Judges award more than $12,000 to artists at Kentuck Festival of the Arts
Judges awarded a total of $12,200 to participating artists at the 52nd annual Kentuck Festival of the Arts.
More than 270 artists displayed exhibits at the two-day festival, which wrapped up Sunday at Kentuck Park in Northport.
The judges scored the exhibiting artists based on quality, originality, design, composition, technique and overall presentation.
Here are the winners:
Best of Show: Joachim Knill, two-dimensional;
Award of Distinction: Nicario Jimenez, mixed media, and Dustin Headrick, mixed media;
Merit Awards: Kent Ambler, printmaking; Kate Beck, fiber; Ricky Boscarino, clay; Micheal Paul Cole, photography; Paul Devoti, clay; Cym Doggett, metal; Amanda Hamrick, fiber; Elizabeth Collins Hanes, clay; Ingrid Humphrey, fiber; Carol McCrady, fiber; Roger and Renae Poer, jewelry; and Dennis Thompson, clay.
Rebecca Hoffberger, founder and director emeritus of the American Visionary Art Museum, and former Florida secretary of state Glenda E. Hood served as judges.
The October festival is built around visual artists, craftspeople, musicians, poets and other creative types and attracts thousands of attendees each year.
The Kentuck Festival has been recognized by the Alabama Department of Tourism as one of the top 10 events to attend in Alabama. The festival has also been named "Best of Bama 2022" by Alabama Magazine, and has been named a "Local Legacy" by the United States Library of Congress. Kentuck has also been featured in Smithsonian Magazine, Southern Living, American Style Magazine and National Geographic Traveler.
The festival is organized by the Kentuck Art Center, which operates all year around, with exhibit spaces, artists' studios, workshops, outreach programs, monthly Art Nights, a gift shop and more.
Reach Ken Roberts at ken.roberts@tuscaloosanews.com.
This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Winners named during 52nd annual Kentuck Festival of the Arts
