Backstreet Gallery in Florence, Oregon, presented a new shoe exhibit last weekend, “Shoe In, Boot It Up, and Roll On,” featuring embellished shoes, paintings and other works related to footwear. The show is a result of the gallery’s Summer Community Challenge, which invited artists to paint, construct, photograph or decorate anything to do with footwear.
![black and white sketch of boot shoe and dog by Karen D. Nichols at shoe art exhibit in florence oregon](https://footwearnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/backstreet-gallery-art.jpg)
Sadie Ward served as the juror for the competition and selected winners in two categories: 2-D and 3-D. The first-place winners were Kathleen King in 2-D and Mariann Mawcinitt in 3-D. As a result, both artists will roll out a show of their own work at the gallery in November.
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The full list of award recipients follows:
For 2-D
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1st place — Kathleen King for Shoe #3
2nd place — Pattie Brooks Anderson for “Dance Class”
3rd place — Betty Romero for “Cowboy Boots”
For 3-D
1st place — Mariann Mawcinitt for “Saturday Night/Sunday Noon”
2nd place — Micki Shampang-Voorhies for “Kinky Shoe Steel Heel #2”
3rd place — Abby Diane Watkins for “Toms”
![On the left, clay shoe art by Zoe Leech, on the right Embellished shoe art by Jane Rincon at art exhibit in florence oregon for competition](https://footwearnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/backstreet-gallery-shoe-art.jpg)
“Shoe In, Boot It Up, and Roll On,” will be on display at Backstreet Gallery, 1421 Bay St., Florence, Oregon, until July 1. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
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