2011 Cammie Awards

The Cammie Awards honor exceptional art during Contemporary Art Month. The Cammies are determined by popular vote. Artists and curators working in all mediums are qualified. The only requirement is that they present an artwork, exhibition, or performance during Contemporary Art Month, prior to the Award Ceremony on March 25th, and be listed on the 2011 CAM calendar.

The winners for 2011 are:

Best of CAM: "New Image Sculpture" at the McNay Museum of Art
a popular vote for the most exceptional artwork

Alchemic Reactions Award for Collaborating Artists: Lázaro Valiente and countless passersby
the most successful collaboration between artists who haven't worked together before

The R. Mutt Award for Novel Mediums: Brian Jobe, "Blank Tides," Blue Star Contemporary Art Center
for turning something that isn't art into art

Art is Life and Life is Art Award: The Unexpected Venue: The Unexpected Venue: SMART Art, "Invading Spaces II: X Marks the Spot"
for making art happen where it usually doesn't

The Big Boal Award for Participatory Art: Randall Wallace, "Times and Other Serial Studies," Luminaria
for presenting artwork that most successfully involves its audience

The Through the Looking Glass Award for Bending Perceptions: "Video Jam Greatest Hits," organized by Utah Snyder and Michael Stoltz
for presenting artwork that best challenges our notions of space and/or time

I Am Not Spock Award for Doing the Unexpected: Cathy Cunningham-Little, "Breathing Light," Blue Star Contemporary Art Center
for an artist or artists who are pushing their own boundaries, creating new work in a medium or format for which they are not known