2008 Award Winning Artists
The following artists were selected as award recipients at the 2008
Lakefront Festival of Arts.
Each artist received a cash prize of $1,000, a commemorative art piece and
was invited to return to the festival for the next three years without being
juried.
Taman VanScoy,
Long Beach, CA,
Drawing/Pastels & Painting
Jose Sierra,
Tucson, AZ,
Ceramics
Joe DeCamillis, Birmingham, AL,
Mixed Media 2D
Jonathan Rutledge, Evanston, IL,
Jewelry
Michael Schunke, West Grove, PA,
Glass
Elaine Unzicker, Ojai, CA,
Metal
Raymond Bock, Viroqua, WI, Wood
Bruce Peeso, Monson, MA,
Painting
Betsy Youngquist, Rockford, IL,
Mixed Media 3D
Justin Teilhet,
Yellow Spring, OH,
Ceramics
The following 10 artists were selected as Honorable Mention Award recipients
at the 2008 Lakefront Festival of Arts.
They are each invited to return to
the festival next year without being juried.
Chia Haruta, Hanover, MI,
Printmaking
Joe Hoynik, Los Angeles, CA,
Digital
Kristina Gaweda-Akkerman,
Chicago, IL,
Fiber-Wearable
Suza Wooldridge, Hartsburg, MO,
Fiber-Wearable
Craig Lossing, Lino Lakes, MN,
Wood
Kim Koch, Oshkosh, WI, Jewelry
George Raab, Ontario, Canada,
Printmaking
Daniel Powers, Dayton, OH,
Photography
Xavier Nuez,
Fremont, CA,
Photography
Mark Williams,
South Haven, MI,
Ceramics
Jurors for the awards were:
Margaret Andera, Independent Curator and former Associate Curator of
Contemporary Art at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Tom Riesing, painter and Professor in the School of Art at the University of
Tennessee.
Paul Smith, Director Emeritus of the Museum of Arts & Design in New York
City and he is an Independent Curator/Consultant.
