Summer Salon Results 2026

Best In Show - In memory of Sally Holl - Sacred Cows: Rebirth of Body & Mind, Adina Simshona Keshet

Schmidt Memorial Award

Gold: Pheasant Branch #1 (pastel drawing), Joel Wish (not pictured)

Silver:  Elegance In the Breeze: A Royal Canine in the Victorian Era (oil), Rachel Mosher

Bronze:  Beauty in the Shadows (fiber), Sandi Wysock

Judge’s Awards, In Memory of Ryan Kongvick (funded by a generous donation from Theresa & Paul Drinka)

First: Evening Comes (pastel), Rebecca Brockman-Schneider

Second: The Quiet Watcher (glass), Gina Hawkins

Third: Orchid Girl (alcohol ink), Shevanthi Hettiarachchi 

Individual Media Categories

Sally Holl Memorial Award for Pastels (funded by a generous donation from the Sally Holl estate)

Mineral Poihnt Branch Tributary, Wendy Crone

Acrylics

First:  When Clouds Fall from the Sky, Karen Watson-Newlin

Second:  Flowers 1977, Irene Flores

Watercolor

First: Peaceful Yellow Tulips, Deborah Gleason (not pictured)

Second:  The Weight of Light Things, Lyndsey Standage

Photography

First:  Contemplative, John Greenler

Second: Pheasant Branch, Ken Halfmann

Dimensional & Material Arts

First: Rising Spring (jewelry), Kerri Shannon (not pictured)

Second: Elephant (sculpture), Rob Ig

Visual & Surface Arts

First:  Facing the Oncoming Storm (oil & cold wax), Karen Faller (not pictured)

Second:  She Meets Me Here (oil), Sierra Powell (not pictured)

MC: Past President Linda Krantz