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Bonita Springs Award Winners I

Posted by S. Travis Lindenbaum on March 12, 2012 at 10:33am

Viviana Santamarina - Best of Show

Julie Carlson

Dawn Wain

Mark and Lee-Etta Van de Bogart

Brain Sykes

Nicario Jimenez

Bill Secunda

Jon Slade

Marcus Thomas

Vonnie Whitworth

Sam Maddox

Deborah Armstrong

Brian Becher

Patricia Kessler

Stephen Koury

Ning Lee, Best of 2D

Prizewinners at the Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival

Posted by Connie Mettler on November 11, 2011 at 10:30am

One of the pleasures of participating in the Florida shows is that many of the shows have some very nice prize money. Congratulations to the following, including friends of mine from the upper Midwest Scott Hartley, Jack & Marian Forney and Allan Teger.

Of more than 225 artists selected for the juried art show, Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival judges selected the following 26 artists for $25,000 in award money:

Best of Show ($3,000):

Sid Kamerman, Sculpture, Pensacola

Awards of Distinction ($1,400 each):

Tim Peters, Ceramics
Don McWhorter, Ceramics
Susan Gott, Glass - YouTube video, casting glass
Jack & Marian Forney, Jewelry
Scott Hartley, Watercolor

Awards of Excellence ($1,200 each):

Katrin Wolf, Jewelry
Michael Bond, Printmaking
Russell Grace, Photography
Royal Miree, Sculpture
Chris Hartsfield, Watercolor

Awards of Honor ($800 each):

Dennis Paullus, Wood
Shadow May, Ceramics
Tony Krysinsky, Mixed Media
Hetty and Norman Metzger, Fiber/Leather
Barbara Laffal, Jewelry

Awards of Merit ($600 each):

Brad Kelly, Photography
Teresa Merriman, Mixed Media
Nnamdi Okonkwo, Sculpture
Tom and Frances Grow, Ceramics
Guadalupe Robinson, Ceramics

Judges Awards ($400 each):

Allan Teger
M. Kemper, Watercolor
Mark Rosenbaum, Glass
Logan Louis, Jewelry
John Moran, Photography

Who is Winning the Awards this Fall?

Posted by Connie Mettler on October 25, 2011 at 4:48pm

Congratulations to our members who were prize winners at the River Arts Fest in Memphis this past weekend:

Best of fiber: Amos Amit

Best of jewelry: Michael Stephens

Best of wood: Jay McDougall

you might enjoy this video of Jay at work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efE7CkpJs_o

Merit Award: Paul Willsea and Carol O'Brien - Glass

here's a video of Paul and Carol at work: http://willseaobrien.com/video

Merit Award: Michael Terra, Ceramics

River Arts Fest - Memphis, Tennessee - October 22 & 23

Best of Show: Robert Kastrinos

Best of Ceramics: Craig McMillan

Best of Drawing: Ron Hoyle

Best of Fiber: Amos Amit*

Best of Glass: Mitchell Berg

Best of Jewelry: Michael Stephens*

Best of Metal: Cecile Keith

Best of Mixed Media: Sloane Bibb

Best of Painting: Amy Leigh Carstenson

Best of Photography: Neil Brown

Best of Wood: Jay McDougall*

Best of Memphis: Lester Jones

Merit Awards:

Tim Peters Ceramics

Michael Terra Ceramics

Yevette Lubbers Glass

Cameron and Jan Smith Glass

Paul Willsea and Carol O’Brien Glass

Kim Young Jewelry

Bond Blackmon Jewelry

Daphne Covington Painting

Frank Gee Painting

Lorri Honeycutt Photography

Kevin Harrington Wood

Bethesda Row Arts Festival - Bethesda, Maryland - October 15 & 16

Best in Show                              Benjamin Frey – Drawing, www.benjaminfrey.com/index.html
Best in Show Second Place          David Bryce – Ceramics
Best in Show Third Place             Tricia Young – Jewelry

Best in Category
Ceramics                               John Cheer, www.cheerclaystudio.com
Drawing/Pastels                     Anne London, www.aelondonstudio.com
Fiber                                     Samuel Yao
Glass                                    Henry Levine
Graphics/Printmaking             James Skvarch
Jewelry                                 Fred Tate
MM2D                                   Marie-Helene Grabman
MM3D                                   John Gunther, guntherweavings.com
Metalwork                             Sabra Richards, sabrarichardsglass.com
Oil/Acrylic                             Marjolyn vanderHart
Photography                          Andrew Sovjani
Sculpture                              Nnamdi Okonkwo
Watercolor                            Gregory Strachov, http://strachov.com/
Wood                                    Steve Levine

Award Winners: Coconut Grove & Naples National

Posted by Connie Mettler on March 2, 2011 at 6:29pm

BEST OF THE BEST WINNERS - Coconut Grove Arts Festival

BEST OF THE BEST - Duncan McClellan (Glass)

BEST BOOTH - Kimberly Coy

BEST POSTER DESIGN - Guy Harvey (Painting)

CLAYWORK
1st - William Kidd
2nd - Elisabeth Maurland
3rd - Michael Schwegmann

JEWELRY & METALWORK
1st - Fred Tate
2nd - Kate Rothra Fleming
3rd - Sue Brown Gordon

DIGITAL ART
1st - Carolina Cleere
2nd - Beau Tudzarov
3rd - Daryl Thetford

MIXED MEDIA
1st - David McKirdy
2nd - Chris Bruno
3rd - Kathrine Allen-Coleman

FIBER
1st - Starr Hagenbring
2nd - Amos Amit
3rd - Kate Bishop
3rd - Xiao Song Jiang

