
53nd
Save the Date!
Edge of Cedars is moving back to Applefest for 2027!
Exhibit will be open September 28-October 4.
2026 Winners
Overall Show Winners
Best Student: Amara Butler- "Graduation"
Best Beginner: John Johnstone- "Tollbooth Kirk in Evening"
Best Intermediate: Pat Sloss- "Smokin Hot Bronc"
Best Advanced: Marko Marino- "Ute Summer Home"
Judge's Pick for Best of Show: Jeffry Karner- "Morning Conversation"
People's Choice: Erich Ingraham- "Zion Sheep"- Advanced Painting
Advanced 3 Dimensional
First/Blue: Denny McNeill "Upon Exiting a Black Hole"
Second/Red: Elizabeth Bonzani "Echoes of Then"
Third/White: David Beezley "Handbuilt Stoneware Horn"
Honorable Mention: Hendrika Cegielski "Old Silver & Turquoise"
Intermediate 3 Dimensional
First/Blue: Amy Alfaro Untitled
Second/Red: Kristie Donathan "Where Words Take Root"
Third/White: Amy Alfaro "Charcuterie Board"
Honorable Mention: Catherine Wagner "Heaven and Earth"
Beginner 3 Dimensional
First/Blue: Linn Tearney "Tropical Fish Blate"
Second/Red: Larissa Bloom "Fire Fall"
Third/White: Larissa Bloom "Glass Falls"
Advanced Graphic Art
First/Blue: Ross Kirkham "Long House Ruin Mesa Verde"
Second/Red: Marylou Felton "Market Day"
Third/White: Carol Henderson "Canyon Reflections"
Honorable Mention: Deborah Bairunas "Kaya"
Intermediate Graphic Art
First/Blue: Steve Blackburn "260-270 W. Main Street, Cedaredge CO"
Second/Red: Neil Gardner "Flying Eagle"
Third/White: Steve Blackburn "River Burch Gallery"
Honorable Mention: Pat Sloss "Forest Light"
Advanced Mixed Media
First/Blue: Connie Matusoff "Just Dreaming"
Second/Red: Scott Jorgensen "Silent Night"
Third/White: Laurae Fortner-Welch "A Walk in the Woods"
Honorable Mention: Debby Locke "Wildflower Folding Table"
Intermediate Mixed Media
First/Blue: Larry Dillon "Bohemian Wax Wing"
Second/Red: Dana Werdmuller "The Hidden Magic of Magpies"
Third/White: Dana Werdmuller "Zoom-Zoom Study in Yellow"
Honorable Mention: Steven Gleason "Honey Pot Gnome"
Advanced Painting
First/Blue: Erich Ingraham "Zion Sheep"
Second/Red: Jennifer Riefenberg "Aspen Impressions Autumn"
Third/White: Nancy Martin "Evening in the Plaza"
Honorable Mention: Larry Dumler "Tide's In"
Honorable Mention: Wayne McKinzie "It Looks Like They're Home"
Honorable Mention: Carol Ann Rasmussen "Woodland Song"
Intermediate Painting
First/Blue: Jeanne Bucy "Big Colorful Sky!"
Second/Red: Michele Gillis "Salem Coastline"
Third/White: Don Benjamin "Top Ten Reasons for Dinosaur Extinction"
Honorable Mention: Trina Haines "Dreamlit Passage"
Beginner Painting
First/Blue: John Johnstone "Tollbooth Kirk in Evening"
Second/Red: Cindy Nett "Towering Tetons"
Third/White: John Johnstone "Fairy Pools"
Honorable Mention: Cindy Nett "Tractor Tales"
Advanced Photography
First/Blue: Betsy Botsford "Vermillion"
Second/Red: Ann Schwietert "USS Arizona Memorial Pearl Harbor"
Third/White: Phillip Berghauser "Mealt Falls, Isle of Skye"
Honorable Mention: Ann Schwietert "Tropical Forest"
Intermediate Photography
First/Blue: Pat Sloss "Smokin Hot Bronc"
Second/Red: Nicholas Buckingham "Paihia"
Third/White: Sharon Grotrian "Tern in Hiding"
Student- Elementary
First/Blue: Levi Urich "Flower of the Sun"
Second/Red: Annaleah Dittrich "Random Rainbows"
Third/White: Cecilia Bowen "People"
Honorable Mention: Heidi Bush "Sunset"
Honorable Mention: Juno Foley "Bird"
Student- Middle School
First/Blue: Courtney Neustel "Blue Moon Weeds"
Second/Red: Daylan Frost "Excavator"
Third/White: Brantley Lindsey Untitled
Honorable Mention: Anna Rasmussen "Different Not Less"
Student- High School
First/Blue: Zalicia Sawyer "Piece by Piece"
Second/Red: Ashlee Harrington "Twin Colorado Cranes"
Third/White: Mazie Giberson "Grape Juice"
Honorable Mention: Maya Cerise "La Jolla Sunset"
Honorable Mention: Jaymz Johnson "Glass Garden"
Honorable Mention: Zoey Leon "Garden"
Honorable Mention: Alicia Toothaker "Skateboard"
Eligibility
OPEN TO ALL ARTISTS
This is a non-juried show; every work of art is displayed. First, Second, and Third place 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 (oil, acrylics, watercolor, alcohol ink)
Graphic Art (pencil, charcoal, pastels, pen & ink)
Sale of Art
Many pieces of art will be for sale to the public.
Awards & Cash Prizes
Judge’s Best of Show
Best Advanced
Best Intermediate
Best Beginner
Best Student
Peoples Choice
Our Judge
Karen Brueggemann

Born in New Jersey, raised mostly around Albuquerque, moved to Cedaredge about 19 years ago. I feel my life has been based around art from an early age- my first box of crayons, to be exact. I loved coloring and making things that I thought were beautiful. The first piece of art I ever sold was to my sixth-grade teacher.
During my life of creating art, I was a member of the Belen League for about 5 years, the New Mexico League for about 15 years, probably showed in at least 30 different galleries around the country and, for about 40 years, I participated in an average of about 12 arts and crafts shows each year. I have had several one-person shows. won numerous awards, organized and put on many arts and crafts shows and have been published a number of times. I have worked in at least 7 different mediums, currently teaching myself to create mono prints.
I show my work at The Blue Pig Gallery in Palisade, the Red Canyon Collections in Sedona, and have been a member of the lmpressionZ Gallery in Cedaredge for ten years.

