Winners announced for Fairmount Art Exhibition

Fairmount Center for the Arts has announced its winners for the 45th annual Fairmount Art Exhibition being held now through Aug. 26 at the center, 8400 Fairmount Road, Russell Township.

The exhibition will be open MondaySaturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with additional hours from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays.

More than 170 artists submitted a total of 393 pieces of artwork and 167 entries were accepted into the show.

Judges for this year’s Exhibition are artists Brian Jacobs, Cyndi M. Konopka, and Jerry Schmidt.

Categories include: Painting, Watercolor, Photography, Graphics, Three-Dimensional, and Fiber. Painting includes oil and acrylic with watercolor as its own category.

Photography includes traditional, computer-enhanced photographs and digital prints. Graphics includes all media drawings, pastels, original hand-pulled prints, collage, and digital imaging (created on a computer).

The three-dimensional category includes all media sculpture, wood, glass, pottery, and jewelry.

Fiber includes quilting, weaving, and soft sculpture.

This year’s winners are:

Best of Show

Susan Griffin — Fiber, Bird in Hand Painting 1st Place Debra Bream — Majordomo

2nd Place Lisa Weiser — Quinn Honorable Mention James March — The Geometry of Space

Honorable Mention Betty Skufca — Are You For Real

Honorable Mention Fern Weiss — The Sunken Library

Honorable Mention Carolyn Thompson — Dr. Bob’s Home

Honorable Mention Carolyn Thompson — 1925 Portage Trail

Honorable Mention Maureen Palmisano — Rome 1961

Honorable Mention Margaret S. Heydorn — August

Honorable Mention Beth Nilges Nehamkin — Atom Dance

Honorable Mention John Troxell — Wine for Two.

SUBMITTED Susan Griffin – Fiber, Bird in Hand, was chosen Best of Show.