ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Sunday, June 2, 1996                   TAG: 9606030096
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: B-1  EDITION: METRO 


SIDEWALK ARTISTRY


LENGTH: Short :   26 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  ERIC BRADY/Staff. 1. More than 200 artists are 

participating in Roanoke's 38th annual Sidewalk Art Show, sponsored

by the Docent Guild of the Art Museum of Western Virginia. The show,

which is being held this year for the first time on Salem Avenue

near Market Square, continues today from noon to 5 p.m. A woman

(left photo) can only window-shop Saturday after this store's owner

left a ``Closed due to art show'' sign on the door. 2. The art

show's award winners were announced Saturday. Best in show, $1,500:

Antoinette Hale of Roanoke; Look, My Father is Standing; oil on

canvas. Second place, $1,000: Marcia McDade of Roanoke; Untitled;

oil pastel. Third place, $600: Eric Fitzpatrick of Roanoke; Times

Square; acrylic. Fourth place, $500: Susan Bidwell of Huddleston;

Paper Play XI; photography. The show also awarded 24 merit and

memorial awards. color.

by CNB