Award Winners
2024 Award Winners
​Best of Show:
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Gary Stretar, Oil Painting - OH
From left to right, Kate Morgan, OH – Mixed Media; Gary Stretar, OH - Oil Painting; William Boyle, IL - Wood
Awards of Excellence:
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William Boyle, Wood - IL
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Karri Jamison, Acrylic Painting - WI
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Julie Latayan, Clay/Ceramics - FL
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Igor Menaker, Fine Art Photography - IL
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Rahmon Olugunna, Oil Painting - IL
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Aaron Sault, Fine Art Jewelry - MI
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Kyle Hendrix, Clay/Ceramics - WI
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Eric Lee, Digital Art - IL
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Kate Morgan, Mixed Media - OH
2025 Award Winners
​Best of Show:
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Karri Jamison, Acrylic Painting - WI
From left to right, Eric Fortune, OH – Acrylic Painting; Karri Jamison, WI - Acrylic Painting; Feng Biddle, IL - Oil Painting
Awards of Excellence:
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Jason McLeod, Fine Art Jewelry - VA
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Lidia Wylangowska, Oil Painting - IL
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Feng Biddle, Oil Painting - IL
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Roy Boswell, Oil Painting - IN
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Mays Mayhew, Acrylic Painting - IL
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Kyle Hendrix, Clay/Ceramics - WI
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Eric Fortune, Acrylic Painting - OH
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Christian Anderson, Wood - IL
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Eric Lee, Digital Art - IL
2023 Award Winners
​Best of Show:
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Ali Hasmut, Oil Painting - IL
From left to right, Skeeter Aschinger, FL – Sculpture; Ali Hasmut, IL – Oil Painting; Rahmon Olugunna, IL – Oil Painting
Awards of Excellence:
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Aaron Sault, Jewelry - MI
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Laurie Pollpeter Eskenazi, Clay/Ceramics - IN
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Peggy Schuning, Mixed Media - OH
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Scott Garrelts, Glass - KS
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Skeeter Aschinger, Sculpture - FL
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Rahmon Olugunna, Oil Painting - IL
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Jack Kraig, Photography - IL
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Karri Jamison, Acrylic Painting - WI
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Wayne Gao & Michelle Chang, Mixed Media - CA
2022 Award Winners
​Best of Show:
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Karri Jamison, Acrylic Painting - WI
From left to right, Karri Jamison, WI – Acrylic Painting; Kwame Boama Mensa-Aborampa, IL – Acrylic Painting; Julie Latayan, FL – Ceramics
Awards of Excellence:
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George Ceffalio, Oil Painting - IL
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John Carman, Oil Painting - IL
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Feng Biddle, Oil Painting - IL
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Amy Semtana, Fine Art Jewelry - IL
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Julie Latayan, Ceramics - FL
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Kwame Boama Mensa-Aborampa, Acrylic Painting - IL
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Frank Kobilsek, Wood - IL
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Josh Merrill, Fine Art Photography - IL
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Skeeter Aschinger, Sculpture - FL
2021 Award Winners
​Best of Show:
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William Vanscoy, Photography - OR
Awards of Excellence:
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George Ceffalio, Oil Painting - IL
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Rahmon Olagunna, Oil Painting - IL
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Nicholas Ringelstetter, Mixed Media - WI
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Derek Christensen, Mixed Media - IL
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Terry “Buddy” Shaw, Fine Wood - MO
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Aaron Sault, Fine Art Jewelry - MI
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Taman Vanscoy, Watercolor Painting - CA
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Dorothy Bury Shaw, Mixed Media - IL
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Kurt Kamholz, Oil Painting - IL