Currently on Exhibit

"Selfie" - Member show in May 2022
now - June 3
Judge: Annette Leiber

Bart Misantoni, Bud at Landscape, $150.00

Beata Nowak, Soaring Above, $350.00

BEST OF SHOW: Beth Hobby, Electric Light Photo Studio, $175.00

Cherie Matousek, Rainy Day, $350.00

Chris Hughes, Proud Grandpa, NFS

MERIT AWARD: Cleo Manuel Krueger, Color-Lover, $625.00

Cynthia Boudreau, Dancing with Harding, NFS

Debashree Mukherjee, Alone in the Woods, $350.00

MERIT AWARD: Hedy Dawson, Bowl of Fruit, $85.00

Barb Zerna, Me - All My Favorites, $175.00

Barbara Holmes, Cirque du Soleil, $350.00

Rich Lo, Man with Cigarette, $750.00

Joseph Fuzessy, The Northern Lights of Alaska, $850.00

MERIT AWARD: Jennifer Hauser, The Little Forest, $2,000.00

Jennifer Hauser, This is Not Spook, $150.00

John Wiet, At Rest, $175.00

Joseph Nalluru, Let There Be Me, $500.00

Joseph Nalluru, Caroline's Yellow Flowers, $500.00

Kathy Szeszol, Out of the Murk - My Inner Selfie, $600.00

MERIT AWARD: Lori Tucker, Beach & Road, $200.00

MERIT AWARD: Lori Tucker, Beach & Road, $200.00

Michelle Rae Sobi, My Best Self, $120.00

Natalia Dagenhart, Overcoming Obstacles, $250.00

Natalia Dagenhart, Self Portrait, $300.00

Natalia Dagenhart, Spring, $500.00

Nicholas Malleos, Colour, $649.00

Nicholas Malleos, New Hope, $429.00

MERIT AWARD: Pat Karwatowicz, Guardian Angel, NFS

MERIT AWARD: Patricia Melekus, Selfie, $750.00

MERIT AWARD: Rita Moon Kain, It's All About Me, $175.00

BEST OF THEME: Sally Sharp, As Time Goes By, $250.00

Usha Rani Surreddy, Tulip Garden, $350.00

Joseph Fuzessy, Blossom, $5,000.00

Victoria May, Self-Reflection, $450.00

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Past Exhibits

"Gear Up" - Public Art Competition
April 2022
Judge: Denise Laurin-Donatelle

#1. Katherine Marra, "Biomorphic Gear", $500.00

#2. Robert Yurgaitis, "Clouds", $400.00

#3. Kathleen Geisinger, "Unexpected Companion", NFS

#4. Judith MacLeod, "Beneath the Starry Skies", NFS

#5. Beverly Morgan, "Get in Gear", $300.00

#6. Bruce Mabee, "Belmont Station", NFS

HONORABLE MENTION: #7. Shizuka Toyama, "Butterfly", $650.00

#8. Bart Misantoni, "Gear Up for Peace", $400.00

#9. Debashree Mukherjee, "New Day, New Journey", $550.00

#10. Cynthia Boudreau, "Move On & Up", $495.00

#11. Karyl Silerzio, "Trust: The Series", $500.00

HONORABLE MENTION: #12. Pat Armbruster, "Gearing Up for a Lifetime of Learning", NFS

#13. Pat Karwatowicz, "Can You See Me?", $420.00

#14. Sylvia Wuensche-Wienands, "Winter Trees Gearing for Spring", $450.00

#15. Uma Rao, Gear Up for Spring Charm", NFS

#16. Diana Nawrocki, "Dutch Treat", $150.00

BEST OF SHOW: #17. Beth Hobby, "Chevrolet", $500.00

#18. Sheri Lee Butler, "Spring", $450.00

#19. Joann Murdock, "Celestial I.", $175.00

#20. Rocio Moreno Arriaga, "La Primavera", $3,000.00

#21. Barbara Holmes, "Gear, Beaks Up, Time for the Parade", $650.00

#22. Jennifer Hauser, "The Great Harvest", $1,000.00

#23. Mary Keating, "What Lies Ahead", $250.00

#24. Valerie Lorimer, "Life is a Rollercoaster", $325.00

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE: #25. Julie Kline, " Scuba", $300.00

