SAA announces 2021 Annual Juried Show award winners
COURTESY OF THE SCITUATE ARTS ASSOCIATION
The Scituate Arts Association announced 21 award winners at the SAA’s Annual Juried Show.
This year’s awards are being shared on the SAA and Gallery websites at https://scituateartsassociation.com and https://frontstreetartgallery.com, respectively, as large gatherings are still not an option due to COVID-19.
On April 7, awards totaling over $1,000 were selected. The prizes were made possible by the event’s three business supporters: Janet Cornacchio and Jack Conway, of Scituate, and Coastal Heritage Bank and Frame Center, of Hanover.
The accepted works and award winners were chosen by jurors Michelle Clarke, a Hanover artist and Best in Show winner at the SAA s 2019 Juried Show; Nan Daly, whose memories of growing up along the Hudson and in the Catskills of New York provide much of the imagery of her abstract paintings; and Margaret McWethy, who is an impressionist painter with
With pandemic restrictions continuing through February, Duhallow GAA clubs are again mobilising teams or supporting task forces that are reaching out to the elderly and needy in their communities during these unprecedented times.
Duhallow Junior Board Secretary Tony McAulliffe applauded the efforts of clubs on responding positively on coming up with ideas and offers to help their communities. There is no action on the fields yet clubs provide safe support to those in self-isolation and other vulnerable members of our communities and maintain that vital contact we all need in difficult times. For everybody it s so important to stop, look and listen to all of the advice of the authorities on how we can beat this virus , he said.
Last-minute shopping on Christmas Eve
Published: December 24, 2020 7:45 AM EST
Updated: December 24, 2020 7:47 AM EST
OK, procrastinators: If you’re planning on squeezing in some last-minute shopping today, the malls will certainly be busy, but not as much as in past years.
Many stores close early on Christmas Eve, so make sure you double-check the hours before you head out. Some last-minute shoppers who offered their own advice agreed: the earlier, the better.
“Hurry up and get in here, because the aisles are looking pretty empty in there,” said Randy Olscamp of Fort Myers.
Olscamp says most of the presents he ordered online are facing shipping delays and won’t make it on time, so he went to Target to buy some last-minute gifts. But he went Wednesday, to avoid the long lines he expects Christmas Eve.