Source: Jewish Exponent | 03/28/19
Cecily Sherman, center, back row, with her family including her late husband Philip, next to her, back row.
Two Jewish women involved in Philadelphia’s art scene will be recognized at the debut of the Philadelphia Fine Art Fair on April 4.
Art collectors Mari and Peter Shaw will present the 2019 Art Collector of the Year Award to Cecily Sherman, while Fair Director Rick Friedman will present the 2019 Philadelphia Outstanding Artist Award to the late sculptor Dina Wind.
Wind died at 76 in 2014. An accomplished sculptor in the medium of scrap metal, she exhibited her award-winning work widely over the years, including the Nexus Gallery and the Woodmere Art Museum, where her work is in its permanent collection.
Sherman, 84, is a former English teacher who has collected art for more than 60 years.
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