#26. Qun Sophia Zang, "Once Upon a Time", NFS

#27. Kip Pasta, "Acts of Kindness", $400.00

#28. Chris Hughes, "Date Night", $600.00

#29. Lori Tucker, "Quad Up", NFS

HONORABLE MENTION: #30. Barb Risner, "Turning Gears of the Mind", $75.00

#31. Aber Saleh, "Emerge", $200.00

#32. Tina Azar, "Gearing Up for the Hunt", NFS

#33. Annabelle Chang, "Cyclops", $30.00

#34. Maria Milik, "Find Your Peace", $450.00

#35. Rich Lo, "Gear Up", $500.00

#36. Kathy Szeszol, "Field of Flowers", $800.00

#37. Beata Nowak, "On the Way to Ramsey's Cascade", $500.00

HONORABLE MENTION (student): #38. Malenna Dominguez, "Obsession", NFS

#39. Victor Mui, "Gear Up", $2,800.00

#40. Charles Heinrich, "Remember to Live", $1,200.00

#41. Carson Hill, "Peaceful Impatience", NFS

#42. Cherylyn Gnadt, "Be You tiful", $160.00

#43. Natalia Dagenhart, "Driving Through the Red Poppies", $120.00

#44. Suja Jacob, "Spring is in the Air", NFS

HONORABLE MENTION: #45. Patricia Melekus, "Anything is Possible", NFS

#46. Jim Braun, "The Gears on the Bus", $420.00

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"Naperville - Celebrating Our Diversity" - member exhibit (March 2022)
Judge: Shelly Weiser

Michael Buday, Untitled, $450.00

Joann Murdock, Victorian Inspired Scarf & Miro Motif Scarf, each $125.00

Beth Hobby, Vessels, $375.00

BEST of SHOW: Rocio Moreno Arriaga, Listening, $2,000.00

Rita Moon Kain, Other Side of the Mountain, $65.00

Katherine Marra, Untitled, $500.00

MERIT AWARD: Pat Karwatowicz. Light in Forest, $170.00

Victoria May, A Mother's Help, $500.00

Karyl Silerzio, Trust, $500.00 (for triptych)

Susan Wilson, Dusk Reflections, $200.00

MERIT AWARD: Beata Nowak, Colors of Harmony, $300.00

Beata Nowak, Hummingbird I., $65.00

Susan Wilson, Sky Drama, $500.00

Joseph Nalluru, Coastal Farm, $1,500.00

Rich Lo, Soup Man, $2,000.00

MERIT AWARD: Rich Lo, Reflection, $2,500.00

Hedy Dawson, City, $425.00

Victoria May, Still Life: Flower Vase, $600.00

MERIT AWARD: Nicholas Malleos, Moonlight Fantasy Bridge, $655.00

Nicholas Malleos, River Empire, $670.00

Mandy Haq, Diversity, $200.00

Marie Bergquist, View, $70.00

Marie Bergquist, Landscape, $300.00

Taiwo Owoniyi, Neighbors, $750.00

Beata Nowak, Swimming Along, $250.00

Chris Hughes, Swimming Together, $700.00

MERIT AWARD: Joseph Nalluru, Banyan & Haystack, $1,000.00

Natalia Dagenhart, Sunflower Field, $1,400.00

Kathy Cox, Gala of Flowers, $1,500.00

Suja Jacob, Diversity, $100.00

Martha Economos, Tide Series #5, $200.00

Vera Shomshina, Garden #2, $70.00

Mark Zapfe, Lake Splash, $60.00

Vera Shomshina, Garden #1, $80.00

Barb Lipkin, Inspiration, $200.00

Michelle Rae Sobi, Upside Down, $60.00

Barb Lipkin, A River Runs Through It, $500.00

Beverly Morgan, Gypsy Girl, $149.00

Lori Tucker, Whatever the Name-Still Dumpling, $300.00

Michael Buday, Diverted, $300.00

Beth Hobby, La Mer, $75.00

BEST of THEME: Jennifer Hauser, The Bunny from the Wrong Side of the Stump, $1,000.00

Susmita Mandal Halder, Maccaw, $300.00

Susmita Mandal Halder, Wine and Grapes, $300.00

Marilyn Polivka, Still Life, $185.00

Marilyn Polivka, Roses, $325.00

Rita Moon Kain, Hint of Light, $325.00

Cynthia Boudreau, Dream, $395.00

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"For You" - member exhibit (February 2022)
​Judge: Julie Comerford

