A rows-deep crowd gathered Wednesday evening outside Abbot Hall as Arts Festival volunteers read the names of this year’s award winners.
The Festival features hundreds of artworks at six venues across town. Read more about the Festival HERE.
Concerts @ Crocker are underway, and the Literary Festival begins July 4 at 1 p.m. with a special celebration honoring the winners of the Literary Contest at 28 Mugford St.
Attendees can expect readings from winning works across adult and student categories in fiction, nonfiction and poetry.
Find Wednesday’s winners below:
CRAFTS (Abbot Hall, 188 Washington St.)
Deborah Eckholm Frost Craft Award, Jane Saunders, “Divers”
Carroll Moore Craft Award, Lisa Richardson-Bach, “Rogue Waves”
Honorable mention, Tom Peach, “Flora’s Sled”
Outstanding work, Anne Taylor, “Purple Odyssey”
Honorable mention, Jayne Gardner, “Hummingbirds”
Best of Show, Janet Barnet, “Wise Eyes”
Honorable mention, Emma Oliver, “The Ram”
Honorable mention, Kristen Bassion, “Rounded Box with Bird”
Honorable mention, Jay Worthen, “E Viginti Unum”
Outstanding work, Michael Kaufman, “Nesting Tables”
PAINTING (Abbot Hall, 188 Washington St.)
Edward D Carrie Award, Matthew McCosco, “High and Dry”
Honorable mention, Lyn Wright, “Loyalty”
Honorable mention, Marcia Hostetter, “The Wedding Dress”
Best of Show, Claudia Kaufman, “Grapes Up Close”
Honorable mention, Elaine Cahan, “Plum Island Refuge”
Outstanding work, Anne Bowen, “The Spirit of Marblehead”
Outstanding work, Todd Zalewski, “December Afternoon/Eider Ducks Off the Coast, Fort Sewall”
Honorable mention, Diana Daly, “Fallen Leaves”
Honorable mention, Linda D’Addario, “Glenn”
PRINTMAKING (Abbot Hall, 188 Washington St.)
Outstanding work, Britt Bowen, “Space Pod”
Honorable mention, Elizabeth Loryane, “Labyrinth in Seafoam”
Honorable mention, Paul Ciavarra, “Into Pine River Pond”
Honorable mention, Jill Clemmer, “Marigolds”
Outstanding work, Steve McClure, “As It Is Now”
Best of Show, Tammy Nohelty, “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”
DIGITAL ART (St. Michael’s Church, 26 Pleasant St.)
Honorable mention, Lisa McKenna, “Wanderlust”
Best of Show, Glenn Inman, “Queen of the Celts”
Outstanding work, Gretchen Langton, “Amanda”
Outstanding work, John Will, “Contrapposto”
MIXED MEDIA (St. Michael’s Church, 26 Pleasant St.)
Honorable mention, Judi Robinson-Cox, “Forty Eight Tiny Tales”
Best of Show, Pamela Serota, “Bishbash Falls”
Honorable mention, Anne Sterm, “Vibrant Dahlias”
Outstanding work, Hannah Porath, “Support System”
Dan Howard Award, Nicole Alexandrou, “Nature Anthology”
Outstanding work, Joyce Bartlett, “Fall Koi Japan”
Honorable mention, Susan Kauder, “Paper Lantern”
SCULPTURE (St. Michael’s Church, 26 Pleasant St.)
Beverly Seamans Award, James Caulfield, “Happy Dog, Happy Dog”
Honorable mention, Heather Goodwin, “Local Fisherman”
Honorable mention, Kiki Taron Kinney, “Sea Urchin on Driftwood”
Outstanding work, Andi McKay, “Piggyback of the Walrus”
Best of Show, Audrey Dalton, “Stargazer”
Outstanding work, Aron Leaman, “Waiting”
PHOTOGRAPHY (Old Town House, 1 Market Square)
Photojournalism Award, Emily Harney, “Pow”
Honorable mention, Emily Harney, “Dream Big”
Outstanding work, Nate Witherell, “Wednesday Night in the Gulf of Maine”
Honorable mention, David Donnelly, “Santacon”
Outstanding work, Bradley Rodgers, “Final Day, Atlantic Ave”
Honorable mention, Janice Koskey, “Heel Stone at Stonehenge”
Samuel Chamberlain Memorial Award, Jerry Wishnow, “Networth”
Outstanding work, Jerry Wishnow, “Light Room”
Best of Show – Black and White, Bryan Woodward, “Focus”
Best of Show – Color, Katy Elliot, “Help Wanted”
Honorable mention, Glenn Inman, “Early One Morning”
Honorable mention, Todd Belfbecker, “A Stroll in the Alley”
Honorable mention, Karen Hosking, “Dior”
Honorable mention, Karen Hosking, “Fifth Ave from NYPL”
Honorable mention, Grey Collins, “Carnival Reflection”
Outstanding work, Kate Lothrop, “Stud Puffin”
SENIOR ART (Unitarian Universalist Church, 28 Mugford St.)
