The five winners celebrate at the 2007 National Society of Arts and Letters Conference in Tempe, Arizona. From left, Ruth Albright, NSAL national president; Jerre Lynn Vanier, art category chair; Robert T. McCall, judge and NSAL Gold Medal Award winner for a lifetime of achievement; Will Anderson, third place, Kansas City Chapter; Tawni Shuler, fourth place, Greater Arizona Chapter; Jennifer Davis, first place, Washington, D.C. Chapter; Mark Bush, second place, Ohio River Valley Chapter; Alfred Perez, fifth place, El Paso Chapter; Steve Cole, art career awards chair; W. Stephen Doherty, judge, and Mel Yoakum, Ph.D., judge.



National NSAL President Ruth Albright presents the first-place award of $10,000 to Jennifer Davis, who represents the Washington, D.C. Chapter.



Jennifer Davis poses with her first-place-winning artwork, Portrait of Tess.




Mark Bush accepts the second-place award, the $8,000 Estelle Campbell Memorial Award, from Bette Evans, president of the Pittsburgh Chapter. Mark represents the Ohio River Valley Chapter.


Mark Bush with his second-place-winning artwork.


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