This Thursday! Join us at Friday’s in Wilkes-Barre for the Fiesta Fall
Mixer!!!
A portion of proceeds will help make Fiesta 2025 the best yet! See you there!
Support Fiesta and get 25% off your shopping at Boscov’s on October 22! All you need is a Friends Helping Friends Shopping Pass! Buy a pass from Fiesta, then shop ‘till you drop with a 25% discount! Message us for info!
The Fiesta Family sends warmest wishes to our strong Fiesta supporter, First Keystone Community Bank!
Congratulations on 160 years of service!
Thank you to everyone who supported the Fine Arts Fiesta during the NEPA Gives fundraiser! Your kind gift will help us inspire young artists during Fiesta 2025!
CONGRATULATIONS, HAILEY ONDISH, THE 2024 FINE ARTS FIESTA POSTER CONTEST WINNER!
Hailey Ondish, a twelfth grade student at Wilkes-Barre Area High School’s Creative and Performing Arts Academy has been awarded top honors in the 2024 Fine Arts Fiesta Poster Contest. Her design is featured on Fiesta posters and T-shirts which will be available on Public Square during Fiesta which runs May 16 through 19.
From left: Susan Braden, poster contest chairperson; Lisi Edgerton, Framing consultant at contest sponsor Marquis Art and Frame; Hailey Ondish, first place winning artist; and Ann Saxton, Fine Arts Fiesta Board President.
Thanks!
Current 2024 Save the Dates
Set up Day – 15 May
Various time schedules set by chairpersons
2024 FiestaPiece of Art Opening Day -16 May
Opening Ceremonies
Howard B. Fedrick Friend of the Arts Award
Ann Saxton, Mary Anne Fedrick & Mayor George Brown
Awards
Poster Contest
Susan Braden
Juried Art
Gary Womelsdorf
POETRY CONTEST AWARDS – 19 MAY
RECLAIM ENTERED AND PURCHASED JURIED ART WORKS – 19 MAY
Any questions or inquiries can be made by email from the website to any of the individuals you wish to communicate with.
*Only 2024 Fine Arts Fiesta active volunteer attend and any volunteer guests are required to pay to attend. +Tentative Date
2024 Fine Arts Fiesta Juried Exhibitions Award Winners Announcement
Media Announcement Click Here
The 2024 68th Fine Arts Fiesta, Peace of Art is proud to announce the winners in the Sandra D. Maffei Adult Juried Exhibition and the Yellow Zinnia Juried Junior Senior High Exhibition as well the Arts Around the Town and Square presentations.
The Fine Arts Fiesta is the oldest full scale arts festival in the state of Pennsylvania and is a free gift of the arts to the people of the region presenting the seven lively arts for all to experience and enjoy.
Join us May 16-17-18-19 for four full days with something for everyone to experience and enjoy!
Award Results Click Here
SANDRA DYCZEWSKI MAFFEI ADULT JURIED EXHIBITION AWARD WINNERS – 2024
Best of Show, Leonard A. and Clementine M. Najaka Memorial Award
Curtis Salonick…Untitled B…photograph…Wilkes-Barre, PA
Kronick, Kalada, and Berdy & Co. P.C. Purchase Award
Kurt Santayana…”Beggar”…photograph…Luzerne. PA
Commission on Economic Opportunity Purchase Award
“The People Helping People Award”
Heidi Hartranft…”The Cow”…photograph…W. Wyoming, PA
Commission on Economic Opportunity Purchase Award
“The People Helping People Award”
Sharon Rolland…”Every Cat Needs a Window”…photograph…Shavertown, PA
Commission on Economic Opportunity Purchase Award
“Ending Childhood Hunger”
Shirley Trievel…”Tea”…pastels…Bear Creek Twp.” PA
Mattern Law Office Purchase Award
Fran Douaihy…”Footsteps”…photograph…Dunmore, PA
Harry Grozio Memorial Award
Anna Marie Columbo…”Jellyfish”…photograph…Mountaintop, PA
Ruth Slamon Memorial Award
Robert Broghamer…”Sight Seeing Twins”…photograph…Exeter, PA
First Place Crafts, Main Street Galleries Sponsored Award
Antoine…”Time Moves On”…quilt…Wilkes-Barre, PA
Second Place Crafts, Scorpio Studios Sponsored Award
Janet Stavish. “Rainy Night, Hells Kitchen”…fiber…Forty Fort, PA
Third Place Crafts, Maria Livrone Art Award
Janet Stavish…”Quilt For My Inner Child”…fiber…Forty Fort, PA
First Place Graphics, Main Street Galleries Sponsored Award
