The 41st Utah Arts Festival has announced various awards for visual arts, literary arts and the Susanne Millsaps Performing Songwriter Showcase competition coordinated by the Intermountain Acoustic Music Association (IAMA). Nine awards were presented for the Artists Marketplace. All of the visual artist award winners are eligible for invitation to the Utah Arts Festival in 2018. Best of Show and People’s Choice Award winners also will have their booth fees waived.
The 42nd annual Utah Arts Festival will be held June 21-24, 2018 on Library Square and Washington Square.
ARTISTS MARKETPLACE
BEST OF SHOW:
Sponsor Jury Award: Frank Falk, 3-D Mixed Media, Salt Lake City
Gallery Association Award: Matthew Sievers, Painting, Rigby, Idaho
Board Member Award: Phil Kutno, Drawing and Pastel, Tucson, Arizona
Artist Marketplace Award: Gerald Arrington, Ceramics, Sebastopol, California
AWARD OF MERIT:
Sponsor Jury Award: Tai Taeoalii, Drawing and Pastel, Hannibal, Missouri
Gallery Association Award: Kathleen Carricaburu, Jewelry, Salt Lake City
Board Member Award: Adam Homan, Sculpture, Tucson, Arizona
Artist Marketplace Award: Michael Paul Cole, Photography, Hannibal, Missouri
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: Justin Hillgrove, Painting, Snohomish, Washington
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, 11th anniversary
Adult Fiction:
1st: Tom Liljegren, “Alone at the Rally”
Honorable Mention: Molly Fitzell, “A Historical Movement”
Adult Poetry:
1st: Trish Hopkinson, “State of Stone”
Honorable Mention: Rachel White, “Protest Song”
Adult Nonfiction:
1st: Stephanie Garahana, “More Than A Movement”
Honorable Mention: Ashley McFarland, “I Know My Place”
Adult Ultra:
1st: R.J. Walker
Honorable Mention: Janice Houston
Youth Fiction:
1st: Madeline Galian, “Standing Up
Youth Poetry:
1st: Jane Galian, “Consolidate”
Youth Nonfiction:
1st: Beatrice Teigen, “This Is What Democracy Looks Like”
Youth Ultra:
1st: Elizabeth Bateman
SLAM COMPETITION, BIG MOUTH STAGE:
Individual:
1st: Marquis Ealy
2nd: Johnny Osi
3rd: Jose Joaquin Soto
Team:
1st: Berkeley Slam (Team Xenon)
2nd: Battleborn Slam (Las Vegas)
3rd: Olympia People’s Mic
INTERMOUNTAIN ACOUSTIC MUSIC ASSOCIATION’S SUSANNE MILLSAPS PERFORMING SONGWRITER SHOWCASE:
1st: Alicia Stockman, Park City, Utah
2nd: Molly McGinnis, Park City, Utah
3rd: Dave McCormick, Massachusetts