Adrienne Smith, Claddagh, $400.00

MERIT AWARD: Adrienne Smith, Swedish Tree, $400.00

Beata Nowak, My Heart Is, $300.00

Beata Nowak, Single Rose, $125.00

Beth Hobby, The Castle, $75.00

Beth Hobby, The Eyes Have It, $325.00

MERIT AWARD: Cherie Matousek, Ribboned Floral, $375.00

Chris Hughes, Girl with Water Pail, $450.00

Debashree Mukherjee, Cutest Friend Forever, $900.00

Debashree Mukherjee, The Path for Nature, $500.00

MERIT AWARD: Hedy Dawson, Hydrangeas, $95.00

MERIT AWARD: Jennifer Hauser, Evening Discussion, $150.00

Jennifer Starchvill, Sincerely Yours, $225.00

Jim Braun, Thanks for the Memories, $150.00

Joann Murdock, Vessel Fishbowl, $95.00

Katherine Marra, Untitled, $200.00

BEST OF THEME: Kathryn Parenti, Hope, $600.00

Lori Tucker, For Him, $300.00

Mandy Haq, Euphoria, $200.00

Marie Bergquist, Tulips, $100.00

Marie Bergquist, Waterfall, $100.00

Marilyn Polivka, The Royal Gorge, $5,000.00

Mark Zapfe, Blue Ice, $120.00

Maureen McKee, Entangled, $675.00

Mike Buday, Sunset on the Island, $450.00

Michelle Rae Sobi, Pink Dog, $60.00

Mike Weiland, I Only Have Eyes for You, $250.00

Natalia Dagenhart, Tulips, $450.00

Patricia Melekus, Grey Vase, $575.00

Robert Koch, Monet Memory XXXX., $375.00

MERIT AWARD: Roberta Sieber, Living Her Best Life, $500.00

BEST OF SHOW: Sally Sharp, For You Chicago, $850.00

Sally Sharp, Glo, $180.00

Susan Wilson, New Dawn, $200.00

Susan Wilson, Old World Bridge, $500.00

Sylvia Wuensche-Wienands, Be My Valentine, $95.00

Valerie Lorimer, Celebration Blossoms, $395.00

Vera Shomshin, Flowers, $300.00

Vera Shomshin, Pond, $300.00

Victoria May, Fruits of a Feeling, $60.00

Victoria May, Plumerias in the Green, $250.00

Bob Zuranski, All Men, $350.00

Bob Zuranski, Kells, $250.00

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"Spice of the Continents"
January 2022
Judge: George Shipperley

Michael Buday, Cayenne Sunrise ($350.00)

Valerie Lorimer, Hot Tamale ($335.00)

Cynthia Boudreau, Laugh-It's a Spice of the Life ($95.00)

Barb Lipkin, Red Mountain XVIII. ($1,200.00)

MERIT AWARD: Patricia Melekus, Homage to Christo ($2,500.00)

Susan Wilson, Old World Canal ($200.00)

MERIT AWARD: Sally Sharp, Woodland Spice ($175.00)

BEST of SHOW: Roberta Sieber, Autumn Spice ($3,200.00)

Gary Chipman, Forest Fungus ($215.00)

BEST of THEME: Maureen McKee, Unbound ($450.00)

Michael Buday, Aroma of Spices ($350.00)

Barb Lipkin, It's a Jungle Out There ($1,600.00)

Susan Wilson, Getting Dark, SOLD

Marie Bergquist, Swedish Summer 2 ($50.00)

Kathy Cox, Beauty in Spring ($175.00)

Victoria May, Clouded Comfort ($250.00)

Victoria May, The Fall ($150.00)

Marie Bergquist, Swedish Summer 1 ($50.00)

Kathy Cox, Celebrate Monet ($175.00)

Mike Weiland, Foxy Lady ($450.00)

MERIT AWARD: Jennifer Hauser, Wallflowers ($350.00)

Beata Nowak, Australian Spices ($175.00)

Beata Nowak, Wild Orchids with Vanilla Orchids ($400.00)

Natalia Dagenhart, Fight for Freedom ($150.00)

MERIT AWARD: Katherine Marra, Untitled ($1,200.00)

MERIT AWARD: Beth Hobby, Le Clef ($275.00)

Beth Hobby, Pebbles in the Beach ($275.00)

Debashree Mukherjee, Colors of India ($200.00)

Bob Zuranski, A-Z ($125.00)

Bob Zuranski, God - SOLD

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Fiber Art Divas - guest show
(October-November 2021)

Alice Jenks, Splash!, $200.00

Cynthia Boudreau, Here's Come the Sun, $150.00

Cynthia Boudreau, Fall Splendor Shawl, $165.00

Cynthia Boudreau, Freedom, $150.00

Cynthia Boudreau, Recovery Quilt, NFS

Cynthia Boudreau, Yogi Tea Pot, $350.00

Jan Rajeck, Little House in the Big Woods, NFS

Jan Rajeck, Pencils 2.0, NFS

Jan Rajeck, Theo and Fluffy, NFS

Jan Rajeck, To A T, NFS

Joan Bratton, Mellow Yellow, $500.00

Joann Bratton, Yvonne's Table, $500.00

Joann Murdock, Beaded Felt Flower Pot, $145.00

Joann Murdock-various felts ($25.00 - $75.00)

Joann Murdock, Blue Felt Scarf, $95.00

Joann Murdock, Christmas Flower Pin, $25.00

Joann Murdock, Lilac Fern Scarf, $175.00

Joann Murdock, Micro Motif Scarf, $175.00

Joann Murdock, Victorian Rose Scarf, $125.00

Laura Peters, Untitled, NFS

Laura Peters, Winter is Coming, NFS

Linda Kurcz, Ice Cream, NFS

Linda Kurcz, Mesa Arch, NFS

Linda Kurcz, Teatime, NFS

Margaret Tobias, Dried Leaf, NFS

Margaret Tobias, Playing with Scrapes, NFS

Margaret Tobias, Summer Snow, NFS

Margaret Tobias, Thanks Georgia, NFS

Patty Koenigsaecker, Dark Musings on a Winter's Eve, NFS

Patty Koenigsaecker, Heading Home, NFS

Patty Koenigsaecker, Madrid Memories, NFS

Patty Koenigsaecker, Sheltered Inside so Long Forgot What Nature Looks Like, $225.00