PAINTING
1st - Yu Zhou
2nd - Christopher Castelli
3rd - Xiao Song Jiang

GLASS
1st - Scott Gamble
2nd - James Wilbat
3rd - Todd Cameron

PHOTOGRAPHY

1st - Michael Paul Cole
2nd - Bill Sargent
3rd - H.J. Herrera

WATERCOLOR
1st - Marylin Valiente
2nd - Jim Holehouse
3rd - Vonnie Witworth

PRINTMAKING & DRAWING

1st - Leslie Peebles

2nd - Chia Haruta

3rd - Lynn Libby

WOOD
1st - Mark & Carolyn Reynolds
2nd - Joel Hunnicutt
3rd - Grant Ward
3rd - Gino Miles

SCULPTURE

1st - Nnamdi Okonkwo

2nd - Paul Freundt

3rd - Gino Miles

2011 NAPLES NATIONAL ART FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS

Best of Show – Mark Sudduth, Glass
Best 2D – Ron Phillips, 2D Mixed Media
Best 3D – Marc Sijan, Sculpture

Award of Distinction 2D
    Jon Smith, Painting
    Cali Hobgood-Lemme
    Clifton Henri, Photography
    Michael Chen, Photography
    Yu Zhou, Painting

Award of Distinction 3D
    Don Nibert, Ceramics
    Tom Ahern, 3D Mixed Media
    Mark Reynolds, Wood
    Kristine Holeman, Jewelry
    Michael Gard, Metal

Congratulations to our members winning the prizes in February!

Awards January 15-16, 2011 Bonita Springs National Art Festival

Posted by Barry Witt on February 1, 2011 at 9:30am

History of all awards at: http://artinusa.com/bonita/awards.htm

2011 January	AWARD	ARTIST	CATEGORY	CITY, STATE
	Best of Show	Jeannie Maddox	Oil/Acrylics Painting	Dothan, AL
	Best of 2-D	Steve Rogers	Watercolor Painting	Ormond Beach, FL
	Best of 3-D	Nnamdi Okonkwo	Sculpture	Fayetteville, GA
	Distinction	Scott Amrhein	Glass	Sherwood, WI
	Distinction	Richard Auger	Photography	Summerfield, FL
	Distinction	Robert Cordisco	Sculpture	West Palm Beach, FL
	Distinction	Marc Duke	Photography	Leesburg, FL
	Distinction	Gabriela Firehammer	Sculpture	Lyons, CO
	Distinction	Michael Gard	Metal	San Francisco, CA
	Distinction	Marius Moore	Photography	Gulfport, FL
	Distinction	Steven Olszewski	Sculpture	Pinckney, MI
	Distinction	Bruce J. Peeso	Oil/Acrylics Painting	Monson, MA
	Distinction	Marlene Rose	Sculpture	Clearwater, FL
	Distinction	Stephen Sebastian	Oil/Acrylics Painting	Thomasville, NC
	Distinction	Michael J. Weber, A.W.S.	Watercolor Painting	Port Saint Lucie, FL

Award winners at the Naples National - February 20

Posted by Connie Mettler on February 20, 2010 at 6:25pm

As they like to say at the big art fairs, "you are a winner just to be accepted to this show." Right. Anyway, here are the winners in Naples today:

Judith Wood of West Palm Beach won Best in Show for her woven leather jewelry

. “Her work was exquisite, honest and sincere,” judge Douglas
David is quoted in a press release. “It was incredible in design
philosophy and spirit. And, it was her first time in the Naples
National."

Now that is a very interesting award, don't you think? Rarely do jewelers win Best of Show, but woven leather? This must really be something! So I had to go looking for her. Here is a sample of her work, still it doesn't look like woven leather, although undoubtedly, Judith really knows her jewelry making. Here is a link for more of her work: http://www.absolutearts.com/judithwood/

Looking through the list of winners I see that ArtFairInsiders.com member C.L. Cunningham won an Honorable mention for printmaking. Good job, Cynthia!

Read the rest of the article here: Winners of 31st Annual Naples National

Report from the Panoply Arts Festival

Posted by Connie Mettler on April 26, 2009 at 9:32pm

Art festivals in Alabama are like everywhere else, each one has a different flavor, be it in Birmingham, Fairhope or Huntsville. This weekend's Panoply in Huntsville is a good example. We have participated in this event. We were amazed when we drove east from I-65 to Huntsville, it seemed there was a freeway especially built to reach Huntsville. The high tech industry has really made this town. There are lots of people with good educations. The festival is held in Big Spring Park near the Boeing Museum and is a big deal each Spring. Here are this year's prize winners: Best of Show: Frederick Warren of North Muskegon, Mich. (Glass) Award of Distinction: Joseph Wujcik, Calera, Ala. (Wood) Merit Awards: Jason Bove, Oregonia, Ohio (Clay) Dennis Leatherman, Huntsville, (Drawing) Linda Overton Heath, Cowan, Tenn, (Drawing) Joseph Maschinot, Cave Spring, Ga. (Photography) Janet Brim, Cincinnati, Ohio (Fiber) Emerging Artist : Ashley Dinges, Huntsville (Photography) Art Educator: Kathryn Jill Johnson, Huntsville, (Mixed Media) ($100) Congratulations to Fred, an award winner wherever he goes. Here are more stories about Panoply: Huntsville's Panoply Arts Festival welcomes big crowds and clear skies, again, w/video

Best of Show ($3,000):

Awards of Distinction ($1,400 each):

Awards of Excellence ($1,200 each):

Awards of Honor ($800 each):

Awards of Merit ($600 each):

Judges Awards ($400 each):

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