Virginia Caputo: Resumé

Selected Awards & Exhibits
2008
- The Michael Engle Award, Lancaster County Art Association's most prestigious award. Presented May 1, 2008 in Recognition of Exceptional Distinguished Service to the Lancaster County Art Association.
2007
- First Place in Photography as Fine Art II, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA, Juror: Tom Beck, May 17 to September 9.
- Women's Expressions 2007 Exhibit, invitational exhibit of the work of women artists, Lancaster Women & Babies Hospital, Lancaster, PA, April 1–21.
- The Selective Eye: exhibit of the work of 11 Lancaster County photographers at the Rothman Gallery, Phillips Museum of Art, F&M College, Lancaster, PA, March 8–April 15.
2006
- Women Artists Invitational Exhibit, York Art Association, November 5–26.Night Gallery II Exhibit: “Creepy Creatures” Award, Lancaster County Art Association, October 28
- First Place in the Photography Category, Lancaster County Art Association's Annual Juried Exhibit, Juror: Richard Rosenfeld, June 11-July 22.
- Honorable Mention, York Art Association Spring Membership ShowFirst Place, The Garden Show, a membership show at the Lancaster County Art Association, Feb. 19-March 25.
2005
- Photography Exhibition, 5 Photographers, Art Association of Harrisburg, Oct. 22-Nov. 23
- Alternative Visions, Alternative Processes, Chesapeake Gallery, Harford Community College, Bel Air, Maryland, June 1 to September 9.
- Women’s Expressions Art Exhibit, Women & Babies Hospital, Lancaster, PA, March 28-April 15.
- The Shapes of Nature & Nurture, Two Person Exhibit, Pearl Conard Gallery, Ohio State University, January 6-30.
2004
- First Place, Lancaster County Art Association Members Show, Oct. 3-Nov. 6
- First Place Photography, York Art Association Juried Show, Oct. 3-Nov. 6
- Fruits of My Flatbed Garden. Lancaster County Art Association, March 28-April 24, Strasburg, PA
- 12th Annual Phillips Mill Photographic Exhibit, May 16-June 6, 2004
- Photography 23, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ. Jan. 31-Feb. 29. Juror: Ruth Thorne-Thomson.
2003
- Philadelphia Sketch Club Photography 2003, Oct. 26-Nov. 15.
- First and Third Place Photography Juried All Media Show York Art Assocation, Oct.-Nov.
- Best in Show, Fancy Footwork, Art Association of Harrisburg Membership Show Sept. - Oct.
- 13th Annual New Images Exhibition: A Juried Photo Competition for the Mid-Atlantic States. James Madison University New Image Gallery. Sept. 5-Oct. 21. Juror: Peter Plagens.
- First Place in Photography, Lancaster County Art Association Juried Exhibit, Strasburg, Pa. June 15-July 19.
- Honorable Mention, Art of the State Exhibition, The State Museum. Harrisburg, June 14-Sept. 14.
- Women’s Expressions Art Exhibit, Women & Babies Hospital, Lancaster, Pa, May 9-30.
- The Manipulated Image, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts. May 2-June 29.
- Photospiva 2003, April 11-May 18. George A. Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO. Juror: Robert Parke Harrison.
- San Diego Art Institute 2003 46th Annual International Exhibition, May 3-June 15.
- Toys & Games in Art 2003-2004 Exhibit, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska, June 2003-May 2004.
- Third Place, Bethesda International Photography Competition, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD, March 14 – April 9,. Juror: Philip Brookman, Senior Curator for Photography and the Media Arts at the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C..
- First Place in Photography/Prints Division, Midland Arts Association and Museum of the Southwest Spring Juried Art Exhibition, Midland, Texas, March 6 – 30.
- Mute, National All-Media Juried Show, Cade Art Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD, March 5 – April 4. Juror: Richard Torchia.
- Best Out of State Artist, Arts in Harmony ‘03, Elk River Area Arts Alliance, Elk River, MN, Feb. 3–March 28.
- Honorable Mention, Woodmere Art Museum 63rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Phila., Pa, Jan. 25 – March 30.
- First Place, Cool Colors Exhibit, Lancaster County Art Assoc, Members’ Show, Strasburg, Pa. Jan. 12-Feb. 8,.
- Just Color, ArtForms Gallery, Manayunk, Pa. Jan. 30-Feb. 23.
2002
- Peninsula Fine Arts Center Photography First Place Award, Biennial 2002, September 14- November 3, 2002, Newport News, Va. Juror: Philip Pearlstein.
- Third Place, Camera Club of New York’s 2002 National Photographic Competition, October 19-November 23. Juror: W. M. Hunt, Director of Photography at the Ricco-Maresca Gallery, NYC.
- Third Place, Members Show, Lancaster County Art Association, Strasburg, Pa, September.
- First Place, PhotoSpiva 2002 National Fine Art Competition, George A. Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO, May 4-June 9.
- Photowork ‘02, 15th Annual National Juried Photography Exhibition of the Barrett Art Center Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY. Juror: Barbara Head Millstein, Curator of Photography at The Brooklyn Museum of Art, NYC.
- First Place: A Closer Look: Photography & Photorealism. Art Center School and Galleries, Mechanicsburg, PA, February.
1994-99
- Third Place Elizabethtown College Spring Arts Festival 1995. Juror: Ken Johnson, Contributing Editor to Art in America.
- Second Place Lancaster Summer Arts Festival, Photographic Visions 1999.
- Art of the State, State Museum, Harrisburg, Pa. 1995
- Honorable Mention, Art of the State, State Museum, Harrisburg, Pa , 1994
Publications
- Susquehanna Association for the Blind 2005 Calendar
- Lancaster County Magazine, March 2003, Feature Article about Virginia Caputo and the Mud Sale photographs: Muddied Memories.
- Susquehanna Style, April 2002. Parting Shot: Scenes from the Mud Sales of Lancaster County.
- Maine Antique Digest. Feature Article text & photography: Robert Kautzman, Vac Hunter, March 2001.
- Maine Antique Digest, Feature Article text & photography: A Conversation with Frank Whitson, August 1992.
Collections
- Lancaster General Women & Babies' Hospital, Lancaster, PA