2025 Bourbon County Arts Council Fine Arts Exhibit Award Winners

 

The Bourbon County Arts Council would like to congratulate the following artists for being selected as award winners at this year’s Fine Arts Exhibit:

CERAMICS

1^ST PLACE**                      DARIA CLAIBORNE          BEAUTIFULLY BLUE

2^ND PLACE**                     DARIA CLAIBORNE          CINDERELLA’S TEA SET

 

DRAWING & GRAPHICS

1^ST PLACE**                      RIPP HARRISON               WE THREE

2^ND PLACE                         WHITNEY POWELL          “HOW STELLA GOT HER BARK BACK”

 

FIBER ARTS

1^ST PLACE                          NANCY KREIBACH           REFACTERY

2^ND PLACE**                     PATRICIA NEELAND         SILK AND WOOL

 

GLASS

1^ST PLACE**                      PATRICIA NEELAND         CHINESE TEAPOT IN BLUE

2^ND PLACE**                     KAITLYNN SAMPSON      BLOOMING

BEST OF SHOW 3D          CARLEEN SHATTO           CONNECTED

 

JEWELRY

1^ST PLACE                          NICOLE MEYER-FORESMAN        flORO

2^nd PLACE                          NO ENTRY

 

MIXED MEDIA

1^ST PLACE*                        LEE NORMAN                   PAPER REFLECTIONS

BEST OF SHOW 2D**      RIPP HARRISON               MIDDLE CLASS AMERICAN GOTHIC

2^ND PLACE*                       JIM MILLER                       BURLY MAPLE/RESIN VASE

 

PAINTING

1^ST PLACE                          KAREN CASE                     ALLEY SUNSET

2^ND PLACE                         CARL BROTHERS              BACK ROAD FIND

 

PASTEL

1^ST PLACE                          JEAN TERRY                      “CAFÉ CONDIMENTS”

2^ND PLACE                         STEVE FLOYD                   MAJESTIC NEW MEXICO

 

PHOTOGRAPHY

1^ST PLACE                          ORIAH FREEMAN             HARD WORKING

2^ND PLACE                         MERL HUMPHREY           WINTER WONDERLAND

 

PRINTMAKING 

1^st PLACE                           LORI STANZIOLA              MOMENTS

2^nd PLACE                          DAIN REILING                   IMMUTABLE NUISANCE

 

SCULPTURE

1^ST PLACE**                      DARIA CLAIBORNE          SNAP, CRACKLE POP

2^ND PLACE                         AL LETNER                        “PORTAL” 23

 

THEME-BRIDGE THE GAP

1^ST PLACE                          TOM ALTENBURG           COWBOY CHEE

2^ND PLACE                         KATIE WENDEL                MAJESTIC

 

 

WATERCOLOR

1^ST PLACE                          SANDRA SHUMAKER      BELLS KOI

2^ND PLACE**                     KAITLYNN SAMPSON      DAD

 

**MORE THAN ONE AWARD

 

The “People’s Choice “Award will be determined on March 15^th  at the end of the exhibit. The BCAC appreciates and thanks all of the artists participating in this event,  and encourages the community to visit the exhibit Monday–Friday from noon to 7pm, and Saturday from 9am  to 1pm at the Ellis Family Fine Arts Cente