Patty Koenigsaecker, various flowers, $25.00/each - 2pc SOLD

Sharon Malec, Along the Palouse River, $68.00

Sharon Malec, Autumn Splendor, $90.00

Sharon Malec, Bear Look Out, $400.00

Sharon Malec, Chick-a-dee, $56.00

Sharon Malec, February, $280.00

Sharon Malec, Mouse Trap, SOLD

Sharon Malec, Nuthatch, SOLD

Sharon Malec, Sleeping Cat, SOLD

Yvette Thorn, I've Spun My Best for You, NFS

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Public Art Competition - "In Focus" October 2021

                 Best of Show:              
Janet Pearson-Strack “Is Anyone There?”

Awards of Excellence:
Craig Vander Kolk “The Web”
Susan Janssen “Witness”
Award of Excellence in a student category:
​Annabelle Chang “Natural Bea-uty”
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   Honorable Mentions:   
Jennifer Hauser “Nighttime in the City"
Cristina Arroyo “Splash”
Jim Braun “Untitled"
Kathleen Geisinger “Trashed Santa…”
   Sally Sharp “Palladian Gaze”
     Pat Karwatowicz “Foliage”
Michael Buday “City Reflections Off the Water”
     Tina Misantoni “Love Prevails”
      John Wiet “Times Gone By”
       Sherry Snyder “Alone”
        Suja Jacob “Captivated”
       Patricia Melekus “Zoom at (K)night”
 
Judge: Joe Hernandez

Judge: Joe Hernandez for “In Focus” – Public Art Competition Judge’s Statement to the winners:
The theme “In Focus” for this exhibit was excellent in all respects. I read all your interpretations and enjoyed your transition of thoughts and creativity to your artwork. I encourage you all to read others descriptive/art works and congratulate each other on this wonderful show. This past year was truly difficult. I hope it allowed us to dig deeper and be more creative. Art is the greatest equalizer. Thanks for allowing me this opportunity to judge your work. I took a small break and stepped outside, looked to the heavens, took a deep breath with my arms extended and did a very slow 360 degree.
I focused on my 86th birthday last Sunday. A diet of nature will keep us alive. As soon as we open our eyes we focus. Then focus within our focus…and so on.
Artists, I thank you.
Joe Hernandez
09/28/2021

Public Choice Award Winner is:
Shubhra Jain "Deep Meditation" #46

#28 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE - student category Annabelle Chang "Natural Bee-uty"

#21 Barb Lipkin "Hope Rising"

#12 Barb Plichta "Double Vision"

#34 Barb Risner "Transformation"

#24 Barbara Holmes "Cross Country"

#1 Bart Misantoni "Do U C What Eye See?"

#14 Beata Nowak "Natural State"

#39 Beth Kolar "Peacock in the Grass"

#38 Chaitanya Mehta "Burning Soul"

#36 Charles Heinrich "Happy Birthday Dirk"

#7 Cherie Matousek "Cardboard Forward"

#35 Chris Hughes "Mother and Child"

#42 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Craig Vander Kolk "The Web"

#37 HONORABLE MENTION Cristina Arroyo "Splash"

#19 Cynthia Boudreau "Anemone"

#18 Debashree Mukherjee "Internal Beauty"

#11 BEST OF SHOW Janet Pearson-Strack "Is Anyone There?"

#13 HONORABLE MENTION Jennifer Hauser "Nighttime in the City"

#47 HONORABLE MENTION Jim Braun "Untitled"

#25 HONORABLE MENTION John Wiet "Times Gone By"

#8 Kasia Szczesniewski "Nasturtium Flowers"

#2 HONORABLE MENTION Kathleen Geisinger "Trashed Santa..."

#27 Linda Shelbert "The Old Fish Wizard"

#17 Lori Tucker "Cross Hairs" (diptych)

#17 Lori Tucker "Cross Hairs" (diptych)

#43 Mark Zapfe "Lavender Sky"

#5 Martha Economos "The Grove I."

