Mount Dora draws big crowds and plenty of good artists too. And there is big prize money. This year the $5000 Best of Show award went to wood turner John Mascoll of Safety Harbor.
The rest of the prizes:
Judges choice awards worth $1,500 went to Collin Margerum of Winter Springs in the two-dimensional art category for his entry in printmaking and drawing, and to Katherine Mathisen for her clay sculpture.
Awards of excellence in two-dimensional art, worth $500, went to Carol Napoli of New Smyrna Beach; John Whipple of Winter Park; Amos Amit of Los Angeles; Robert Goodlet of Dunnellon; John Margerum of Oviedo; Jeff Eckert of Tampa; Heidi Thamert of Titusville; David Hunter of Winter Park; Chieh-Nie Cherng of Hillsborough, N.J.; and Carl Crawford of Columbia, S.C.
Awards of Excellence in three-dimensional art, worth $500, went to Patricia Karnes of Winter Park; Obayana Ajanaku of Decatur, Ga.; Magali Cereghino of Orlando; Jan Raven of St. Paul, Minn.; Erik Shupe of High Springs; Sandra Brewster of Holiday; Larry Brown of Spruce Pine, N.C.; Bill Slade of Jacksonville; Teresa Merriman of Westcliffe, Colo.; and Janet O'Rourke of Cocoa.
The $250 Wendy Alderman Award for most creative use of the medium went to sculptor Jack Hill of DeLand.
Learn more about the show:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/lake/os-mount-dora-art-festival-best-show-20150208-story.html
Comments
Lu did Mt. Dora and had a good show not a great show but a better than a breakevenshow. Our only complaint is the size of the show. We have done the show off and on for over 20 years and have seen it grow at least double in size. Now they have about 5 or 6 different fees based on where you are located in the show. We accepted late and knew we were not going to get a prime space, surprise we were on Alexander across from the train station and less than 100 feet from assigned parking. The train drew a crowd everytime it came to the station, three times a day.
Those folks at Mount Dora surely know how to get out the PR -- here is a great wrap up article from the Orlando Sentinel: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/lake/os-lk-mount-dora-festival-...