This weekend, November 6-8, the Florida art fair season officially kicks off with Pensacola's Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival. It showcases over 230 artists and hands out $25,000 in prizes. Here are the winners:
More than 230 artists from across the nation were selected to participate in the festival and compete for $25,000 in awards. Artwork ranging from clay sculptures to wood carvings to paintings will be on display in the park through Sunday.
Winners:
Judges’ Awards, $400
1. Scott Hartley, watercolor
2. Jennifer Ivory, sculpture
3. Chuck Solberg, ceramics
4. David Vrooman, jewelry
5. Don Nibert, ceramics
Awards of Merit, $600
1. Charles Gatewood, oil/acrylic
2. James McClure, wood
3. Lynn Langhoff, fiber
4. Vasileios Tsentas, ceramics
5. Bruce Peeso, oil/acrylic
Awards of Honor, $800
1. Jayne DeMarcay, jewelry
2. Farhana Hussain, watercolor
3. Joe Hobbs, mixed media
4. Tony Cray, glass
5. Vincent Serbin, photography
Awards of Excellence, $1,200
1. Matthew Hatala, wood
2. Mark Rosenbaum, glass
3. Nnamdi Okonkwo, sculpture
4. Lynn Ferris, watercolor
5. Tim Peters, ceramics
Awards of Distinction, $1,400
1. Robert Bruce Vail, ceramics
2. Paul Shatz, photography
3. Tom and Cathryn Nowicki, jewelry
4. Greg Strachov, watercolor
5. Marina Terauds, printmaking/graphics
Best of Show, $3,000
1. Jean Yao, fiber
Read more about the festival: Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival: 10 things to see. Pretty cool things, but I think I could skip the kettle corn.
Here's a follow up entry from the Pensacola Journal with a few more details about the show: 100,000 visit arts festival
It sounds like there are some bad storms heading into Pensacola. Thank goodness they waited until after the festival!
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It sounds like there are some bad storms heading into Pensacola. Thank goodness they waited until after the festival!