Attendees came from all over to attend the 24th annual St. Charles Fine Art Show over Memorial Day Weekend in downtown St. Charles. The juried show featured various mediums including acrylic painting, jewelry, clay/ceramics, photography and more, from a mixture of over 95 new and returning artists from across the United States. A total of ten artist awards were presented at this year’s Fine Art Show: Best of Show, six Awards of Excellence and three Judges Awards.
The Artist Award Winners include:
Best of Show: Karri Jamison, WI – Acrylic Painting
Awards of Excellence: George Ceffalio, IL – Oil Painting, John Carman, IL – Oil Painting, Feng Biddle, IL – Oil Painting, Amy Smetana, IL – Fine Art Jewelry, Julie Latayan, FL – Ceramics, Kwame Boama Mensa-Aborampa, IL – Acrylic Painting
Judges Awards: Frank Kobilsek, IL – Wood, Josh Merrill, IL – Fine Art Photography , Skeeter Aschinger, FL – Sculpture
Congratulations to all the artist award winners at this year’s Fine Art Show!
The 2022 St. Charles Fine Art Show was organized by St. Charles Business Alliance with the dedication of its wonderful volunteers and the Fine Art Show Committee. A special thanks to the event sponsors McGrath Honda of St. Charles, Lawn-Boyz Landscaping, Arcada Theatre, Elgin Community College, 116 Gallery/Mixology Salon Spa, Tri City Health Partnership, Midwest Dental Implantology, Mason, Faith & Hoscheit D.D.S., All Things Art, Meijer, Blick Art Materials and Boxed Water for making the event possible.