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Hines' art hits the (Maker's) Mark
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By WENDY MITCHELL, Staff Writer
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A finalist in the Maker's Mark "Marks of Great Art" contest has several local ties.
Olivia Hines was born in Ludlow, but raised on a farm straddling the border of Robertson and Mason counties.
"We have a Mount Olivet address, which brings the mail to our door. The house is in Mason County and I graduated from Mason County High School in 2004," Hines said on Monday.
In March, Hines submitted an application to participate in the contest which was limited to residents of Kentucky.
Of the 120 applications, 51 artists were chosen for tours of the distillery property as inspiration for their artworks, officials said.
"We visited different areas of the property and got to talk with people there about the values of Makers Mark and the quality of its products," Hines said.
Following the tour, 115 artworks were submitted by the 51 artists, officials said.
An exhibition opening was held at the Maker's Mark Distillery on Sept. 5.
Hines work "Goddess of Grains" and that of the other Kentucky artists is now on display through Sept. 21, at the distillery gallery and on the Internet.
Visitors to the distillery can view the entire 115 piece collection and vote on three favorites. Voting is also being held on-line at http://www.themarkofgreatart.com; each voter can choose three different artworks to vote on.
"It is not like some joked about voting where it is 'vote early and vote often'. The voting process is very fair with votes being registered and limited based on the computer IP address, so somebody doesn't sit for hours voting on the same art work over and over," said Honi Marleen Goldman, Maker's Mark spokesperson.
The top three vote getters will be given monetary awards, Goldman said.
Possibly winning is nice, but art is in her blood, Hines said. She has been interested in art all her life.
"I guess I knew at a very early age I wanted art to be a big part of what I do. The piece for Maker's Mark was a painting, but I do all types of art including photography and graphic arts," she said.
In seventh grade, Hines was already taking advanced drawing classes at Thomas Moore College. By the time she was out of high school she was already an alum of the Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts and partially funded her education at Xavier College through the Xavier Mother McCauley art scholarship, she said.
She also received scholarship awards in 2007 and 2008, and graduated Xavier in May.
She is presently freelance working through Me O My design firm and is an assistant to a real estate agent.
"I decorate and stage the houses she has for sale," Hines said.
All of the artworks in the 2008 Makers Mark collection will eventually be part of eight mini exhibitions across the world, including in Louisville, Lexington, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco and New York City in the United States, and London, England and Madrid, Spain.
For a first year endeavor, the idea has been well received, officials said.
"We are very excited about the works on display. In the future we are looking into an ongoing relationship with the art community," said Bridget Gasper, Maker's Mark spokesperson.
The selection judges were Jay Jordan, founder and curator of the New Center for Contemporary Art, Penny Peavler, director of Brand Development for Weber Group, Inc and formerly with the Speed Art Museum, and John Begley, gallery director, Hite Art Institute and adjunct associate professor (Curatorial Studies) at the University of Louisville, Gasper said.
Hines is the daughter of Tom Hines and Jennifer Gleason who own and operate Sunflower Sundries at their organic farm, Hines said.
Contact Wendy Mitchell at wendy.mitchell@lee.net or call 606-564-9091, ext. 276. |
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