It’s hard to imagine just how much talent is showcased at the Fine Arts Fiesta. You really need to spend a few hours enjoying the surroundings yourself.
You’ll find paintings that take your breath away in oil, pastel, watercolors and more. Photographs that capture reality in a way you’ve never seen before. Sculptures that make you want to sculpt. Art, in so many forms, by so many uniquely talented people, that opens your mind to the infinite possibility that quietly rests in every waking moment.
Come see for yourself. Enrich your senses. Or submit artwork enriches ours.
Check out this year’s long list of winners
2011 Fine Arts Fiesta Juried Award Winners
Best of Show, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Carlin Memorial Award
Ethan Gerber…”Jungle-Rama”…watercolor…Scranton, PA
Kronick, Kalada, and Berdy & Co. P.C. Purchase Award
Carl Backlund…”Hotel Sterling”…photograph…W-B, PA
Friends of the Osterhout Library Purchase Award
James C. Rhoden…”Street in Forty Fort”…oil…Forty Fort, PA
Commission on Economic Opportunity Purchase Award
“The People Helping People Award”
Darren Elias…”Into the Mesas”…photography…Plymouth, PA
Commission on Economic Opportunity Purchase Award
“Ending Childhood Hunger”
Shirley Trievel…”Perseverance”…pastel…W-B, PA
First Place Crafts, Main Street Galleries Sponsored Award
Cathleen Repholz…”Oval Lidded Jar”…ceramics…Thornhurst, PA
Second Place Crafts, Georgiana Cray Bart Studio Sponsored Award
Cathleen Repholz…”Lidded Jar”…ceramics…Thornhurst, PA
Third Place Crafts, Maria Livrone Art Award Sponsored Award
Ellen Jamiolkowski…”Deer with Fence”…clay…Pocono Lake, PA
Honorable Mention Crafts, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Debra Kellerman…”Drinks for Two”…clay…Bear Creek, PA
Honorable Mention Crafts, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Debra Kellerman…”2 Platters”…clay…Bear Creek, PA
First Place Graphics, Main Street Galleries Sponsored Award
Shawn Falchetti…”Daydreams”…colored pencil…Dallas. PA
Second Place Graphics, Jesse John Mills Memorial Award
Linda Shurmatis…”High Street”…pastel…Harveys Lake, PA
Third Place Graphics, Helene T. Ciampi Memorial Award
Christian Baloga…”Extinction”…Graphics…Harveys Lake, PA
Honorable Mention Graphics, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Roselea K. Smith…”Petunias”…graphite…Trucksville, PA
Honorable Mention Graphics, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Tim Stapleton…”Carissa, Seated”…graphite…Mountaintop, PA
Honorable Mention Graphics, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Shirley Trievel…”Perseverance”…pastel…W-B, PA
First Place Painting, Main Street Galleries Sponsored Award
James C. Rhoden…”Street in Forty Fort”…oil…Forty Fort, PA
Second Place Painting, WOLFrames Sponsored Award
Deborah Young Walkowiak…”Strawberries”…acrylic…Palmerton, PA
Third Place Painting, Green Dog Pottery Sponsored Award
Darlene A. Smith…”Rising Sun Koi”…acrylic…Shavertown, PA
Honorable Mention Painting, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Dave Reinders…”Birth of the Blues”…oil…Kingston, PA
Honorable Mention Painting, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Tom Stapleton…”After the Squall”…oil…Mountaintop, PA
First Place Photography, Leonard A. Najaka Memorial Award
Curtis Salonick…”The Cry of Misery”…photograph…W-B, PA
Second Place Photography, Beatrice R. Miller Memorial Award
Bobert Broghamer…”Close the Door”…photograph…Forty Fort, PA
Third Place Photography, WOLFrames Sponsored Award
Darren Elias…”Into the Mesas”…photograph…Plymouth, PA
