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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

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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.

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