Festival 2026 Juried & Members’ Awards

Festival Juried Awards

Best in Show:

Karen Cass, ‘DayGlo Duo’

The Abstract Achievement Award:

Dina Brennan:
‘In a Room Full of People, I Look to You’

Oil & Acrylic:

First Place: Kelly Broderick, ‘White Noise’
Second Place: Joreen Benbenek:
‘Morning Light on the River’
Third Place: Jan McElhinny, ‘The Unsettled Bay’
Honorable Mention: Mary St. Sauveur:
‘Almost Structured’
Honorable Mention: Nancy Colella:
‘Norris Reservation’

Pastel:

Laurinda O’Connor First Place in Pastel:
David Cucinotta, ‘Water Foliage’
Second Place: Adrienne Rowe, ‘Winter View’
Third Place: Paul Goes, ‘Seasons End’
Honorable Mention: David Hassan, ‘Tuscan Shadows’

Drawing & Printmaking:

First Place: Sarah Norris, ‘Quickening’
Second Place: Larry Guilmette, ‘Resonant I’
Third Place: Anthony Pilla, ‘Sleeping Muse’
Honorable Mention: Kathy Folino, ‘A Different Shore’

Watercolor:

First Place: Nancy Sargent Howell, ‘Beach Debris’
Second Place: Fleur Thesmar, ‘Landscape’
Third Place: Tricia Tkaczuk Griffin, ‘Away’
Honorable Mention: Kevin Maxwell:
‘French Memories’
Honorable Mention: Becky Haletky, ‘Mercantile’

Mixed Media:

First Place: Jess Hurley Scott, ‘Lucent Sea’
Second Place: Stephanie Roberts-Camello:
‘Weather Report’
Third Place: Sue Casey ‘Urban Rhythm’
Honorable Mention:
Jenna Reedy, ‘Swell Made Paper’

Sculpture / 3D & Fiber Arts:

First Place: Suzanne Stumpf, ‘Resting Place’
Second Place: Syma:
‘Muse Charger with Magical Serpent’
Third Place: Robert Leaver, ‘Jewelry Box’

Photography

First Place: Keith Conforti, ‘Standing Ovation’
Second Place: Jeffrey Weinstein, ‘The Spiral Stairway’
Third Place: Caryn Schneider, ‘Maine Meditation’
Honorable Mention:
Connie Drapeau Kennedy, ‘Abiding Beauty

Festival Members’ Show Awards

Members’ Show Grand Prize:

David Cucinotta, ‘Sunset on the Moors’

Awards of Excellence:

Stephen Sheffield, ‘Medusa’
Marguerite Moore, ‘May Flowers’
Karen Pinard, ‘Botanical Rhapsody’
Joreen Benbenek, ‘Summer Sky’
Marueen Spinale, ‘Marvel’

Honorable Mentions:

Tina Watson, ‘Island Time’
Phyllis Wenzel, ‘Watch Over Me’
Barbara Chaisson, ‘Button Island’
Gwyned Trefethen, ‘Harmony in Motion’
Sue Scavo Gallagher, ‘Walking the Highline’
Virginia Holloway, ‘Dancin’ Fools’
Denise Byrnes Graham, ‘Roadside Color’
Lisa Libretto, ‘Journey’
Barbara Canney, ‘Ebb and Flow’
Dennis Roth, ‘Smorgashbord’

Ros Farbush Color Award:

Sheryll Reichelt, ‘Waiting for Adventure’

Youth Show Awards

Grades 9-12:

First Place: Toby Carpenter, ‘Papers in the Park’
Second Place: Julia Renaud:
‘Whatever You Choose, You Are Beautiful’
Third Place: Clara Roustom, ‘Bird #2’

Grades 5-8:

First Place: Isabelle Minns, ‘Cohasset Marshes’
Second Place: Charlie Godfrey, ‘Invincible’
Third Place: Taylor Gibson, ‘Queen Conch’

Grades Pre K – 4

First Place: Griffin Deane-Mayer, ‘Hockey with 2 Sticks’
Second Place: Logan Slaven, ‘1 Self Portrait’
Third Place: Margaret Clark, ‘Clouds’