The 42nd Utah Arts Festival has announced various awards for visual arts and literary arts. Nine awards were presented for the Artist Marketplace. All of the visual artist award winners are eligible for invitation to the Utah Arts Festival in 2019. Best of Show and People’s Choice Award winners also will have their booth fees waived.
The 43nd annual Utah Arts Festival will be held June 20-23, 2019 on Library Square and Washington Square.
ARTISTS MARKETPLACE
BEST IN SHOW:
Sponsor Jury Award: Stephanie Saint-Thomas, 2-D Mixed Media, Salt Lake City
Gallery Association Award: Erin Pietsch, Ceramics, Boise, Idaho
Board Member Award: Rezgar Mamandi, 3-D Mixed Media, Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Artist Marketplace Award: Gus Lewkowicz, Wearable Art, Scottsdale, Arizonia
AWARD OF MERIT:
Sponsor Jury Award: Rachaela DiRosaria, 3-D Mixed Media, New Orleans, Louisiana
Gallery Association Award: Ryan McAbery, 2-D Mixed Media, Portland, Oregon
Board Member Award: Andrea Haffner, Jewelry, Ojai, California
Artist Marketplace Award: Nicholas Baker, 2-D Mixed Media, Salt Lake City
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: Erik Jensen, 2-D Mixed Media, West Valley City, Utah
Additional awards from various venues were announced (Fear No Film awards are announced in a separate article):
Wasatch IronPen/UltraPen Contest, The Salt Lake Community College Writing Center, 12th anniversary
Adult Fiction:
1st: Pete Gomben, Wings
Honorable Mention: Alice Lopez, Dream State
Adult Poetry:
1st: Kathy Ann Rekoutis, Untitled (Into The Vastness)
Honorable Mention: Spencer Ballard, How to Cleanse A Wound
Adult Nonfiction:
1st: Pete Gomben, Next to Godliness
Honorable Mention: Lisha Yang, An Appeal
Adult Ultra:
1st: R.J. Walker, On Demons and the Salt That Summons Them
Honorable Mention: Chantel Sigman Baker, Scavengers, Blending In, The West Desert
Youth Fiction:
1st: Francesca Vales, Suffragettes of the Salt Flats
Honorable Mention: Bess Bateman, Alkaline Bimbo
Youth Poetry:
1st: Madeline Galian, the plains
Honorable Mention: Jane Galian, blood oranges
Youth Nonfiction:
1st: Beatrice Teigen, Yes We Can
SLAM COMPETITION, BIG MOUTH STAGE:
Individual:
1st: Jesse Parent, Salt Lake City
2nd: Xach Blunt, Texas
3rd: Clementine von Radics, Oregon
Team:
1st: Salt City Slam
2nd: Albuquerque
3rd: Skyline High School