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RFAF 2016 Winners


2016 Riverwalk Fine Art Fair Winners

BEST OF SHOW
Nestor Yuflo - 2D Mixed Media – Booth #154

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Michael Bond: Printmaking/Etching – Booth #119
Jeff Easley: Wood – Booth #103 
Karen Gelbard: Fiber – Booth #61 
David Gilbertsen: 2-D Mixed Media – Booth #108 
Aletha Jones: Watercolor – Booth #109
Jaana Mattson: 3-D Mixed Media – Booth #8 
Taylor Mazer: Drawing – Booth #2 
Teresa Moorehouse: 2-D Mixed Media – Booth #113
Wesley Rasko: Glass – Booth #148 
Robert Trisko: Jewelry – Booth #25

MERIT AWARDS
Michael Adcock: 3-D Mixed Media – Booth #20
Michael Barnes: Ceramics – Booth #110
Geoffrey Harris: Digital Art – Booth #128
Sharon Spillar: Acrylic/Oil – Booth #96
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2016 Riverwalk Fine Art Fair Sponsors


Main Street Promenade 
Presenting Sponsor

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Cadillac of Naperville - Official Car of the 2015 Riverwalk Fine Art Fair

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Naperville Bank and Trust - Associate Sponsor

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Funded in part by the City of Naperville If you would like to be a 2016 RFAF sponsor please contact:
Naperville Fine Art Center and Gallery
Deborah L. Venezia, Executive Director
508 North Center Street  Naperville, IL 60563
630-355-2530 Phone  630-355-3071 Fax
Naperartleague@aol.com

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2016 Riverwalk Fine Art Fair Judges

Robert Lee Fritz 
Robert Lee Fritz has worked with hot glass out of his home studio since 1975.  He specializes in creating blown crystal vases, cast and hot worked sculptures, and light pods on which he carves various images from nature. 
 
Numerous corporate clients have commissioned Bob for work, including the Federal Reserve Bank, The International Animation Festival of Ottawa Canada, Genworth Financial, Deloitte Consulting, American Rehabilitation Association, and FamilyCare of Illinois.  His works have been well received in Japan, having participated in exhibitions at Tokyo Crafts Expo and International Exhibition of Glass in Kanazawa.
 
Bob is represented in private and public collections throughout the United States and Europe.  His freeblown glass is in the permanent collection of Glasmuseet Ebeltoft in Denmark and has twice been featured in New Glass Review, a publication of the Corning Glass Museum in New York.
  
Eric Gorder
Eric Gorder is an artist and educator from Joliet, Illinois, where he is Assistant Professor of Ceramics at Joliet Junior College and partner of e2 art and design.  He has a BFA in Ceramics from the University of New Mexico and an MA and MFA in Ceramics from the University of Iowa.  As a clay artist, Eric focuses on producing both functional and sculptural objects.  His work is characterized by volumetric form and texture.  His dynamic clay surfaces are developed in both the building and firing processes, which creates nuanced textures that enhance the simple forms.  He has exhibited his work in numerous national and international exhibitions, including publication in Lark Books’ 500 Vases.  His artwork can be viewed at www.ericgorder.com.
  
Elise Kendrot 
Elise Kendrot is an arts educator and studio artist living in Joliet, Illinois, where she is an Adjunct Instructor of Metalsmithing at Joliet Junior College and a partner of e2 art and design.  She has a BFA in Sculpture, Summa Cum Laude, from Syracuse University and an MA and MFA in Sculpture, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Iowa.  Currently, her mixed media artwork investigates humanity’s strained relationship with natural world.  Regardless of media or narrative, Elise focuses on creating beautifully crafted objects.  These artworks often reference the imagery and materials of religious relics and icons.  Her art can be viewed at www.elisekendrot.com.
  
Gary Schirmer  
Gary Schirmer has been active in the art community for over 40 years. For 24 of those years he has been a studio art educator at the College of DuPage and Joliet Junior College where he continues to teach painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, and art appreciation. In addition, Gary works as a commercial artist and illustrator as well as a scenic painter and prop designer/fabricator for film, television and live theater production. 
 
Gary’s background includes an M.F.A. Painting from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and a B.A. Studio Art / Painting, Minor graphic arts technology Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois. His education has allowed him to develop his recognizable style which he defines as representational with narrative based themes, often commenting on social and psychological perspectives relative to human relations and the post-modern condition.
 


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    • Rita Moon Kain
    • Beth Kolar
    • Nicholas Malleos
    • Bart Misantoni
    • Cassie Moore
    • Mooneen Mourad
    • Bernadette A. Peca
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