51st
May 24 - 28, 2025
Since 1973, The Edge of Cedars Art Exhibit has been supported and lovingly hosted by the world-wide Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority, an organization that promotes service and leadership. The show took a year hiatus during 2020.
In 2023, the event moved to a new home at the Grand Mesa Arts and Events Center.
This year we will celebrate the 51st Annual Edge of Cedars Art Exhibit.
Please join us in honoring the history while bringing new life to this wonderful event!
2025 Winners
Advanced 3 Dimensional
First Place: Chris Gentry ~ “Raven Spirit”
Second Place: Elizabeth Bonzani ~ “Eye of the Storm”
Advanced Mixed Media
First Place: Ouida Touchon ~ “REBOZO”
Second Place: Liz Caris ~ “Rufous and Broadtail”
Third Place: Jean Stortz ~ “Dearest Friends”
Honorable Mention: Julia Reid ~ "Dreams of Flight”
Advanced Painting and Graphics
First Place: Wayne McKinzie ~ "We Left it on Top of the Hill Over There”
Second Place: Carol Bowker ~ “Young Cottonwoods”
Third Place: Carol Ann Rasmussen ~ “Reflections”
Honorable Mention: Fred Honchell ~ “Hoodoos in the Drifts”
Honorable Mention: Joe Milich ~ “Sunset #4668”
Honorable Mention: Joe Milich ~ “Late Summer #4612”
Advanced Photography
First Place: Ann Schwietert ~ “White Sails”
Second Place: Phil Berghauser ~ “Three Sisters Dust Storm, Monument Valley”
Third Place: Penny Heuscher ~ “Cedaredge Humming Bird”
Intermediate 3 Dimensional
First Place: Kristie Donathan ~ “Where Stories Grow”
Intermediate Painting and Graphics
First Place: Lisa Fairbank ~ “Sawtooth”
Second Place: Steve Blackburn ~ “Delta County Bank Building Circa 1892”
Third Place: Kathy LeVeck ~ “Morning in Seville”
Intermediate Photography
First Place: Lon Helmick ~ “Council of Autumn”
Second Place: Sharon Grotrian ~ “Key West Free Bird’
Third Place: Lon Helmick ~ “Snow Wave”
Beginner 3 Dimensional
First Place: Lori Weslo-Walker ~ “Passage of Time”
Second Place: Larissa Bloom ~ “Rainbow Vase”
Third Place: Holly Daniels ~ “Precious Load”
Beginner Photography
First Place: Wendy Olson ~ “The Voids”
Second Place: Steve Blackburn ~ “Diocletian's Palace Oculus-Split Croatia”
Best Advanced
Ann Schwietert “White Sails” Advanced Photography
Best Intermediate
Catherine Morin “May the Love of Your Mother Sustain You” Painting and Graphics
Best Beginner
Lori Weslo-Walker "Passage of Time" 3Dimensional
Peoples Choice (tie)
Jane Dupree “Great Barrier Reef Pre 2024” Advanced Mixed Media, 3 Dimensional
Peoples Choice (tie)
Larry Dumler “Not Thanksgiving Yet” Avanced Painting and Graphics
Best in Show
Hazel Monzingo “Chuchillo Arroyo” Advanced Painting and Graphics
Student 3 Dimensional
Honorable Mention: Blaine Cerise ~ “Elephant” 6th Grade
Student Painting and Graphics
First Place: Linea Purns ~ “Rodeo” High School
Second Place: Braeden R ~ “Mountains” 6th Grade
Third Place: Johnson Xander ~ “Me” 7th Grade
Honorable Mention: Ava Huff ~ “Skull” High School
Honorable Mention: Neela Mendez ~ “Drinking in Brazil” High School
Best Student
Blaine Cerise “Me” 6th Grade
Eligibility
OPEN TO ALL ARTISTS
This is a non-juried show; every work of art is displayed. First, Second, and Third ribbons will be given in each division, at the discretion of the Judge.
All entries must be original work, not created in a class or workshop, and any photo reference material must have been taken by the Artist.
Entries previously shown at any Edge of Cedars shows are not eligible.
Divisions
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Student
At the discretion of the judge, individual art can be moved to another level.
Media
(All must be original work)
Photography (including digitally enhanced)
Mixed Media (glass, tile, fiber, open)
3 Dimensional (sculpture, pottery)
Painting & Graphics (oil, acrylics, watercolor, pastels, alcohol ink, charcoal, pencil)
Sale of Art
30% Gallery Commission on all sales.
(Every effort is made to promote sales of work unless you do not wish to sell)
ALL paintings & hangings must be securely wired and ready for hanging
PLEASE NO SAWTOOTH HANGERS
$20 for each entry - Limit: Two entries per artist
Students - high school and under– FREE (must register in person)
Limit: One entry per student.
GMAEC Members get ONE FREE entry.
Call for information! 970-856-9195.
Fees
Deadlines
Registration is closed!
Art must be delivered on May 21st between 9am - 1pm
Awards & Cash Prizes
Judge’s Best of Show
Best Advanced
Best Intermediate
Best Beginner
Best Student
Our Judge
Gayle Gerson
Gayle grew up watching the women of her family sew, decorate and pursue different types of crafting. Handiwork and crafts were always a part of her life, so it seemed natural to pursue the arts as a vocation even though it happened later in life. Gayle has made art museums of the world her study halls and loves to talk, teach, and think about art. She especially enjoys the medium of collage, it allows her to use everyday life in the form of paper scraps, advertising, text and ephemera to embed evidence of our culture directly into the art pieces she creates. She considers herself an experimental artist and in her Grand Junction studio is always asking “What will happen if I do this?”
She is a signature member of the Colorado Watercolor Society and the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies and the National Collage Society. She is also a founding member of the Rocky Mountain Collage Society. She teaches experimental mixed media classes at the Art Center in Grand Junction, CO and does contract workshops in creative processes. Her work has been in many national juried shows and featured in Kolaj Magazine, Watercolor Artist, GV magazine, Incite-The Best of Mixed Media and on the cover of the UNESCO World Heritage Forest Report for 2011. She shows her work in many venues statewide and her art is in many private and public collections.
Please visit www.gaylegerson.com to see her artwork and artistic resume.