Open Awards 2018 Show Winners
34th Annual Chaffee Arts Open Awards Show
August 31 - September 3, 2018
Buena Vista Community Center
We are happy to share that this was our most successful Open Awards Show in the recent past. More than 120 people enjoyed appetizers, drinks and live music while waiting to hear the award winners. The event featured over 100 pieces of art created by 53 local artists. During the 3 days the art was displayed, more than 670 people visited and 9 pieces of art were sold. In addition, Chaffee Arts gained 19 new members.
Best In Show
Nora Larimer - Vernazza Harbour, Italy
People's Choice Award
Paul Silver - Caballo Rojas
Judge's Award
Evelyn Baker - Bones #2
Oil
1st Place - Nora Larimer - Laundry Day
2nd Place - Paul Kethley - A Perfect Day
3rd Place - Dee Sapper - Summer Poppies
Water Media
1st Place - Nora Larimer - Vernazza Harbour, Italy
2nd Place - Karen Boggs-Bryant - Azalea & Plumbago
3rd Place - Lynn Reitmeyer - The Crow's Breakfast
Pastels
1st Place - JoAnnette Sieve - November on the Numbers
2nd Place - Judy Sprague - Whittlin' a Walkin' Stick
3rd Place - JoAnnette Sieve - Quittin' Time
Photography
1st Place - Bill Mehaffey - Rivers Edge Winter
2nd Place - David Eckstein - Woodstock Revisited
3rd Place - Reed Dils - Yellowstone Fox
2-D including Drawing/Printmaking
1st Place - Maria Weber - Cammo Cat
2nd Place - Jude Silva - Reflections #3
3rd Place - Marika Guthrie - The View from Raven Ridge
Jewelry
1st Place - Tara Thompson - Paua Shell/Onyx
2nd Place - Laura Lee Schaufler - Sonoran Sunrise
3rd Place - Alyssa Dyane Boland - Ombre Dragonscale
Glass/Ceramics
1st Place - Evelyn Baker - Bones #2
2nd Place - Evelyn Baker - Aspen Leaf Bowl & Branch #3
3rd Place - Patricia Jahla - A Bowl Full of the Universe
3-D including Mixed Media, Sculpture, Wood & Metal
1st Place - Robert Gray - Aspen Bowl
2nd Place - Jude Silva - Collateral Beauty
3rd Place - Gail Taylor Moffat - Christopher & Spitz
Fiber
1st Place - Karen Robinson - Naga at the Gate
2nd Place - Marjie Gray - Pretty in Pink
3rd Place - Judith Reese - Arachne's Madrigal
Thank You to all of our Underwriters for the Show:
Dr. Kettering
Elizabeth Gobble, CPA
Chaffee County Times
Tom & Larkin Liverman/The Lettucehead Food Company
Comfurt Gas
Wilderness Aware
Dorfmeister Enterprizes
High Country Bank
Keith Baker
Louie's Ice Cream Shoppe
Dan & Beth Cooper
Dee's Crafts
Buena Vista True Value
Dr. Hansford
Wrex & Bea Harnish
Jerry & Lynn Reitmeyer
Clay & Judy Edmands
Stephen & Nancy Taylor
Little Daisy Liquor
Rally Liquor
Dr. Ryan Mueller
Michele Wayland
Dominoes
Eddyline Brewery
Sangre De Cristo Electric Association
The Lettucehead Food Company
Rock Run Gallery
The Asian Palate
Special Thanks to Geraldine Alexander for Judging this years event.
Dierks Bentley for coming to our show. Chaffee Arts Board Members
and Chaffee Arts Members.
We couldn't have done it without you.