#15 HONORABLE MENTION Michael Buday "City Reflections Of the Water"

#40 Michelle Rae Sobi "The Inner Gaze"

#45 Natalia Dagenhart "Lake Michigan, Indiana Dunes"

#41 Natalie Kerth "Untitled"

#48 HONORABLE MENTION Patricia Melekus "Zoom at (K)night"

#20 Patty Koenigsaecker "Diversity"

#10 Robert Yurgaitis "Clouds"

#33 Roberta Sieber "In the Moment"

#49 Rolanda Hudson "Dancing on a Dream"

#29 HONORABLE MENTION Sally Sharp "Palladian Gaze"

#6 Sheri Butler "Apex"

#4 HONORABLE MENTION Sherry Snyder "Alone"

#46 Shubhra Jain "Deep Meditation"

#44 HONORABLE MENTION Suja Jacob "Captivated"

#22 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Susan Janssen "Witness"

#9 Sue Fisher "A Moment in Time"

#3 Sylvia Wuensche-Wienands "Healing Needles"

#32 HONORABLE MENTION Tina Misantoni "Love Prevails"

#16 Victoria May "Trained Senses"

#30 Yangzi Xu "Foggy Day on Wacker Drive"

#26 HONORABLE MENTION Pat Karwatovicz "Foliage"

#31 Judith MacLeod "An Unexpected View"

#23 Sara Folmer "Morning Light"

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Winners of the July/August 2021 exhibit "Baobab Tree"

                                                 BEST OF SHOW                                                                                                                    BEST OF THEME
                                           Sally Sharp "Jacaranda" (sold)                                                                                             Suja Jacob "Sojourners"

                                   MERIT                                                                                    MERIT                                                                                  MERIT
            Cherie Matousek "Fractured Floral                                  Susan Walbridge-Fisher "Jabba Hut"                                  Valerie Lorimer "Baobab Trio"
​                                                                                                                                      (sold)                                                                                    (sold)

                                      MERIT                                                                                 MERIT                                                                                   MERIT
                       Hedy Dawson "Eclipse"                                           Bart Misantoni "Would U Buy This?                                Cynthia Boudreau "Yogi Tea Time"

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Winners of the July 2021 exhibit "Viva la Vida"

                                                  BEST OF SHOW                                                                                                                   BEST OF THEME
                              Janet Pearson-Strack "Love, Live, Life                                                                           Cynthia Boudreau "Ella Amaba Las Flores"

                                MERIT                                                                         MERIT                                                                                               MERIT
        Kim Weeks "Corazon Espinoso"                         Sheri Butler "Mexican Peacock Bass"                                                John Wiet "Chicago Abstract"

                                  MERIT                                                                            MERIT                                                                            MERIT             
                  Robert Koch "Sombrero"                                 Valerie Lorimer "Under a Frida Moon"                        Mooneen Mourad "Frida's Friends"

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Winners of the June 2021 exhibit "Eclipse"

                                           BEST OF SHOW                                                                                                                            BEST OF THEME
​                                      Savas Arazbey: "Eclipse"                                                                                                           Vera Shomshin: "Eclipse"

              MERIT                                                                  MERIT                                                           MERIT                                                             MERIT
Jim Braun: "The E Totem"                               Bryan Hall: "Poison Fruit"                                 Michael Buday:                                     Susan Walbridge-Fisher:           
                                                                                                                                                  "Dancing Under the Moon"                                   "In Her Shadow"

                                                                         MERIT                                                                                                                                                         MERIT
                                                 Cynthia Boudreau: " Moon Series"                                                                                                             Rita Moon Kain: "Unfolding"

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Winners of the May 2021 exhibit: "Estuary"

                                                BEST OF SHOW:                                                                                                                   BEST OF THEME:
                   Cynthia Boudreau: "Freedom to the Sea" (fiber)                                                     Robert Koch: "Where the Lake MI & Green Bay Meet" (oil)                                                      

                                                             MERIT:                                                                                                                                   MERIT:
                                       Maureen McKee: "Giverny" (oil)                                                                                   Chris Hughes: "River Thaw" (acrylic)

                             MERIT:                                                                                 MERIT:                                                                                       MERIT:
Sally Sharp: "Estuario Italiano" (cold wax/oil)                        Beata Nowak: "Icy Blue" (acrylic)                                          Kirk Kerndl: "Winter Creek" (oil)

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Previous Exhibit (March/April 2021): "Retro" winners:

         BEST OF SHOW: Marilyn Polivka "Sandy Shore"

                       BEST OF THEME: Kirk Kerndl "Mercury Comet"

                                MERIT: Jennifer Hauser "Infestation"

                                MERIT: Maureen McKee "Lemons and Grapes"

MERIT: Jim Braun "Untitled"                                        MERIT: Beth Hobby "Retrograde"                                                       MERIT: Sally Sharp "Throw Back"

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PREVIOUS EXHIBIT:
Public Art Competition - "Abstract Symphony" March, 2021
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"Abstract Symphony" Public Art Competition Winners:
Best of Show: Sara Filip
 
Award of Excellence: Cynthia Boudreau
Award of Excellence Student Category: Rachel Lyons

Honorable Mentions: Taiwo Owoniyi, Jennifer Hauser, Karen Sako, Jim Braun

In honor of the 60th Anniversary there are 6 Exhibit Director’s Merit Awards.
                             
