Congratulations to the 2011 Award Winners!

With all the talented artists participating in this year's show, I'm sure the Festival Jurors Harris Deller and J. Barry Motes had a tough job coming up with the award winners. The Festival Committee gave out six top Awards of Excellence and four Awards of Merit across all categories. The recipients of the Awards of Excellence each received a check for $500 and the Awards of Merit winners received $250 each.

All award winners also received a document of recognition and hand-made ribbon created for this event by local fiber artists Rachel Biel. Nice work Rachel!

Also, a big "thank you" to the Jury Committee members Char Downs and Harvey Sadow for all your hard work.

The 2011 Festival Award Winners are:

Award of Excellence - Joe Engel Mixed Media

Award of Excellence - Karen Fiorino Ceramics

Award of Excellence - David Hammond Photography

Award of Excellence - Ann Kindl Drawing

Award of Excellence - Ed Mitchell Jewelry

Award of Excellence - David Lucht Batik Painting

Award of Merit - Stefanie Graves Watercolor

Award of Merit - Dwayne Cobb Jewelry

Award of Merit - Jenny Donaldson Mixed Media

Award of Merit - Ed Mitchell Jewelry