Honorable Mention Photography, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Kristen Mullen…”Broken”…photograph…Plains, PA
Honorable Mention Photography, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Curtis Salonick…”The Entrapment of Eve”…photograph…W-B, PA
Honorable Mention Photography, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Krista P. Connolly…”Better Days Ahead”…photograph…Swoyersville, PA
First Place Sculpture, Vgogh Gallery Sponsored Award
Pam Raney…”Facing Reality”…stoneware…Zion Grove, PA
Second Place Sculpture, Vgogh Gallery Sponsored Award
Skip Sensbach…”GMO”…clay…Dallas, PA
Third Place Sculpture, Linda Vacchiano Kobrynich Memorial Award
Jenna Casaldi…”untitled”…clay…Kingston, PA
First Place Watercolor, Sue Hand Imagery Sponsored Award
Ethan Gerber…”Jungle-Rama”…watercolor…Scranton, PA
Second Place Watercolor, Wyoming Valley Art League Sponsored Award
Renee Emanuel…”Zinnias Owls Head”…acrylic…Moscow, PA
Third Place Watercolor, Leonard and Angela Fiore Memorial Award
Diane Polachek…”Apple Harvest”…watercolor…Bear Creek, PA
Honorable Mention Watercolor, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Bill Teitsworth…”Joy Spring”…watercolor…Moscow, PA
Honorable Mention Watercolor, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Darlene A. Smith…”Kaanapauli Koi”…watercolor, Shavertown, PA
2011 Fine Arts Fiesta Junior-Senior High School Award Winners
Artsyouniverse Award, Artsyouniverse Sponsor
Neil Mattern…”Ishimwe”…oil…Kingston, PA
First Place Award, Lorraine Franckiewicz Art Award
Chelsea Martin…”Live Strong”…mixed media…Dallas, PA
Second Place Award, Wyoming Valley Art League Sponsored Award
Chelsea Martin…”Looking Up”…acrylic…Dallas, PA
Third Place Award, Georgiana Cray Bart Studio Sponsored Award
Bernie Gavlick…”The Miner”…graphite…Ashley, PA
George Moses Memorial Award, Excellence in Graphics Award
Neil Mattern…”Pooja”…charcoal…Kingston, PA
Christopher Robinson Memorial Award
Angelina Rovinski…”Tiger”…pastel…Mountaintop, PA
Sarah Jane Yuscavage Memorial Award
Emily Winters…”Friends”…charcoal…White Haven, PA
Honorable Mention Award, Scorpio Studio Sponsored Award
Joseph Zagropski…”Dave”…charcoal…Plymouth, PA
Honorable Mention Award, Scorpio Studio Sponsored Award
Keefe McDougal…”untitled”…steel…Kingston, PA
Honorable Mention Award, Scorpio Studio Sponsored Award
Michael Polk…”Lady Sadie of Meadowland Manor”…photograph…Kingston, PA
Honorable Mention Award, Scorpio Studio Sponsored Award
Raine Scott…”Big Kitty”…photograph…Sweet Valley, PA
Honorable Mention Award, Studio Amid the Pines Sponsored Award
Amanda Martin…”Falling Leaves”…watercolor…Dallas, PA
Honorable Mention Award, Studio Amid the Pines Sponsored Award
Haley Smith…”CTC Tiger Pride”…wood…Plains, PA
Lorraine Franckiewicz Art Award
Derek Nowak…”Winter”…photograph…W-B, PA
Tudi Rhodes Memorial Award
Vinny Hornak…”I Phone Drama”…photograph…Hazel Township, PA
Adam John Kehner Art Award
Chelsea Martin…”A Wintery Evening”…oil…Dallas, PA
Susan Patyk Villano Memorial Award
Amanda Martin…”Keys”…acrylic…Dallas, PA
Bob Gaetano Art Award
Kirsten Walsh…”Hatian Orphan”…graphite…Shichshinny, PA
Colored Pencil Society of America, Wilkes-Barre, District Chapter 115 Art Award
Christopher Ehret…”Sketching the Sky”…paper…Dallas, PA
Maria Livrone Art Award Sponsored Award
Lauren Charney…”5 A.M.”…photograph…Harding, PA
Maria Livrone Art Award
Grace Rychwalski…Miss Copper Pot”…oil…Swoyersville, PA
Oliva Livrone Memorial Award
Steven Kirk…”Against the Tide”…photograph…Shavertown, PA
Joel Carson Jones Art Award
Chelsea Pietrzyk…”untitled”…charcoal…Glen Lyon, PA