Merit Awards: Karyl Silerzio, Jennifer Starchvill, Sally Monkus, Carl Valentine, Deanna Anatra, Hannah Galactic

Winner of the Viewer's Choice Award 3.19.2021: Shubra Jain #52 "The Strength of Musical Harmony"                       

AWARD of EXCELLENCE: 
Rachel Lyons #1                          Christine Cintula #2                                                                    Bart Misantoni #3                                                                      Robert Yurgaitis #4

AWARD of EXCELLENCE: Cynthia Boudreau #5                 Cherie Matousek #6                                Qyjon Clark #7                                                                                                            Rolanda Hudson #8

Kasia Szczesniewski #9                                                                                                                           Rita Andrianopoulos #10

Maureen McKee #11                                                                                   Maria Milik #12                                       Glenda Sirota #13                                                                                    James Filut #14                            

Peter Kobs #15                                                                   Sylvia Wuensche-Wienands #16                                Rachel Ayoung Chee #17                                          Julie Kline #18

BEST of SHOW: Sara Filip #19                    Walter Monastyretsky #20                                MERIT: Hannah Galactic #21                                                              MERIT: Carl Valentine #22

HONORABLE MENTION: Jennifer Hauser #23          MERIT: Sally Monkus #24                             MERIT: Karyl Silerzio #25                                                                                        Naomi Lares #26

James Hansen #27                                                              Allison Hillman #28                                                                                                                                                                                            Shelly Durham #29

Natalia Dagenhart #30                                                          MERIT: Jennifer Starchvill #31                  MERIT: Deanna Anatra #32                                                           Joann Murdock #33

Sally Sharp #34                                                         Bryan Hall #35                       HONORABLE MENTION:                             Beth Hobby #37                            Judy MacLeod #38
                                                                                                                                      Taiwo Owoniyi #36 

Valerie Lorimer #39                                          HONORABLE MENTION: Jim Braun #40             Charles Williams, Jr. #41                                                                  Beata Nowak #42

Chris Hughes #43                                                                           Linda VanderKolk #44                      Rose Calkins #45                                                                                         Lori Tucker #46

Sheri Butler #47                                                                                  Alli Wazorick #48                                                          HONORABLE MENTION: Karen Sako #49                                     Mia Bojorquez #50

Nancy Turner #51                                                                                           VIEWER'S CHOICE AWARD: Shubhra Jain #52                 Daria Corbett #55                                            Suja Jacob #54

                                                   Nidhi Thirthamattur #53                                                                      Carly Palmer #56                                                                     Kim Sowa #57                                                                        

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Previous Winners
February 2021 winners:               "Fabulous Fakes"

              BEST OF SHOW: Savas Arazbey "Gipsy Girl" (mosaic)                                                 BEST OF THEME: Robert Koch "Out of the Past" (watercolor)

MERIT: Sylvia Wuensche-Wienands "Colorblind Composition" (acrylic)                                             MERIT: Barry Skurkis "Sunrise" (acrylic)

         MERIT: Susan Walbridge Fisher "The Old Bone Player" (acrylic)                                                    MERIT: Shubhra Jain "Fabula Fake" (clay)

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​January 2021: "Dancing" 
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                                    BEST OF SHOW: Savas Arazbey                                                                                        BEST OF THEME: Sally Sharp
                                                      "Bolero"                                                                                                                     "Oh How They Danced"

                                              MERIT: Patricia Melekus                                                                                                  MERIT: Maureen McKee 
                                                      "Hello Pointe!"                                                                                                              "Let the Dance Begin"                   

                         MERIT: Beata Nowak                                                          MERIT: Shubhra Jain                                                    MERIT: Taiwo Owoniyi
                                      "Raw"                                                                                    "Dance"                                                                    "Pageant Moves"

                                             MERIT: Valerie Lorimer                                                                                                         MERIT: Jim Braun
                                                     "Cha-cha-cha"                                                                                                               "Dance in the Flame"

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October/November 2020: "We the People..." 

BEST OF SHOW: Taiwo Owoniyi                                                                                                                             BEST OF THEME: David Gray
​                   "Americans"                                                                                                                                                              "Reunion"                                                                                       

MERIT AWARD: Don Ryan                                                                   MERIT AWARD: Kip Pasta                                              MERIT AWARD: Bryan Hall
 "Cpl. Lawrence DuBose"                                                                                        "911"                                                                                         "19"                

                                       MERIT AWARD: Sangeeta Pande
                                                   "Eternal Gratitude"

     MERIT AWARD: Sally Monkus
​               "APO San Francisco"

September 2020: "Art Odyssey" 

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                                           BEST OF THEME: Sally Sharp
​                                                                  "Iliad"

BEST OF SHOW: Cynthia Boudreau
​ " Tea in the Garden of the Giant"

