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		<title>CPSA &quot;Explore This! 8&quot; Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ester Roi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm thrilled to announce that my artwork River Odyssey received the The CPSA District Chapters Award for Outstanding Recognition in "Explore This! 8", the Colored Pencil Society of America's online exhibition. Please visit the exhibition to view all the outstanding art selected by juror Jane Allen Nodine to be on display for a full year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good News and Slide Show</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ester Roi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm thrilled to announce that my artwork Symbiosis won First Place in the San Clemente Art Gallery Winter Judged Show, Mixed Media category. I'm also very happy that River Odyssey was juried into "Explore This! 8", the Colored Pencil Society of America’s online exhibition. This annual exhibition, which opens on February 1st and runs until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;Icarus Drawing Board&quot; Receives Award</title>
		<link>http://esterroi.com/blog/2011/12/icarus-drawing-board-receives-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ester Roi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm thrilled and honored that my Icarus Drawing Board is the recipient of The MAKING A MARK Art Innovation of the Year Award! "MAKING A MARK" is artist Katherine Tyrrell's world renown blog where she "... writes about art for artists and art lovers". The Art Innovation of the Year Award was established by Katherine to "highlight those artist bloggers who experiment and/or create and/or share innovations which help the practice of other artists". This is an amazing and unexpected recognition that I proudly share with joint winner artist Karin Jurick for her Paint On Tabletop Easel.]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;Art Innovation of the Year Award&quot; Nomination</title>
		<link>http://esterroi.com/blog/2011/12/art-innovation-of-the-year-award-nomination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ester Roi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm very honored to be mentioned as an example of artist bloggers who, as Katherine Tyrrell says, "experiment and/or create and/or share innovations which help the practice of other artists". I'd love it if you would nominate me for the MAKING A MARK "Art Innovation of the Year Award".]]></description>
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		<title>CPSA Convention &amp; Exhibition in Dallas, TX</title>
		<link>http://esterroi.com/blog/2011/07/cpsa-convention-and-exhibition-in-dallas-tx/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ester Roi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best way to describe my experience at the 19th Annual CPSA Convention and Exhibition in Dallas, Texas, is by sharing some of the special moments that I was able to capture with my camera. Enjoy! This year the exhibition was held at the beautiful Charles W. Eisemann Center in Richardson, Texas. It will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;Pencil Paintings&quot; Exhibition</title>
		<link>http://esterroi.com/blog/2011/04/pencil-paintings-exhibition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 02:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ester Roi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2011 Pencil Painting Exhibition, presented by the Los Angeles Colored Pencil Society Chapter 214, is in full swing at the Cypress Community Gallery, 5700 Orange Avenue, Cypress, California. This is an outstanding exhibition of colored pencil paintings and drawings that represent the diversity of techniques that can be obtained by using colored pencils as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Second Place for &quot;The Lightness of Being&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ester Roi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["The Lightness of Being" received second place in the San Clemente Art Gallery Winter Judged Show, Other Media Category. Open daily Monday-Friday, 12:00-4:00, and Saturday-Sunday, 10:00-4:00, the gallery is located in charming downtown San Clemente at 100 North Calle Seville. If you are in the area please make time to visit. This art exhibit will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silent Auction and Awards Banquet</title>
		<link>http://esterroi.com/blog/2010/08/silent-auction-and-awards-banquet/</link>
		<comments>http://esterroi.com/blog/2010/08/silent-auction-and-awards-banquet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ester Roi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Colored Pencil Society Silent Auction is a very popular convention event. This year it began on Wednesday, July 28,  in the hospitality suite and ended on Thursday evening during the membership meeting. The piece that I donated, True Colors, came in as the third contender for the highest bids in the auction. Elizabeth Patterson [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPSA Convention a Smashing Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ester Roi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 CPSA Convention was an unforgettable experience. Here are the highlights: My workshop "Wax and Heat, A Match Made in Heaven" went very well The 67 workshop attendees were an incredible group - attentive, responsive, enthusiastic, and now my friends All the Icarus Drawing Boards sold out and more The exhibition at The Art [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Blue Ribbon for &quot;Above and Below&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ester Roi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Above and Below" took another First Place at the 2010 Pencil Painting Exhibition presented by the Los Angeles District Chapter of the Colored Pencil Society of America. The Cypress Community Gallery, located at 5700 Orange Avenue in Cypress, is hosting the show until April 16 (Mon-Fri, 9-5). I was told the as soon as the [...]]]></description>
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