The 43rd Utah Arts Festival has announced various awards for visual arts and the Wordfest literary arts programs. 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 2020. Best of Show and People’s Choice Award winners also will have their booth fees waived.
ARTISTS MARKETPLACE
BEST IN SHOW:
Donor Jury Award: Mike Beals, Metalwork, Apple Valley, Utah
Gallery Association Award: Prince Duncan Williams, 2-D Mixed Media, Las Vegas
Board of Directors Award: Jennah Lietcky Yost and Paul Yost, Metalwork, Cheshire, Oregon
Artist Marketplace Award: Shawn Harris, Digital Art/Digital Photography, Trinidad, Colorado
AWARD OF MERIT:
Donor Jury Award: Kerrin Pogozelski, Fiber, Denver
Gallery Association Award: Aileen Frick, 2-D Mixed Media, Phoenix
Board of Directors Award: Brittany Hansen, Graphics/Printmaking, Joseph City, Arizona
Artist Marketplace Award: Amy Flynn, 3-D Mixed Media, Raleigh, North Carolina
PEOPLE’S CHOICE: Jennifer Seeley, 2-D Mixed Media, Tooele, Utah
Wasatch IronPen/UltraPen Contest, The Salt Lake Community College Writing Center, 13th anniversary
Ultra – Adult
Winner: Devin Etcitty, Come with Me and Let’s Play in the Sand
Honorable Mention: Denae Tidwell, Moon Launch
Ultra – Youth
Winner: Bess Bateman, The Hematite Connection, Finite Space (from two perspectives), Station 13-48
Honorable Mention: Lalith Suresh, Just a Face Upon a Cliff
Fiction – Adult
Winner: James Cox, That One Night
Honorable Mention: Pete Gomben, A Man Can Only Take So Much
Fiction – Youth
Winner: Shwe Sin Shoon Lei, On the Surface
Honorable Mention: Gwendolyne Longcrier, The Incident
Nonfiction – Adult
Winner: Justice Morath, big ol’ reflecto-thingy
Honorable Mention: Sarah Rose, Paper Cups and String
Nonfiction – Youth
Winner: Beastrice Teigen, Seen From a Moving Car
Poetry – Adult
Winner: Rachel White, Height of the Space Age
Honorable Mention: David Ahlman, Marians: Poetry
Poetry – Youth
Winner: Jane Galian, flawed connection
Honorable Mention: Francesca Vales, Work in Progress
SLAM COMPETITIONS, BIG MOUTH STAGE:
High School Indie Slam winner: Chelsea Guevara
Indie Slam Winner: Flynn
Dexter (Las Vegas)
Team Slam Winners: Portland
team: Sage Lilac, Stephen Meads, Jane Belinda, Julia Gaskill