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2023 Awards

  • Best of Show: Said Oladejo-Lawal (Painting)
  • First Place, 3-D art: JD Davison (Jewelry)
  • First Place, 2-D art: Cody Miller (Mixed Media)
  • Judge's Award: Xiao Xia Zhang Minich (Fiber & Leather)
  • Sustainability Award: Shannon Lewis (Mixed Media)
  • Emerging Artist: Rachel McFarlane David (Wood)
  • Honorable mention: Robert Schafer (Wood)
  • Honorable mention: Ellen Smith (Wood)
  • Honorable mention: Seth Bickis (Glass)

*In 2023, Black Swamp Arts Festival updated its award categories to remove the Second and Third Place awards and added the Judge's Award (based on creativity and jury interest, not necessarily technical expertise), Sustainability (an artist who creatively uses eco-friendly art materials and sustainable techniques), and Emerging Artist (An artist within the first 5 years of the career who demonstrates promise).

 

2022 Awards

  • Best of Show: Sharon and Bryant Tubbs (Sculpture)
  • First Place, 3-D art: Ellen Smith (Wood)
  • First Place, 2-D art: Chris Plummer (Printmaking & Drawing)
  • Second Place: Aaron Bivins (Painting)
  • Third Place: Derrick Riley (Printmaking & Drawing)
  • Honorable mention: Janet Alford (Painting)
  • Honorable mention: Deborah Vivas (Jewelry)
  • Honorable mention: Xiao Xia Zhang Minich (Mixed Media)

 

2021 Awards

  • Best of Show: Said Oladejo-Lawal, painting
  • First Place, 3-D art: Sumiko Takada, ceramics
  • First Place, 2-D art: Nick Ringelstetter, mixed media
  • Second Place: Derrick Riley, printmaking
  • Third Place: Joe Dagostino, photography
  • Honorable mention: Andrea Pereira de Almeida, painting
  • Honorable mention: Jeneen Hobby, photography
  • Honorable mention: Robert Bridges, painting

 

2019 Awards

  • Best of Show: Nicholas Ringelstetter, Mixed Media
  • First Place 2-D art: Joe Dagostino, Photography
  • First Place, 3-D art: Sumiko Takada, Ceramics
  • Second Place: Amy Beeler, Jewelry
  • Third Place: Mark Hilligoss, Wood
  • Honorable mention: Xiao Xia Zhang Minich, Mixed Media
  • Honorable mention: Thomas & Sarah Gelsanliter
  • Honorable mention: Andy van Schyndle, Painting

 

2018 Awards

  • Best of Show: JBird Cremeans, digital images
  • First Place, 3-D art: Gint and Regina Sabaliauskas, ceramic
  • First Place, 2-D art: Nicholas Ringelstetter, painting
  • Second Place: Ellen Smith, furniture
  • Third Place: Chris Plummer, wood cuts and monoprints
  • Honorable mentions: Peggy Schuning, slate mosaics; Dave Thompson, metal found object sculptures; Robin Lauersdorf, hyper-realistic drawings.

 

2017 Awards

  • 2017 Best of Show: Neil Kemarly, woodworking
  • First Place 2D: Chris Plummer, printmaking
  • First Place 3D Rachel Stevens Morgan, ceramics
  • Second Place 3D: Samual Hitchman, ceramics
  • Third Place: Paula Gill, fiber
  • Honorable Mention: Derrick Riley, printmaking
  • Rick Braveheart, photography
  • Dave Thompson, mixed media

 

2016 Awards

  • Best of Show: Issac Smith

 

2015 Awards

  • First Place 3D: Neil Kemarly, woodworking

 

2014 Awards

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