award winners) during the Thursday lunch meeting of the Rotary Club of Oak Ridge at Elks Lodge. The winners and their sponsors are listed below: Elementary Individual 1st Place: #72, Chen Chen, "Good Morning," K-25 Federal Credit Union 2nd Place: #16.5, Samuel Barrett, "Shapes and Colors," Materials and Chemistry Laboratory, Inc. 3rd Place: #83, Megan Pitz, "The Secret Rain Forest," Materials and Chemistry Laboratory, Inc.. Elementary Team 1st Place: #84, Mandy Pitz, Grace Chrisman, Carleigh White and Rachel Canon, "Birthday Cake," Larry and Sherry Stewart 2nd Place: #98, Jorgen and Aaron Wu, untitled, Wal-Mart #1194 3rd Place: #131, Chuanbo and Grace Pan, "Apple Tree," Oak Ridge Associated Universities Middle School Individual 1st Place: #82, Dustin Coin, "Magic of Art," Methodist Medical Center 2nd Place: #127, Claire Milner, "Piratica," Materials and Chemistry Laboratory, Inc. 3rd Place: #99, Katie Dong, "JMS Eagle," Eye Center of Oak Ridge Honorable Mention: #114, Love Presley, "Life of Camouflage," Information International Associates, Inc. Middle School Team 1st Place: #16, St. Mary’s School (Karen Maston, Teacher), "Tennessee Countryside," Dr. William Lenihan 2nd Place: #94, Maddie Bishop and Kalyn Smith, "The Other Side of the Rainbow," BBB Communications 3rd Place: #114, Alana and Alexis Burnham, "Two Dogs," Tetra Tech, Inc. High School Individual 1st Place: #58, Whitney Stinnett, "Captured," Materials and Chemistry Laboratory, Inc. 2nd Place: #18 Jennifer Porter, "Una Rosa Azul," Tom Hill and Joan O’Steen 3rd Place: #5, Samantha Johnson, "Leaves," Y-12 Federal Credit Union High School Team 1st Place: #35, Clare Freeman and Kamry Clark, "Along Came a Dog," Adams Craft Herz and Walker Beginner Adult Individual 1st Place: #50, Kelley Willits, "Paradise," Friends of Zach Wamp 2nd Place: #51, Buck Cochran, "The Anti-Christ," Linda Brown 3rd Place: #2, Lida Whitacker-Sheppard, "Where is the Cure?" Tom and Pat Row Beginner Adult Team 1st Place: #108, Kristen Campbell and Ida Sansom, "Wish You Were Here," Russ Schubert Beginner Adult/Child Team 1st Place: #101, Fellow-Heirs (April Hartman Team), "World of Narnia," Jim McDaniel 2nd Place: #79, LaForge Family, "Count Frogula," Materials and Chemistry Laboratory, Inc. 3rd Place: #111, Liam and Stella Schramm, "The Truth About Things," Materials and Chemistry Laboratory, Inc. Amateur Adult Individual 1st Place: #49, Brandon Daniel, "Don’t Blend In," ORNL Federal Credit Union 2nd Place: #29, J. Dale Rector, "Me and Ari," Y-12 Federal Credit Union 3rd Place: # 86, Kathy Carney, "Mother and Daughter," Henry T. Perry Amateur Adult Team 2nd Place: #48, Andrea Seacrist Team, untitled, Larry W. Stewart Amateur Adult/Child Team 1st Place: #25, Barbara and Skye Rector, "Yum," Oak Ridge Associated Universities 2nd Place: #32, Betsy and Celia Abernathy, "Bilbo Comes to the Huts of the Raft-Elves" by J.R. Tolkien, The Oak Ridger 3rd Place: #85, Kathy and Ashley Carney-Layendecker, "Pleasant Hill Farm," William J. Roberts, MD, PHD Professional Adult Individual 1st Place: #121, Tyler Ervin, "Who Doesn’t Love Dave Grohl?," Akins Crisp Public Strategies 2nd Place: #22, Lesley Gaal, "Aslan," Charles W. Samuels 3rd Place: #21, Michael Plaster, "River Scene," BWXT-Y12 Honorable Mention: #24, Ramsey Lillard, "What Ya Laughing At?," American Reprographics Professional Adult Team 1st Place: #20, Elaine Culbert and Jeanie Gregory, "Sisters," Virginia Jones People’s Choice Award #22, Lesley Gaal, "Aslan," sponsored by Charles W. Samuels

2006 Winners

The winners and their sponsors are listed below: