2016 Saint Louis Art Fair Artist Award Winners
Best of Show
Paveen “Beer” Chunhaswasdikul
Ceramics
Trudi Van Dyke Jurors Award
Deborah Falls
Fiber
Karla Prickett Jurors Award
Susan Mahlstedt
Jewelry
Maria Phillips Jurors Award
Matthew Cornell
Painting
Emerging Artist Award
Laura Lloyd
First Place
Susan Ebright & Sally Linville
Sculpture
Donna D’Aquino
Jewelry
Thomas Wargin
Sculpture
Aaron Hequembourg
Mixed Media
Suzanne Schmid
Jewelry
Thomas Spake
Glass
Susan Hill
Fiber
Robert Farrell
Metalwork
Micheal Paul Cole
Photography
Delores Fortuna
Ceramics
Second Place
Gena Ollendieck
Mixed Media
Deborah Mae Broad
Printmaking
Hetty & Norman Metzger
Fiber
Lawrence W. Oliverson
Photography
Steve Jones
Mixed Media
Kreg Yingst
Printmaking
David Bryce
Sculpture
Paul Eshelman
Ceramics
John Herbon
Ceramics
Kemper
Painting
Comments
I love it when I see my old friends winning the awards still! Of course, the other folks are great too. Congratulations to all of these folks -- and the biggest award of all is they will be re-invited to this fine show, Cindy. There are only six names I don't recognize. The conclusion: there is room for new people but the competition is stiff, artists with 25-40 years of experience at the shows and creating their work.
Once again I heard great reports of solid sales. Congrats to you Cindy, Laura Miller, Marisa Hendel and the rest of the group for maintaining such a high level of quality.
Dear reader, I attended this show a few years ago, click here and you can see the video and in fact, an interview with this year's Best of Show winner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZRwU0jd2ag