Louis Remick Brown Award, Murphy, “Gaudi’s Barcelona”
Bob and Ruth Sinclair Award, Herb Goldberg, “Maestro”
Honorable mention, Paula Man, “Passion”
Honorable mention, Deb Perez, “Bromfield Street”
Best of Show, Marion Hall, “Shadows Crane Beach”
Outstanding work, Kaitlyn Spang, “Skiffs at Lanes Cove”
Outstanding work, Claudia Kaufman, “Pears on Fabric”
Honorable mention, Kathy Marie Michael, “We Do Not Inherit the Earth from Our Ancestors, We Borrow It from Our Children”
DRAWING (Unitarian Universalist Church, 28 Mugford St.)
Outstanding work, Nancy Barnes, “Suburban Cowboy”
Honorable mention, Matthew McCosco, “Sunset”
Honorable mention, Elaine Caliri Daly, “Harry”
Outstanding work, Katya Popova, “King Von”
Our Smith Award, Kathy Marie Michael, “Iranian Girl”
Best of Show, Todd Zalewski, “Rocks at Fort Beach/Herring Gull, American Black Duck, Purple Sandpipers”
Honorable mention, Peter Schalck, “Pickwick Hotel”
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBIT (Unitarian Universalist Church, 28 Mugford St.)
Best of Show, Eun Lee, “When Peony Hugs Abbot”
Outstanding work, Sheila Farren Billings, “Mathair Gach Duine”
Outstanding work, Cynthia Balmer, “Memories”
Honorable mention, Vence Ntcha, “Celebration”
STUDENTS AND YOUTH (Old North Church, 35 Washington St.)
Nordia Kay Award, Sarah DiCenso, “Memories Glow”
Honorable mention, Elosie Gummere, “Maria & Maeve”
Honorable mention, Harlan Herring, “Hazbin Hotel Character”
Marblehead High School:
Deborah and Jack Heiberger Award, Lucy Bland, “Still Life with Toys”
Outstanding work, Harper Mooney, “Shark Platter”
Best of Show, Djahimara Virgile, “Tree of the Serengeti”
Veterans Middle School:
Honorable mention, Faith Apostolopoulos, “Vase Inspired by Claude Monet”
Honorable mention, Fiona Barr, “Cup Inspired by Margaret Keane”
Marblehead Community Charter Public School:
Honorable mention, Mia Bianchini, “Striped Cuckoo”
Honorable mention, Milo Kalambokis, “Starry Chicken Night”
Epstein Hillel Middle School:
Honorable mention, Charlie Sobelman, “Can You See Me?”
Village School:
Honorable mention, Rileigh Parker, “Raccoon”
ADULT LITERARY AWARDS
FICTION
First place, Betsy Morris, “Pelagic”
Second place, Gail Georgeson, “Fatal Omission”
Honorable mention, Norman Birnbach, “Waiting Room”
NONFICTION
First place, Janetta Stringfellow, “Am I Black or White?”
Second place, Meghan Keaney, “Ghost in the Machine”
Honorable mention, Joan Cutler, “Grandmother Peach”
Honorable mention, Dena Dipardo, “The Spaces Between”
POETRY
First place, Katie Naoum Rogers, “Mud Season”
Second place, Amy Hourihan, “Memento”
Honorable mention, Gurdeep Bhogal, “The Impossibility of Goodbye”
Honorable mention, Katie Naoum Rogers, “Let Me Begin”
STUDENT LITERARY AWARDS
FICTION
First place, Maximilian Kane, “Chalk City”
Second place, Ainsley McDonald, “The Night Walk”
Honorable mention, Damilola Graciella Olabisi, “Beauty Battery”
Honorable mention, Harper Mooney, “How to Properly Snowball Attack Your Sister”
NONFICTION
First place, Niko King, “Going, Going, Gone”
Second place, Abby Lewis, “The Return Address”
Honorable mention, Mercedes Joyce, “A Child’s Eyes”
Honorable mention, Ruthie Stephens, “Trapped”
POETRY
First place, Fionnuala Murtagh, “Ether”
Second place, Benji Boyd, “Beetle’s Heaven”
Honorable mention, Olivia Sgambellone, “Pretty Privileges”
Honorable mention, Samantha Levinson, “Faraway Places”