Shirley Trievel…”Musing”…pastel…Bear Creek Twp, PA
Second Place Graphics, Jesse John Mills Memorial Award
John Lund…”Uptown Girl”…drawing…Olyphant. PA
Third Place Graphics, Borland Family Sponsored Award
Victorya Lenz…”Pondering”…charcoal…Ashley, PA
Honorable Mention Graphics, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Alexis Beddingfield…”Social Status Kills”…pen and ink…Bloomsburg, PA
Honorable Mention Graphics, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Anthony.J. Bartoletti…”Arabic 6-Fold Tessellation”…pen…Wilkes-Barre, PA
First Place Painting, Main Street Galleries Sponsored Award
Catherine Laskaris..”Horse and Buggy Ride @ Kennebunkport, ME’..oilsExeter, PA
Second Place Painting, Borland Family Sponsored Award
Rosemary Luksha…”Forest of Life”…oils..Larksville, PA
Third Place Painting, Green Dog Pottery Sponsored Award
Tracy Lee McDermott…”Homage to Edgar Payne”…oils..Shavertown, PA
Honorable Mention Painting, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Linda Shurmaitis…”New York”…acrylic…Harveys Lake, PA
Honorable Mention Painting, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Richard Scott…”Ricketts Glen #1”…oils…Kingston, PA
Honorable Mention Painting, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Julie Hanlon Heffers…”Chaos or Release”…oils…Wilkes-Barre, PA
Honorable Mention Painting, Marquis Arts and Frame Sponsored Award
Rosemary Luksha…”A Beautiful Soul”…oils…Larksville, PA
First Place Photography, Shea Woznock Memorial Award
Curtis Salonick…Untitled B…photograph…Wilkes-Barre, PA
Second Place Photography, Beatrice R. Miller Memorial Award
Robert Broghamer…”Tree House”…photograph…Exeter, PA
Third Place Photography, Borland Family Sponsored Award
Krista P. Connolly…”Time Will Tell”…photograph…Swoyersville, PA
Honorable Mention Photography, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
J.D. Ashford…”Wasted Youth”…photograph…Dupont, PA
Honorable Mention Photography, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Stephanie Evans…”Riding Through the Tulips” photograph…Nanticoke, PA
Honorable Mention Photography, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Tom Gallagher…”0335_ba_CRI_012”…photograph…West leton, PA
First Place Sculpture, Nora Woznock Memorial Award
Zane Taney…”Nuts Over You”…metal…Wapwallopen, PA
Second Place Sculpture, Everett Beidler Memorial Award
Richard Scott…”Prosthetic Prototype #4”…steel…Kingston, PA
Third Place Sculpture, Stephen Lebron III and Fatima Lebron Memorial Award
Matthew Howell…”Geppetos Shop”…wood…Wilkes-Barre, PA
First Place Watercolor, Sue Hand Imagery Sponsored Award
Diana Novosel…”A Corner in the Shed”…watercolor…Wilkes-Barre, PA
Second Place Watercolor, Wyoming Valley Art League Sponsored Award
Diana Novosel…”The El Cid II”…watercolor…Wilkes-Barre, PA
Third Place Watercolor, Leonard and Angela Fiore Memorial Award
Sue Riviello…”Sunflower”…watercolor…Pittston Twp, PA
Honorable Mention Watercolor, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Harry Hayes…”Peonies”…watercolor…Wilkes-Barre, PA
Honorable Mention Watercolor, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Amelia Murphy…”Pizza Guys”…watercolor…Courtdale, PA
Honorable Mention Watercolor, Marquis Art and Frame Sponsored Award
Keith Hunter…”Genos”…watercolor…Dallas, PA
Fine Arts Fiesta Yellow Zinnia Junior/Senioir High Juried
Exhibition Award Winners – 2024
Media Announcement Click Here
The 2024 68th Fine Arts Fiesta, Peace of Art is proud to announce the winners in the Sandra D. Maffei Adult Juried Exhibition and the Yellow Zinnia Juried Junior Senior High Exhibition as well the Arts Around the Town and Square presentations.
The Fine Arts Fiesta is the oldest full scale arts festival in the state of Pennsylvania and is a free gift of the arts to the people of the region presenting the seven lively arts for all to experience and enjoy.
Join us May 16-17-18-19 for four full days with something for everyone to experience and enjoy!