         MERIT AWARD: Kip Pasta                                                        MERIT AWARD: Roberta Sieber                                    MERIT AWARD: Shelly Durham
​              "Acts of Kindness"                                                                    "Among the Wild Flowers"                                                         "Imagine This"

MERIT AWARD: Robert Yurgaitis                                                                               MERIT AWARD: Chris Jacobson
​                     "Botanical"                                                                                                                     "Suffrage"

GALLERY EXHIBITS

                                                     "See-Scapes" August 2020

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     BEST OF SHOW: Susan Janssen
​                     "Like Water"

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​         BEST of THEME: Geeta Rao
​                           "SEEking"

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                                MERIT AWARD: Roberta Sieber
​                                              "Tranquil Journey"

                                        MERIT AWARD: Patricia Mroczka
                                                      "See-Grapes"

                  MERIT AWARD: Laura Lein-Svencner
​                                     "Decades After"

MERIT AWARD: Cynthia Boudreau
​                 "Midwest View"

            MERIT AWARD: Robert Koch 
​                        "Storm Passing"

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Public Art Competition " Juxtaposition" March 2020 

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PREVIOUSLY on exhibit: HOMETOWN
​February 25-March 20, 2020

AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Planned Urban Development" by Robert Koch
Best of Theme: "Uplitch Russia" by Vera Shomshin
Merit Awards: "Peace" by Cynthia Boudreau, "Larie Garden" by Yangzi Xu, "A Girl in a Russian National Dress" by Natalia Dagenhart, "Memory" by Rita Moon Kain, "National Bird" by Riddhi Patel, "Joliet Trail" by Lee Ann Zirbes, "Morning Walk" by Roberta Sieber, "No 16" by Beth Hobby.​

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Previously on Exhibit: Fabulous Fakes | February 2020

AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Homage to Marcel" by Beth Hobby
Best of Theme: "Cynthia Honors Vincent" by Cynthia Boudreau
Merit Awards: "Nopales" by Rocio Morena Arriaga, "Future Tin Man" by Don Sheldon, "Paw as Chardin" by Susan Walbridge Fisher, "Stone Bridge" by Christine Iosup, "Mona Me" by C. Banks, "Basquiat-ish" by Dawn Jones, "Warhol Revisited" by Brand Bobosky, "Studying American Gothic" by Kirk Kerndl.​

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PREVIOUSLY on Exhibit: FORMATION | JANUARY 2020

AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Emergence" by Beth Hobby
Best of Theme: "Stacked" by C. Banks
Merit Awards: "Natural Form-Pink" by SR Janssen, "Yogi Bodhi Tea Time" by Cynthia Boudreau, "Formations in Yellow" by Mooneen Mourad, "Creek Rapids" by Susan R Wilson, "Inner Peace" by Laura Lein-Svencner.​

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PREVIOUSLY on Exhibit: Cat Guardians Guest Show Jan 2-4
​Reception Jan 4, 1-3pm

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PREVIOUSLY on Exhibit: Gallery of Gifts Holiday Show Nov. - December 21, 2019

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PREVIOUSLY on Exhibit: FIBER ART DIVAS Guest Show 
​Through November 9th

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Previously on Exhibit:  ​COSMIC VIBE | OCTOBER 2019

AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Trace Amounts" by Beth Hobby
Best of Theme: "Cosmic" by Mike Abraham
Merit Awards: "Nature and Man" by Laura Lein-Svencner, "Birth of a Star" by Elisa Hill, "Xanadu" by Kip Pasta, "Over the Moon" by Pat Nunez, "Love-Cosmic Street Vibe" by Lakey, "I Give you the Moon and the Stars" by Mooneen Mourad, "Space: The Final Frontier" by C Banks​

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PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT: ​COPPER | SEPTEMBER 2019

AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Scottish Love" by Laura Lein-Svencner
Best of Theme: "Sparks" by C Banks
Merit Awards: "Island Time 1" by Beth Hobby, "Flower Expressions" by Robert Yurgaitis, "River Parade" by Lee Ann Zirbes, "Copper Sunset" by Chris Hughes, "Still Life with Copper" by Paula Shuck, "Copper Rhapsody" by Valerie Lorimer, "Copper Implosion" by JoAnn Winkler, "End of the Day" by John Hershey, "Copper Dawn" by Lynda Ortega.​

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PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  ​VERSUS | AUGUST 2019

AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Switch" by Pat Mroczka
Best of Theme: "Criticism vs Compliment" by C. Banks
Merit Awards: "Cage Fight" by Julien Aiglon, "Dream House" by Laura Lein-Svencner, "Mood Portrait" by June Padovani, "Woman vs Nature" by John Hershey, "Remnants of Ocracoke" by Beth Hobby.​

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PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  ​DEEP BLUE | JULY 2019

AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Deep Blue Sea" by Patty Nunez
Best of Theme: "Light at the End of the Deep Blue Tunnel" by Lynn Zuk-Lloyd
Merit Awards: "Blue Confidence" by Kathryn Brown, "Lady Sings the Blues" by Mooneen Mourad, "Land Before Atlantis" by C Banks, "Sunrise, Morton Bay" by John Hershey, "Passing Through" by Cheryl Quick.​

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PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  ​FINDING MYSELF | JUNE 2019

AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Saving What's Left" by C. Banks
Best of Theme: "Mirage" by Paris Delahoussaye
Merit Awards: "Flying" by June Padovani, "Somewhere Between Life and Death" by Madeline Rowe, "The Search" by Rita Moon Kain, "Butterfly Breakthrough" by Lynn Zuk-Lloyd, "Downtown Chicago" by Yangzi Xu​

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PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  ​LA VIE EN ROSE | MAY 2019

AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Sweet Unfolding" by Kasia Szczesniewski
Best of Theme: "And Life Will Always Be" by John Hershey
Merit Awards: "Relaxed" by June Padovani, "Incredible Gingko's" by Pat Mroczka, "Streetlight in New York" by Neil Pradzinski, "Rosewood" by Jon Doud, "Through Rose Colored Glasses" by Barbara Elsenheimer

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PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  ​Travel in Time | April 2019

.AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Straight and Narrow" by Neil Pradzinski
Best of Theme: "Zendaddy...Below the Wall" by Bill Austin
Merit Awards: "Butterfly" by Jon Doud, "Little Time Travelers" by Chris Hughes, "Timeless Travel" by C. Banks, "Elephant in the Mist" by Jana Kedles, "Amish Country" by John Hershey

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PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  ​REAL SURREAL Public Art Competition | March - April 2019

AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Dream Deferred" by Roxanne Munch
Awards of Excellence: "Iron's Dream of Capturing the Sun" by Michael Perrot
"Earth Rising" by Bruce Mabee
Honorable Mentions: "Homage to Moogrite" by Gary Schirmer, "Calm and Storm" by Pat Nunez, "Calmness" by Tamta Soselia, "Gateway to the Surreal" by Neil Pradzinski, "Looking Skyward" by Barbara Colbert, "Handmade Island" by C Banks, "Geography of Memory" by Karyl Silerzio, "Bent Reality" by Beth Hobby, "Tick Tock" by Cheryl Quick, "Pelican Photo" by Beth O'Connor, "Whale Bone" by Patsy Davis, "Sunny Side Up Meets Red Eye" Kathleen Geisinger

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PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  ​HEART OF GOLD | March 2019

AWARD WINNERS
​Best of Show: "Conquistador" by SR Janssen
Best of Theme: "The Alabaster Heart" by C. Banks
Merit: "Wrapped in Gold Vest" by Cynthia Boudreau, "Acts of Kindness" by Kip Pasta, "Keeper of the Gold Hearts" by Rita Moon Kain, "Screech Owl" by Barbara Colbert, "Gilded Window" by Ariana Poe

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PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  ​FABULOUS FAKES | February 2019

AWARD WINNERS
​Best of Show: "Almost Ted's Montana Grill" by Patricia Melekus
Best of Theme: "Oh My Moai" by C. Banks
Merit: "Homage to Hannelore" by Beth Hobby, "The Iberian Icon of Mother of God" by Natalia Dagenhart, "Bridge at Moret" by Kirk Kerndl, "Pick an Impressionist - Winter" by Susan Janssen, "My Dogs" by Susan Fisher

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PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  ​Million Dreams | January 2019

AWARD WINNERS
​Best of Show: "The Clubhouse" by David Gray
Best of Theme: "Midnight Dream" by Beth Hobby
Merit: "Summer Gold" by Julie Kline, "Forest of Dreams" by Neil Pradzinski, "Tangled Rainbow" by Patricia Mroczka, "Blue Heron" by June Padovani, "Counting Sheep" by Robert Koch.

(cancelled due to weather)

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PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  MUSE | October 2018

AWARD WINNERS
​Best of Show: "Reliquary of the Twilight" by John Walker
Best of Theme: "Fleeing Muse" by Kasia Szczesniewski
Merit: "The Garden Muse" by Valerie Lorimer, "Which Muse Are You?" by Patsy Davis, "Walking Meditation" by Cynthia Boudreau, "Euterpe - The Muse of Music, Song and Poetry" by Natalia Dagenhart, "Iceland Shore" by C.Banks.

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PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  Twins | September 2018

AWARD WINNERS
​Best of Show: "The Grapple Spot I Can't Reach" by Ian Mitchell Wallace
Best of Theme: "Pain" by Sylvia Wuensche-Wienands
Merit: "Deja-Vu" by Charles Williams Jr., "Twins-522" Patsy Davis, "Twin Spirits" by Eva Genevieve Scarborough, "Twings" by Patricia Melekus, "Twin Storms" by Rita Moon Kain.