Award Results Click Here
Best of Show, Eugene and Margaret Pelczar Memorial Award
Paicey Clower…”Crunch Time”…ink…Mountaintop, PA
First Place Award, Thomas and Dorothy Womelsdorf Memorial Award
Paicey Clower…”Sunbathing”…colored pencil…Mountaintop, PA
Second Place Award, Wyoming Valley Art League Sponsored Award
Finch Upperman…”Beyond Measure”…colored pencil…Freeland. PA
Third Place Award, Scorpio Studio Sponsored Award
Destina Brannigan…”Destina”…acrylic…Plains, PA
Johnston and Johnston Law Office Art Award
Molly Simko…”9 Square Project”…mixed media…White Haven, PA
Harry Grozio Memorial Award
Phaedra Erzar…”Glory Box”…acrylic…West Wyoming, PA
Harry Grozio Memorial Award
Ashley Aguilar…”Stay Still”…acrylic…Wilkes-Barre, PA
George Moses Sr. Memorial Award, Excellence in Graphics Award
Morgan Koons…”Balloon Dog”…colored pencil…Mountaintop, PA
Larry Mackinder Memorial Award
Mikhail Hazlak…”Deep in the Mine”…photograph…Kingston, PA
Christopher Robinson Memorial Award
Mia Chitswara…”Fish Pond”…acrylic…Mountaintop, PA
Sarah Jane Yuscavage Memorial Award
Mia Chitswara…”Times Square”…acrylic…Mountaintop, PA
Natalie Lois Velo-Zorzi Memorial Award
Ella Russell…”Refreshing”…watercolor…Mountaintop, PA
Honorable Mention Award, Scorpio Studio Sponsored Award
Ella Russell…”Elephant”…pen and ink…Mountaintop, PA
Honorable Mention Award, Scorpio Studio Sponsored Award
Maddie O’Donnell…”76 Brigham St.”…pen and ink…Mountaintop, PA
Honorable Mention Award, Scorpio Studio Sponsored Award
Alissa Knights…”Beloved Brother”…acrylic…Wilkes-Barre, PA
Honorable Mention Award, Scorpio Studio Sponsored Award
Katie Charsky…”Radio City”…oil…Mountaintop, PA
Honorable Mention Award, Judith L. Keats Sponsored Award
Sabrina Krause…”Fruitiful Still Life”…gouache…Wilkes-Barre, PA
Honorable Mention Award, Judith L. Keats Sponsored Award
Destina Brannigan…:Lost in the Leaves”…colored pencil…Plains, PA
Charles Kersletter Memorial Award for Colored Pencil and Drawing, Mary Lou Steinberg Sponsored Award
Alexa Mihalos…”Grayson”…pastels…Mountaintop, PA
Maria Livrone Art Award
Nora Moeslein…”Cubist Julia”…photograoh…Drums, PA
Maria Livrone Art Award
Karomy Rivas…”My Grandparents”…photograph…Hazleton, PA
Oliva Livrone Memorial Award
Ella Rose Siergiej…”Northern Lights”…graphite…Hunlock Creek, PA
William (Butch) Zack Memorial Award
Lana Shovlin…”Autumn Impression”…acrylic…Shavertown, PA
Bob Gaetano Arts Award
Avery Deiter…”Victorian Solar”…ink…Exeter, PA
Ed “Sonny” Jones Woodturner Sponsored Award
Christyana Towns…”Noodles”…charcoal/graphite…Wyoming, PA
Alexandra Eden Brown Memorial Award
Olivia Shaffer…”A Look at Me’…acrylic…White Haven, PA
William and Julia Luksha Memorial Award
Yaneiry Diaz…”My Best Friend”…acrylic…Freeland, PA
Barbara and Edward Luksha Memorial Award
Misty Bailey…”Misty Rain”…acrylic…Wilkes-Barre, PA
Adult Exhibition Winners – 2024
Best of Show, Curtis Salonick, W-B, Untitled B, photograph
First Place Watercolor, Diana Novosel, W-B, “ACorner in the Shed”
First Place Painting, Catherine Laskaris, Exeter, “Horse and Buggy Ride”, oil
First Place Graphics, Shirley Trievel, Bear Creek Township, “Musing”, paste
Student Exhibition Winners – 2024
Best of Show, Paciey Clower, Mountaintop, Crestwood Area, “Crunch Time”, ink
Judith L. Keats Sponsored Award, Destina Brannigan, Plains, Wilkes-Barre Area, CAPRA, “Lost in Leaves”, colored pencil
Natalie Lois Velo-Zorzi Memorial Award, Ella’s Russell, Mountaintop, Crestwood Area, “Refreshing”, watercolor
Second Place Student Exhibition, Finch Upperman, Freeland, Hazleton Area, “Beyond Measure”, colored pencil
Maria Livrone Art Award, Karomy Rivas, Hazleton, Hazleton Area, “My Grandparents”, photograph,
Fine Arts Fiesta, Inc. is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) entity registered with the Pennsylvania Bureau of Charitable Organizations. A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free within Pennsylvania 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.